Bar Graph Word Problems
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Bar Graph Word Problems
Bar graph word problems for Grade 2: two bar graphs, one counting by 1s and one by 2s, with six problems such as how many more, how many in all, and two-step ones like how many more chose tag or soccer than swings. With an answer key.
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Teach it first
Reading Bar GraphsA teaching handout to hand out before this sheet: the rule, worked examples and common mistakes.- Skill
- Bar Graph Worksheets
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- 1
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- About 10 minutes
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Read and draw bar graphs, upright and across, on a scale of 1, 2, 5 or 10, and solve one- and two-step how many more and how many fewer problems from them.
Reviewed by Ms. Olivia Parker, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child read the title, the labels and the scale before answering any question.
- Put a ruler across from the top of a bar to the scale to read it.
- For two-step questions, have the child write the numbers from the graph first, then work it out.
Common mistakes
- Reading a bar that ends between two marks as the mark below. Find the halfway value.
- Counting the grid lines instead of reading the scale when it counts by 2s, 5s or 10s.
- Starting a bar from the wrong place when drawing one.
