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This interactive web-based resource allows the student to enter data, create a bar graph, and then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values.

Bar graphs, like histograms, are graphical data representations based on frequency. Histograms are a type of bar graph. The feature that distinguishes a histogram from a bar graph is that each bar on a histogram represents a range of data, where each bar on a bar graph represents a specific category. This activity can be used to:

• create bar graphs
• practice reading bar graphs
• explore ways to represent data visually

Teachers can use the Exploration Questions to help guide students' investigations.

 

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data, bar graph, maximum value, minimum value, frequency, histograms, range, math

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