🔢 Mathematics · Data & Statistics

Bar graphs

Interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs

Typical age: 8–9 years

“Can your child choose the right type of chart for some data — for example, a bar chart for favourite colours or a line graph for temperature over a week — and draw it correctly?”

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Needs first

Representing numbers with objects (age 8+)REQUIRED
Scaled bar charts are prerequisite to continuous data and time graphs
Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)REQUIRED
Distinguishing discrete from continuous data and choosing graphical methods requires these terms

Unlocks next

Reading and Comparing Bar GraphsREQUIRED
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Complex science graphs (scatter, line) build on maths discrete/continuous data graphing
Tables, charts, and graphs
Science inquiry recording data in tables and graphs draws on the bar chart and time graph skills from Math data representation