Percent Bar Graph

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What is a percent bar graph?

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A visual representation that shows percentages of different categories using bars, where the length of each bar corresponds to the percentage it represents.

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How do you calculate the percentage of a part compared to a whole?

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Divide the part by the whole and multiply by 100. For example, if 20 out of 25 questions are answered, the percentage is (20/25) * 100 = 80%.

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What does the mode represent in a data set?

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The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set.

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If 10 students got an A in a class of 50, what percentage of the class got an A?

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(10/50) * 100 = 20%.

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What is relative frequency?

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Relative frequency is the ratio of the number of times a category occurs to the total number of observations.

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How can you find the mode of a set of data?

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List the values and count how many times each value appears. The value with the highest count is the mode.

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What is the difference between a bar graph and a percent bar graph?

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A bar graph shows absolute values, while a percent bar graph shows the percentage of each category relative to the total.

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If a survey shows that 15 out of 60 people prefer cats, what percentage prefer cats?

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(15/60) * 100 = 25%.

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What is the purpose of using a percent bar graph?

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To easily compare different categories in terms of their percentage of the total.

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How do you interpret a percent bar graph?

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Look at the length of each bar to understand the proportion of each category relative to the total.