Homemade Graphs

Last week I was learning about bar graphs. My mom had an idea that we should do one of our own graphs, so she asked some friends on Facebook to take part in a survey. We asked what  kind of transport is used to deliver post in different countries, and also what people's favourite seasons are.


My brother and I then made bar graphs to show the results of the surveys.


We sorted the responses into groups and, using tally marks, worked how many were in each group.


Here is the first survey. The question was: How is post delivered to your home?

Tally marks to show our findings

Our findings in a bar graph

 

It was very interesting to see how people get their post delivered. PO Box was used by friends who don't get post delivered to their house.

The second survey question was: What is your favourite season?

(Where someone chose 2 seasons, we counted the first one they mentioned)

Tallying up the favourite seasons

The final results in a bar graph.

It was interesting that most of the people who like winter live in countries where it gets very hot during the summer. People who like summer generally live in colder places, like the UK and Canada.


It was quite fun doing this because we were learning about bar graphs and I got to make some of my own.