Grade 3 Unit 1
Lesson 8: Answer Questions about Scaled Bar Graphs
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics®
Grade 3 Unit 1
Lesson 8: Answer Questions about Scaled Bar Graphs
CC BY 2021 Illustrative Mathematics®
How many do you see?
How do you see them?
Use your Favorite Time of the Year graph to answer the questions. Show your thinking using expressions or equations.
How many students are represented in the graph?
How many students chose spring or fall as their favorite season?
How many more students chose summer than winter?
Data was collected to see how many of each type of bug were in a garden. The data is shown in this bar
graph:
Use the bar graph to answer the questions. Show your thinking using expressions or equations.
How many bugs were in the garden?
How many more ants were in the garden than spiders?
Work with your partner to write 2 questions that could be asked about the bugs in the garden.
A group of students were asked, “What is your favorite sport?”
Their responses are shown in this bar graph:
Use the graph to answer the questions.
How many more students chose soccer than football? Show your thinking using expressions or equations.
How many fewer students chose hockey than basketball? Show your thinking using expressions or equations.
How many fewer students chose spring than fall?
How many fewer ladybugs were there than ants?
Trade with another group and answer each others’ questions.