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6.3      GRAPHING AND ORGANIZING DATA

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Making and Interpreting Bar and Pie Graphs
Bar graphs
Graphs make it easier to interpret certain kinds of information. In a bar graph, different bars stand for different quantities, and you can compare the quantities by comparing the height of each bar. The bar graph below, on the left, shows the monthly attendance at a certain movie theater.
Pie graphs
In a pie graph, a circle is divided into parts. The area of each part compared to the area of the whole circle represents a percentage. For example, half of the circle represents 50 percent. The pie graph below shows the attendance for different kinds of movies at the same theater.

Example of a Bar Graph

      Example of a Pie Graph
	
Practice

Using the graphs above, answer the following questions:
1. Which month had the greatest movie attendance? __________________
2. What was the most popular kind of movie? _____________________
3. What percentage of the movies were action films? __________________
Suppose that the movies you saw last year have been recorded in the table below. Make a bar graph and a pie graph of this information on a separate piece of paper. The bar graph should show the number of movies seen each month. The pie graph should show the different kinds of movies seen.
Movies Seen During the Year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	
Action	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	3	
Drama	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	
Comedy	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	
Romance	0	0	0	0	2	0	l	0	0	0	0	0