What Graph Should I Use?

You use this type of graph when percentages are involved

• pie or circle graph

• bar graph

• line graph

You use this type of graph when you are comparing part to another part.

• pie or circle graph

• bar graph

• line graph

You use this type of graph when comparing a change over the course of time

• pie or circle graph

• bar graph

• line graph

Lionel wants to measure the growth of his tomato plant over the course of 6 weeks. What type of graph would be best for him to use?

• pie or circle graph

• bar graph

• line graph

Kyle wants to see how many jolly ranchers of each color are in a bag. What kind of graph should he use?

• pie or circle graph

• bar graph

• line graph

What type of graph would you use for the following: Displaying results from a survey of marital status (single, married, divorced, widowed)

• Circle Graph

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Scatter Plot

What type of graph would you use for the following: You want to show the percentage of how someone spends their time in a given day (ex. 30% sleeping, 25% at school, 10% playing video games, etc.)

• Scatter Plot

• Line Graph

• Circle Graph

• Bar Graph

What type of graph would you use for the following: You want to show a comparison & a contrast between a tomato and an apple

• Scatter Plot

• Bar Graph

• Venn Diagram

• Circle Graph

What type of graph would you use for the following: You collect some data and want to see if there is a relationship between Restaurant Prices and Ratings

• Venn Diagram

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Scatter Plot

What type of graph would you use for the following: You want to show how many people participated in various activities at a camp (your results are broken up by gender ---boys versus girls)

• Bar Graph

• Double Bar Graph

• Scatter Plot

• Line Graph