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6th Grade Math (Math 6) · Chapter 13 · Lesson 13.11 · Printable PDF

Misleading Graphs Worksheet with Answer Key

6 problems on misleading graphs: a bar chart that starts above zero, areas and boxes that exaggerate growth, a park visit line graph, a poster with unequal steps, and bars that exaggerate injuries at two playgrounds. 3 pages, with a worked answer key.

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  1. Explain how the poster's value axis misleads about student council votes.
  2. Explain how the sizes of the bottle pictures exaggerate hot sauce sales.
  3. Explain how cube-shaped boxes exaggerate the coat drive totals.
  4. Describe a graph of monthly park visits and how it could mislead.
  5. Explain how unequal steps along the bottom mislead about tool library members.
  6. Explain how the injury bars compare the two playgrounds unfairly.

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