Question

The birth rate per thousand in five countries over a period of time is shown below:

Country	China	India	Germany	UK	Sweden
Birth rate per thousand	42	35	14	28	21

Represent the above data by a bar graph.

Answer 1

We can draw the bar graph by following the given steps:
Step 1.- On a graph paper, draw a horizontal line OX as x-axis and vertical line OY as y-axis.

Step 2.- Along OX, write the names of the countries at the points that are taken at a uniform gap.

Step 3.- Choose the scale:
1 big division = 5 unit
2 small division = 1 unit

Step 4.- Heights of the various bars:
China = 84 small divisions = 8 big divisions and 4 small divisions
India = 70 small divisions = 7 big divisions
Germany = 28 small divisions = 2 big divisions and 8 small divisions
U.K. = 56 small divisions = 5 big divisions and 6 small divisions
Sweden = 42 small divisions = 4 big divisions and 2 small divisions

Step 5.- Draw bars of equal width on the x-axis. The difference between the two bars should also be the same.

We get the following bar graph: