2nd grade · Math · Unit 16 of 17
Bar Graphs
Read and compare bar graphs
What your child practices
Reading bar graphs with four groups: how many more, how many fewer, how many in all, and which question a class survey can answer.
California Content Standards learning standard: 2.MD.10 · drawing and reading picture graphs and bar graphs to answer questions
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Read each bar against the numbers on the side.
- Subtract to find how many more or fewer.
- Add the bars to find how many in all.
Example: Dogs: 12. Cats: 7. How many more chose dogs? 12 − 7 = 5. Answer: 5
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
How many answers are there in all?
Our pets - 30
- 29
- 31
- 28
30
Hint: Add every row: 4 + 5 + 10 + 11 = 30.
Question 2
Sort them: food or toy?
Sort into: 🍽️ Food · 🧸 Toy
- 🍎apple
- 🍌banana
- 🪀yo-yo
- 🧸teddy bear
- 🍞bread
- ⚽ball
🍽️ Food: apple, banana, bread · 🧸 Toy: yo-yo, teddy bear, ball
Hint: Look at each picture and ask which group it belongs in.
Question 3
How many more chose banana than orange?
Our favorite fruit - 10
- 14
- 8
- 11
11
Hint: banana: 13. orange: 2. 13 − 2 = 11.
Question 4
Which has the most?
How we get to school - 🚌bus
- 🚗car
- 🚲bike
- 🚶walk
🚲 bike
Hint: Find the longest row. It has the most.
Question 5
How many chose windy or rainy?
Our favorite weather - 19
- 18
- 22
- 20
19
Hint: Put the two rows together: 8 + 11 = 19.
Question 6
Which has the fewest?
Our favorite fruit - 🍇grapes
- 🍎apple
- 🍌banana
- 🍊orange
🍌 banana
Hint: Find the shortest row. It has the fewest.