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This quiz, Graph Word Problems, will focus on charts and pies.
Chart: A chart is made up of a horizontal line and a vertical line. The horizontal line displays advancing numbers, letters or names going from left to right along the horizontal bottom line. The vertical line displays advancing numbers, letters or names going from the bottom to top along the vertical line.
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Pie: A pie graph (or circle graph) uses “slices” or “sections” to show size. For example, if you wanted to divide a pizza up to feed five people, one slice of the pizza would be equal to 1/5 of the pie.
The pie would be divided into five equal sized sections with each section showing a percentage. For here, a whole pie equals 100%. What percentage would 1/5 be? To find the answer you would divide 100 by 5 or 100 ÷ 5 = 20. Each person would get 20% of the pie.
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For each word problem below you will have to create your own graph (using either a chart or a pie) to determine the correct answer.
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A new subdivision is being built in the city that, when completed, will consist of 300 new houses. There will be four different styles of homes built. Fourteen percent will be colonial houses, twenty-one percent will be ranch houses, thirty-five percent will be craftsman and thirty percent will be modern. Which style of home will have 63 of them built? |
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Craftsman |
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Modern |
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Colonial |
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Ranch |
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To make a birthday cake you will need the following ingredients: sugar, flour, butter, eggs, salt, baking soda and vanilla. Of all the ingredients, sugar will make up 21 parts of the entire cake. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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Ingredients |
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Birthday Cake |
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Sugar, 21% |
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21 parts |
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Jenny came home with her quarterly report card. She got an 83% in math, a 92% in history, a 96% in English, an 87% in science and an 81% in lab. Create a chart to plot Jenny’s grades. Which subject did she get the lowest grade in and which subject did she get the second highest grade in? |
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Lab, math |
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Lab, history |
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Math, English |
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Math, history |
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The school’s library has 25,000 books with thirty-two percent being history books, seventeen percent being science books, seven percent being math books, six percent being biographies and thirty-eight percent being novels. Which type of book had a total of 1,500 books in the library? |
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Biographies |
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Novels |
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History |
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Science |
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A new playground was being built by volunteers. Twelve people were tasked with smoothing out the ground. Eight people were put on assembling the swing sets. Four people were put on assembling the see-saws. Eleven people were put on building mazes and five people were tasked with building sandboxes. Using a pie graph, which percentage were tasked with assembling swing sets? |
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27.5% |
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30% |
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20% |
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10% |
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A group of parents sat down to create a pie graph of a list of six chores to be done at home. Each chore would receive a set allowance attached to it. Doing the laundry was deemed to take the longest time so it would pay out $2.00 each day it was completed. Each child would be able to earn a total of $14 a week. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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Laundry, $2 |
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Laundry, $14 |
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Laundry, 2% |
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Chore Chart |
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The man sitting at the piano in the hotel lobby asked the spectators for song requests. Five people requested Moonlight Sonata. Six people requested Fur Elise. Nine people requested Beethoven’s Fifth and ten requested Chopsticks. Using a pie graph, which percentage requested Fur Elise? |
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33.3% |
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19.98% |
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16.65% |
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29.97% |
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Six teachers got together to plan two field trips. Mr. Sax wanted to go to a sports museum. Mr. Taylor wanted to go to the zoo. Miss Jensen wanted to see a dramatic play. Miss Hershel wanted to go to a science fair. Mr. Percy wanted to go to the art museum and Mrs. Spencer wanted to go to a water park. The teachers polled the students and 40% voted for the zoo, 20% voted for the water park, 14% voted for the art museum, 10% voted for the sports museum, 11% voted for the dramatic play and 5% voted for the science fair. Using a chart graph, which two field trips came in the middle with the percentages of votes? |
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Water park, dramatic play |
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Zoo, science fair |
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Art museum, dramatic play |
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Art museum, sports museum |
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In taking a survey on people’s favorite sports, you find that baseball, basketball, football and hockey receive the most votes. You surveyed 15,000 people. Baseball got thirty-two percent of the votes, basketball got thirty-eight percent. Football got twenty-five percent and hockey got five percent. Which sport got 3,750 votes? |
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Hockey |
