Bar Graph - Elementary Grades

An attendance graph was drawn for last week's third grade class. The graph shows the days of the week and the percentage of third grade students attending on each day of that week. From the graph can you find out what percentage of students attended last Wednesday?

a. 40
b. 80
c. 100
d. 20

Answer: b

Explanation:

80% of the third graders attended class on Wednesday. To find out how we know this we examine the above graph. The names of the week are labeled on the bottom of the graph while the percentage rates of students attending are labeled on the left hand side of the graph. The red bar represents Wednesday. By looking at the top of this bar and matching it with a percentage number from the left side we can find our answer, which is 80.


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