Read the bar graph and answer the questions Worksheets

These data and graphing worksheets are designed for 2nd Grade students (Ages 7-8). Print any one in the set for targeted practice, or download them together as a packet.

Yes. These worksheets work for homeschool, classroom, and tutoring. Use them as a morning warm-up, an independent center activity, or a fast-finisher task.

Second graders should draw picture graphs and bar graphs with a scale of 1 to represent data sets with up to four categories (CCSS 2.MD.D.10). They should also solve addition and subtraction problems using information presented in bar graphs. Second grade adds graph creation to the first-grade focus on graph reading.

Begin with picture graphs (one picture = one unit) before introducing bar graphs. Teach students to label both axes, title the graph, and use a consistent scale. Start with a scale of 1 (each unit = 1 item) before introducing scales of 2, 5, or 10. Worksheets that present a data table and ask students to create a bar graph, then answer questions about it, combine creation and interpretation.

CCSS 2.MD.D.10 expects second graders to answer: how many in each category, which has the most or fewest, how many more or fewer in one category vs. another (requiring subtraction), and what is the total. The how-many-more questions are where graphing intersects with arithmetic, making graphing a rich context for word-problem practice as well as data skills.