Cindy, Joe, and Elayna showed data about hours of sleep for different animals (giraffe, raccoon, squirrel, bear) in different graphs. The document discusses which graph best displays this type of data and provides examples of different graphs that would be best to display other types of data, such as comparing speeds of animals, election votes, heights over time, math grades, favorite subjects in classes, plant growth over time, favorite student activities, and monthly temperatures.

1. Choose an Appropriate Graph
Chapter 7, Lesson 5

2. Nature Nap- Some animals sleep most of the day, and
others hardly sleep at all. Look at how Cindy, Joe, and
Elayna showed the data in the table. Which graph or
plot works best?
Animal Hours of
Sleep
Giraffe 4
Raccoon 13
Squirrel 14
Bear 8

3. Hours of Sleep
Giraffe
Raccoon
Squirrel
Bear
Animal Hours of
Sleep
Giraffe 4
Raccoon 13
Squirrel 14
Bear 8

4. Animal Hours of
Sleep
Giraffe 4
Raccoon 13
Squirrel 14
Bear 8
Hours of Sleep
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Giraffe Raccoon Squirrel Bear
Animal
NumberofHours

5. Animal Hours of
Sleep
Giraffe 4
Raccoon 13
Squirrel 14
Bear 8
Hours of Sleep
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Giraffe Raccoon Squirrel Bear
Animal
Hours

6. What would you use…
• To compare the speeds of 5 different
animals?
• To show the total votes in an election?
• To show your heights since birth?
• To show the weekly math grades of your
classmates?

7. What would you use to compare the
favorite subjects in two 4th grade
clases?
A. Bar Graph
B. Double Bar Graph
C. Line Graph
D. Stem-and-Leaf Plot
E. Circle Graph
Subject Mr.
Piccioli
Mrs.
Henkels
Science 3 8
Social 7 6
Math 10 8
Reading 7 5

8. To track the growth of a plant
use a…
A. Bar Graph
B. Double Bar Graph
C. Line Graph
D. Stem-and-Leaf Plot
E. Circle Graph
Week 1 2 3 4
Height
(inches)
4 8 16 32

9. To show favorite sports of
students in a class use a …
A. Bar Graph
B. Double Bar Graph
C. Line Graph
D. Stem-and-Leaf Plot
E. Circle Graph
Activity Votes
Ping
Pong
8
Reading 12
Biking 4
TV 2

10. To show the monthly
temperature use a …
A. Bar Graph
B. Double Bar Graph
C. Line Graph
D. Stem-and-Leaf Plot
E. Circle Graph
Month Jan Feb Mar April
Mound 10º 21º 34º 42º