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       Skill 8C 
      Reading a Bar Graph 
      A bar graph is often used to 
      show the quantity of something and provides a quick visual comparison to 
      other things in the graph. You can have a vertical or horizontal bar 
      graph.  Here we want to determine if your student understands the 
      layout and logic of a vertical bar graph.  Each column represents a 
      type of food that students called their "favorite."  The number to 
      the left of the graph represents "how many" students called that food 
      their "favorite."  Read the "red" text below the graph. 
      Gene 
      asked his classmates to vote for their favorite food.   
      He put their votes 
      in this bar graph.  
      Answer the questions I ask you about the graph. 
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