Bar & Circle Graphs

Students were surveyed to determine their favorite types of animals. The bar graph shows the number of students who selected each type of animal. What percentage of the students surveyed selected "Bird" as their favorite type of animal?

A survey was conducted to determine the types of occupations of the 1,200 residents of a town. The types of occupations are shown in the circle graph. Based on the circle graph, how many more residents have an occupation in industry then have an occupation in government?

Maribel surveyed 55 people to find out their favorite types of music. The results are shown in the bar graph. Based on the information in the graph, which types of music were chosen by 40% of people surveyed?

• Country and Opera

• Jazz and Opera

• Jaz, Opera, and Rock

• Country, Jazz, and Rock

Mr. Brown planted a vegetable garden. The circle graph shows the kinds of vegetables he planted and the percentage of the area of the garden each kind of vegetable occupied. Mr. Brown's garden has an area of 160 square feet. How many square feet of Mr. Brown's garden is occupied by cabbage?

• 136 square feet

• 15 square feet

• 145 square feet

• 24 square feet

The graphs shows the favorite colors chosen by some middle school students. Which statement is supported by the information in the graph?

• Fewer than 30% of the students chose red, yellow, or orange as their favorite color.

• Exactly 18% of the students chose blue as their favorite color.

The circle graph below shows the percentages of a family budget used for different monthly expenses. Which statement is supported by the data in the graph?

• The amount of money budgeted for grocieries and clothes combined is twice the amount budgeted for utilities.

• The amount of money budgeted for utilities and gasoline combined is less than the amount budgeted for the mortgage.

• The amount of money budgeted for the mortgage is half the amount budgeted for clothes.

• The amount of money budgeted for gasoline and clothes combined is greater than the amount budgeted for groceries.