Solving Multi-Step Graphing Word Problems for 5th Grade

A school is selling tickets for a play. On Monday, they sold 30 tickets, and on Tuesday, they sold 45 tickets. If they want to graph the total tickets sold over the two days, what will the total be?

• 75

• 90

• 60

• 100

A farmer harvested 120 apples in the first week and 150 apples in the second week. If he graphs the number of apples harvested each week, what is the total number of apples harvested after two weeks?

• 270

• 250

• 300

• 180

In a park, 25 children were playing on swings and 35 were playing on slides. If you create a bar graph to represent the number of children on each play equipment, how many children are playing in total?

• 40

• 70

• 50

• 60

A bookstore sold 50 books in January and 70 books in February. If you were to plot these sales on a line graph, what would be the total number of books sold by the end of February?

• 100

• 120

• 90

• 130

During a fundraiser, a class collected 200 cans of food in the first week and 300 cans in the second week. If they want to show this data on a pie chart, what percentage of the total cans were collected in the first week?

• 30%

• 50%

• 25%

• 40%

A pet store had 15 dogs and 20 cats. If they sold 5 dogs and 10 cats, how would you represent the remaining pets on a bar graph?

• 10 dogs and 5 cats

• 15 dogs and 5 cats

• 10 dogs and 10 cats

• 5 dogs and 15 cats

In a basketball tournament, Team A scored 60 points in the first game and 75 points in the second game. If you were to graph their scores, what would be the total points scored by Team A?

• 90

• 120

• 135

• 150

A library has 500 books. If they add 150 books in one month and remove 50 books the next month, how many books will they have? How can this be shown on a bar graph?

• 700 books

• 450 books

• 600 books

• 550 books

A city recorded the number of bicycles sold over three months: 100 in January, 150 in February, and 200 in March. If you were to create a line graph, what would be the total number of bicycles sold by the end of March?

• 450

• 500

• 400

• 300