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Lesson 5-1, Line, Bar, & Circle Graphs Practice



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Make a bar graph to display the number of participants in the school clubs listed in the table below.
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A
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C
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B
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D
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 2. 

Make a line graph for the data in the table.

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A
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C
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B
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D
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The circle graph below shows the number of hours per week a college student spends studying each subject of a college core curriculum.

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 3. 

What percent of these hours is spent on art and math combined?
A
about 45%
B
about 50%
C
about 20%
D
about 25%
 

 4. 

What fraction of these hours is spent on P.E.?
A
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B
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C
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D
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 5. 

Which subjects get between 20% and 25% of the student’s study time?
A
art and history
C
math and art
B
English and P.E.
D
none of these
 

 6. 

Theo made the following table to show the number of middle-school students who attended the last football game.
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If this data were displayed in a circle graph, what percent of the graph would represent the sixth graders?
A
41%
B
54%
C
39%
D
46%
 

 7. 

The graph shows the responses of 140 students who were asked whether they spend too much or too little time watching television.
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How many thought they watched about the right amount of television?
A
133 students
B
28 students
C
7 students
D
42 students
 

 8. 

U.S. Households With Computers With Installed CD-ROM Drives, 1993-97
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According to the data in the graph, which would be the most reasonable predication for the percent of households with CD-ROMs in their computers in 1998?
A
24 %
B
36 %
C
40 %
D
44 %
 

 9. 

The circle graph shows the favorite juice for a group of preschoolers. What fraction of preschoolers like cranberry juice best?

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A
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B
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C
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D
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 10. 

Mr. Chen sold 23 pounds of peaches, 14 pounds of pears, 19 pounds of plums, and 11 pounds of cherries at the farmer’s market. Which graph correctly displays this information?
A
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C
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B
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D
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