Circle Graphs SOL 6.18
1100% 12 / 12 A circle graph displays parts of a whole. The data can be written as: Whole Numbers Percents Fractions 1.0 Decimals
½½ A circle graph displays parts of a whole.
½ ¼ ¼
½ ¼ 1 / 8 1 / 8
Career Choices of 100 Students Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut 1. How many students does the graph represent?
Career Choices of 100 Students Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut 2. What fraction of the students chose Game Show Host? 50 / 100 = ½
Career Choices of 100 Students Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut 3. What fraction of students chose Superhero and how many students does that fraction represent? 1/41/41/41/4 = 25 / students
Career Choices of 100 Students Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut 4. What fraction of students chose Astronaut? 1/81/81/81/8
Career Choices of 100 Students Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut teacher 5. What percentage of students chose teacher or astronaut? 1 / / 8 = 2 / 8 = ¼ 25%
1. Is this the only way to graph this information? Teacher Game Show Host Superhero Astronaut 2. What other graph could you use? 3. Which graph(s) would not work and why?