Circle Graphs and Choosing Displays

In this lesson you will learn how to do the following skills.

• Interpret given circle graphs
• Use circle graphs to make predictions
• Use data from a circle graph to make a bar graph
• Select among frequency tables, line plots, bar graphs and line graphs for best displays of given data.
  

Vocabulary

Circle graph

a visual display of data that uses percentages and circles.

Decimals

a part of a whole represented by a decimal point.

Percentages

a part of a whole written out of 100 using a % sign

Predictions

to examine data and decide future events based on trends.