{"id":77,"date":"2023-08-02T21:11:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T01:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/chapter\/picture-graphs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:05:18","slug":"picture-graphs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/chapter\/picture-graphs\/","title":{"raw":"Topic C: Picture Graphs","rendered":"Topic C: Picture Graphs"},"content":{"raw":"Picture graphs are similar to bar graphs. <strong>Picture graphs are used to compare quantities<\/strong>. A little picture represents a certain amount. Look for the legend to find out that amount. Picture graphs will give fractions of a picture also. For example, if the picture represents 100 things, half a picture would be 50.\r\n<strong>Graph 1<\/strong>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_756\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1058px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-756\"><a id=\"ret1picturegraph\" class=\"internal\"><\/a>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2050\/2023\/08\/Informal-Survey-of-Vehicles-per-1000-Used-in-Summer-Months-Picture-Graph-Table.png\" alt=\"A labelled picture graph. Image description linked in caption.\" width=\"1058\" height=\"778\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<ol class=\"space\" type=\"A\">\r\n \t<li>At first glance, which type of vehicle is most in use?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What does each picture represent according to the legend?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Out of every 1,000 vehicles, how many are:\r\n<ol class=\"space\" type=\"1\">\r\n \t<li>cars?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>bikes and motorcycles?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>large trucks?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>RVs and small trucks?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Look for other examples of picture graphs in newspapers and magazines. Television programs often display picture graphs to illustrate statistics.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Answers for Graph 1<\/strong>\r\n<ol type=\"A\">\r\n \t<li>Car<\/li>\r\n \t<li>100 vehicles<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<ol type=\"1\">\r\n \t<li>600<\/li>\r\n \t<li>100<\/li>\r\n \t<li>100<\/li>\r\n \t<li>200<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"<p>Picture graphs are similar to bar graphs. <strong>Picture graphs are used to compare quantities<\/strong>. A little picture represents a certain amount. Look for the legend to find out that amount. Picture graphs will give fractions of a picture also. For example, if the picture represents 100 things, half a picture would be 50.<br \/>\n<strong>Graph 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_756\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 1058px\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-756\"><a id=\"ret1picturegraph\" class=\"internal\"><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2050\/2023\/08\/Informal-Survey-of-Vehicles-per-1000-Used-in-Summer-Months-Picture-Graph-Table.png\" alt=\"A labelled picture graph. Image description linked in caption.\" width=\"1058\" height=\"778\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol class=\"space\" type=\"A\">\n<li>At first glance, which type of vehicle is most in use?<\/li>\n<li>What does each picture represent according to the legend?<\/li>\n<li>Out of every 1,000 vehicles, how many are:\n<ol class=\"space\" type=\"1\">\n<li>cars?<\/li>\n<li>bikes and motorcycles?<\/li>\n<li>large trucks?<\/li>\n<li>RVs and small trucks?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Look for other examples of picture graphs in newspapers and magazines. Television programs often display picture graphs to illustrate statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Answers for Graph 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol type=\"A\">\n<li>Car<\/li>\n<li>100 vehicles<\/li>\n<li>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>600<\/li>\n<li>100<\/li>\n<li>100<\/li>\n<li>200<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":1935,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-77","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":64,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1935"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/77\/revisions\/506"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/64"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/77\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/math0660\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}