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Charts are a way of presenting information.
Bar chart
Pie chart
The titles tell what the charts are about.
Features
Pie chart
Pie charts don’t have numbers. We can look at how big each part is. The biggest part is the most popular answer. The ‘key’ at the side tells us what each part shows.
Features
Pie chart
We can quickly see most pupils watch films at home and in cinemas. And most pupils go to the cinema 6 to 10 times a year.
Features
Bar charts often have numbers so we can find more detailed information. They also have words along the bottom.
Bar chart
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We can see 80 pupils said they go to the cinema to see the latest films. Only 5 pupils go to the cinema because they like the food.
Bar chart
Features
Bar charts are also good for comparing two things. Here the number of boys and girls is shown by different coloured bars.
Bar chart
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35 boys and 25 girls said they like cartoons best.
Bar chart
Features
Now let’s compare charts with another way of presenting information.
Here you can see a pie chart and a written report about the same information.
Where pupils watch films
In this survey we spoke to P6 pupils at Sunny
School. They all loved watching films but we asked
them where they usually watch films.
Most pupils told us they watch films both a home and
in cinemas. Some pupils said they only watch films
at home – they never go to the cinema. The smallest
number of pupils said they never watch films at home
and they only watch films in the cinema.
The survey shows that it is common for pupils to
watch films at home and at the cinema.
We can find information in the pie chart quickly. It is easy to understand.
It takes more time to read the written report. But it can give us more detailed information.
Where pupils watch films
In this survey we spoke to P6 pupils at Sunny
School. They all loved watching films but we asked
them where they usually watch films.
Most pupils told us they watch films both a home and
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