Bar Charts & Pictograms

Edexcel

AQA

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q7

EdexcelCurrent spec5 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

7 There are only 10p coins, 20p coins, 50p coins and £1 coins in a bag.

The bar chart shows information about the number of 10p coins and the number of 20p coins in the bag.

Bar chart of number of coins (0 to 14) for each coin. 10p: 12. 20p: 7. 50p and £1: no bars yet

There are eight 50p coins in the bag.
There are three £1 coins in the bag.

(a) Use this information to complete the bar chart. (2)
(b) Show that the total amount of money in the bag is less than £10 (3)

Foundation November 2024 Paper 1 Q9

EdexcelCurrent spec7 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

9 Milly collects stickers of sports players.
She only has stickers of tennis players, football players and cricket players.

The incomplete bar chart shows some information about the number of stickers Milly has.

Bar chart of number of stickers from 0 to 20: tennis players 12, football players 17, cricket players bar not drawn

Milly has a total of 40 stickers.

(a) Complete the bar chart. (3)
(b) What fraction of the 40 stickers are stickers of tennis players?
Give your fraction in its simplest form. (2)

Ewan also collects stickers.
He only has large stickers and small stickers.

For Ewan’s stickers,

the number of large stickers : the number of small stickers = 5 : 4

(c) Write down the fraction of Ewan’s stickers that are large stickers. (1)
(d) Write the ratio 5 : 4 in the form \(n : 1\) (1)

Foundation June 2025 Paper 2 Q6

AQACurrent spec4 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

6 50 people choose a mascot for a team.

The bar chart shows some information about their choices.

Bar chart titled Mascot choices. Number of people, 0 to 20. Bear 11, Rhino 20, Ox 14, Lion bar not drawn

The 50 people each choose one of bear, rhino, ox or lion.

Complete the bar chart. [4 marks]

Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q3

AQACurrent spec3 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

3 The pictogram shows information about the endings of street names in a town.

The key is missing.

Pictogram. Road: 3 circles. Close: 2 circles. Avenue: 1 circle and a quarter circle. Lane: 1 circle

In the town, there are 48 street names ending in Close.

How many street names end in Avenue? [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 1 Q8

AQACurrent spec3 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

8 The table shows information about where students prefer to revise.

LibraryHomeIn class
306837

Ed draws this bar chart to represent the data.

Bar chart titled Where students prefer to revise, with no axis labels. Vertical scale 0 to 70. Library bar 30, Home bar 66, In class bar 37 and wider than the others

Write down three mistakes he has made. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q8

AQACurrent spec3 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

8 100 people voted in an election for Jo, Kim or Liam.

The pictogram shows the results for Jo and Kim.

Pictogram. Key: one circle represents 8 people. Jo: 6 circles. Kim: 4 circles and a half circle. Liam: empty

Complete the pictogram. [3 marks]

Foundation November 2024 Paper 3 Q5

AQACurrent spec4 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

5 The composite bar chart shows some information about how Calum travelled to school.

Composite bar chart. Vertical axis: Number of days, 0 to 25. Horizontal axis: Month. Key: Walk (light), Cycle (dark). January: Cycle 15, Walk to 19. February: Cycle 12, Walk to 18. March: Cycle 12, Walk to 21. April: Cycle 3, Walk to 10. May: no bar
(a) In January, how many days did he walk to school? [1 mark]
(b) In which month did he cycle on twice as many days as he walked? [1 mark]
(c) In May, Calum went to school on 20 days.

He cycled on \(\dfrac{1}{4}\) of the days.
He walked on the other days.

Show this information on the bar chart. [2 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 2 Q5

AQACurrent spec5 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

5 A company sells three types of bottle.

The pictogram shows how many bottles they sold one week.

Pictogram. Key: one symbol (a rectangle divided into four) represents 20 bottles. Plastic: 5 symbols. Glass: 2 symbols. Steel: 6 symbols and one quarter of a symbol
(a) The company sold more plastic bottles than glass bottles that week.

How many more? [2 marks]

(b) The company sells each steel bottle for £17.50

Work out the total amount of money made from selling steel bottles that week. [3 marks]

Foundation June 2024 Paper 3 Q1

AQACurrent spec2 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

1 A village has four bus stops.

The bar chart shows information about the people at the bus stops at 3 pm one day.

Bar chart titled Number of people waiting at each bus stop at 3 pm. Vertical axis Number of people from 0 to 14. Village hall 5, School 13, Post office 4, Football ground no bar
(a) Two people were at the Football ground bus stop.

Show this information on the bar chart. [1 mark]

(b) How many more people were at the School bus stop than at the Post office bus stop? [1 mark]

Foundation November 2023 Paper 3 Q9

AQACurrent spec2 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

9 Nicki asked 30 people to name their favourite crisp flavour.

Here are the results.

Salt and Vinegar16
Ready Salted7
Cheese and Onion5
Prawn Cocktail2

Nicki drew this pictogram to represent the results.

Pictogram titled Favourite crisp flavour, with no key. Salt and Vinegar: 4 whole circles. Ready Salted: 1 whole circle and three quarters of a circle. Cheese and Onion: 1 whole circle and a quarter of a circle. Prawn Cocktail: 1 whole circle. Each circle is divided into quarters

What two mistakes has Nicki made? [2 marks]

Mistake 1 \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)

Mistake 2 \(\ldots\ldots\ldots\)

Foundation November 2023 Paper 1 Q8

AQACurrent spec5 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

8 Shamira uses a tally chart to record the vehicles passing her school.

Here is her chart with the tallies.

Each 5-bar gate \(\big(\cancel{||||}\big)\) represents 5 vehicles.

Tally chart with columns Vehicle, Tally, Frequency (empty). Car: four 5-bar gates and 3. Bus: two 5-bar gates and 2. Van: one 5-bar gate and 4. Lorry: 4
(a) Shamira says,

“The number of cars is more than the total of the other vehicles
because cars have four 5-bar gates and the others only have three 5-bar gates.”

Is she correct?

Tick a box.

  • Yes
  • No

Show working to support your answer. [2 marks]

(b) On the grid, draw a bar chart to represent the data in the tally chart. [3 marks]
Blank grid for a bar chart. Vertical axis Frequency from 0 to 24 in steps of 2

Foundation June 2017 Paper 3 Q8

8 Here is information about the goals scored in some hockey games.

Each game has four quarters.

Dual bar chart titled Goals in hockey games. Number of goals 0 to 9 up, Quarter across. Home goals: 1st 4, 2nd 4, 3rd 8, 4th 9. Away goals: 1st 2, 2nd 8, 3rd 7, 4th 5
(a) Which quarter was the mode for away goals?

Circle your answer. [1 mark]

  • 1st
  • 2nd
  • 3rd
  • 4th
(b) There were 10 games.

Work out the mean number of goals per game. [2 marks]

(c) In total, how many more home goals were scored than away goals? [2 marks]
(d) Rob says,

“More home teams must have won because there were more home goals.”

Is he correct?

Give a reason for your answer. [1 mark]

Foundation June 2017 Paper 2 Q6

AQACurrent spec3 marksBar Charts & Pictograms

6 A swimming pool has three changing rooms, Male, Female and Family.

The pictogram shows the number of people using each changing room during one hour.

Pictogram with key: one symbol represents a blank number of people. Male: 2 symbols. Female: 3 symbols and three quarters of a symbol. Family: one quarter of a symbol

8 people used the Male changing room.

(a) Complete the key. [1 mark]
(b) How many people used the Female changing room? [1 mark]
(c) The manager has bought lockers for the changing rooms.

Why should she not use these results to decide where to put them? [1 mark]