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Baseball |
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Basketball |
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Football |
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Raymond is creating a pie graph to help him budget his monthly living expenses. He believes that out of every $100 in monthly expenses, he will spend $22 on utilities. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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Utilities, 22% |
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Monthly Expenses |
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Utilities, 9.6% |
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Raymond's Budget, $100 |
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A new subdivision is being built in the city that, when completed, will consist of 300 new houses. There will be four different styles of homes built. Fourteen percent will be colonial houses, twenty-one percent will be ranch houses, thirty-five percent will be craftsman and thirty percent will be modern. Which style of home will have 63 of them built? |
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Craftsman |
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Modern |
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Colonial |
[x] |
Ranch |
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To make a birthday cake you will need the following ingredients: sugar, flour, butter, eggs, salt, baking soda and vanilla. Of all the ingredients, sugar will make up 21 parts of the entire cake. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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Ingredients |
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Birthday Cake |
[x] |
Sugar, 21% |
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21 parts |
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Jenny came home with her quarterly report card. She got an 83% in math, a 92% in history, a 96% in English, an 87% in science and an 81% in lab. Create a chart to plot Jenny’s grades. Which subject did she get the lowest grade in and which subject did she get the second highest grade in? |
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Lab, math |
[x] |
Lab, history |
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Math, English |
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Math, history |
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The school’s library has 25,000 books with thirty-two percent being history books, seventeen percent being science books, seven percent being math books, six percent being biographies and thirty-eight percent being novels. Which type of book had a total of 1,500 books in the library? |
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[x] |
Biographies |
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Novels |
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History |
[ ] |
Science |
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A new playground was being built by volunteers. Twelve people were tasked with smoothing out the ground. Eight people were put on assembling the swing sets. Four people were put on assembling the see-saws. Eleven people were put on building mazes and five people were tasked with building sandboxes. Using a pie graph, which percentage were tasked with assembling swing sets? |
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27.5% |
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30% |
[x] |
20% |
[ ] |
10% |
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A group of parents sat down to create a pie graph of a list of six chores to be done at home. Each chore would receive a set allowance attached to it. Doing the laundry was deemed to take the longest time so it would pay out $2.00 each day it was completed. Each child would be able to earn a total of $14 a week. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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[x] |
Laundry, $2 |
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Laundry, $14 |
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Laundry, 2% |
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Chore Chart |
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The man sitting at the piano in the hotel lobby asked the spectators for song requests. Five people requested Moonlight Sonata. Six people requested Fur Elise. Nine people requested Beethoven’s Fifth and ten requested Chopsticks. Using a pie graph, which percentage requested Fur Elise? |
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33.3% |
[x] |
19.98% |
[ ] |
16.65% |
[ ] |
29.97% |
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Six teachers got together to plan two field trips. Mr. Sax wanted to go to a sports museum. Mr. Taylor wanted to go to the zoo. Miss Jensen wanted to see a dramatic play. Miss Hershel wanted to go to a science fair. Mr. Percy wanted to go to the art museum and Mrs. Spencer wanted to go to a water park. The teachers polled the students and 40% voted for the zoo, 20% voted for the water park, 14% voted for the art museum, 10% voted for the sports museum, 11% voted for the dramatic play and 5% voted for the science fair. Using a chart graph, which two field trips came in the middle with the percentages of votes? |
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Water park, dramatic play |
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Zoo, science fair |
[x] |
Art museum, dramatic play |
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Art museum, sports museum |
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In taking a survey on people’s favorite sports, you find that baseball, basketball, football and hockey receive the most votes. You surveyed 15,000 people. Baseball got thirty-two percent of the votes, basketball got thirty-eight percent. Football got twenty-five percent and hockey got five percent. Which sport got 3,750 votes? |
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Hockey |
[ ] |
Baseball |
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Basketball |
[x] |
Football |
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10.
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Raymond is creating a pie graph to help him budget his monthly living expenses. He believes that out of every $100 in monthly expenses, he will spend $22 on utilities. Which of the following labels should be used for this section of the pie (circle) graph? |
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[x] |
Utilities, 22% |
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Monthly Expenses |
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Utilities, 9.6% |
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Raymond's Budget, $100 |
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