Objective: At the end of the lesson, the students are able to:

A. Interprets data presented in different kinds of bar graphs (vertical/horizontal)

I. Subject Matter: Interpreting Data in a Bar Graph

References: Soaring 21st Century MATHEMATICS, by Winsdy Joy S. Marcos, Nila R. Jaramillo, Josefina
H. Tan, pp. 414-423, MATHEMATICS Curriculum Guide p. 77 M3SP-IVh-3.3

Materials: Pictures, Chart, Laptop

II. Procedure: 4A’s

Teacher Activity Pupil Activity

I. Old Lesson
a. Drill

Class, we will have an activity called “Hurry Up”. I

will present a graph. Read and observe. I will be asking
questions and the first hand to raise and can give the
correct answer will receive a prize. Is that clear? Yes teacher!

Jake recorded the number of apples sold over five days.

Day Number of apples sold

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

= 5 apples

1. How many apples did he sell on Thursday?

1. 35
2. Which day did he sell the fewest apples?
2. Wednesday
3. How many apples did he sell in five days?
3. 125
4. What did he sell over five days?
4. Apples
5. Which day did he sell 25 apples?
5. Monday

6. How many apples did he sell on Friday? 6. 30

7. Which day did he sell the highest apples? 7. Thursday

8. How many apples did sell on Monday and Tuesday? 8. 45

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9. What day did he sell 20 apples? 9. Tuesday

10. How many apples did he sell on Wednesday and 10. 65

Friday?

b. Review

Now, what is the graph all about? The graph is all about the number of apples sold over five
days.

What do we call the graph that we used in the

activity? The graph that we used in activity is called picture graph.

What is a picture graph? Picture graph is a graph used to convey information by

using relevant pictures as symbols to represent
information.

II. New Lesson

a. Preparation

Children, who among you here loves to eat fruits? (Pupils raise their hands)

What is your favorite fruit? My favorite fruit is Apple.

My favorite fruit is Grapes.
My favorite fruit is Mango.
My favorite fruit is Orange.
Class, I have here different kind of fruits. I want you
to look and observe closely the fruits that I show you.

What kind of fruits do you see? There are apple, grapes, and orange.

Aside from that, what else did you notice? They are not organized, teacher.

Do you want them to be organize? Yes teacher.

Okay, I will divide you into three grouped. The group

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one will get the apple, the group two will get the orange
and the group three will get the grapes.

All you must do is to paste it in the chart. Am I clear? Yes teacher.

Fruit Distribution Fruit Distribution

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1
Apples Orange Grapes Apples Orange Grapes
s s

Now, which fruit has the least distribution? The fruit that has the least distribution is the grapes
teacher.

Which fruit has the most distribution? The fruit that has the most distribution is the apple
teacher.

Are you familiar with bar graph? Yes teacher.

Do you know how to interpret data presented in bar

graph? No teacher.

b. Presentation

This morning, we will interpret data in a bar graph.

(The teacher presents the subject matter and objective.)

1. ACTIVITY

This time, we will have an activity called “Interprets

Me!” I will divide the class into two groups. Each group
will be given a bar graph. Am I understood?
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Yes teacher.
Directions: Read and answer the following questions.

GROUP 1
Favorite Fruits of Grade III-A

Strawberry Apple Orange Mango Grapes

Guide Questions;

1. What is the most popular fruit? ______ 1. Apple is the most popular fruit.

2. How many pupils like to eat apple? ______ 2. 8 pupils like to eat apple.

3. What is the least popular fruit? ______ 3. Strawberry is the least popular fruit.

4. How many pupils like to eat strawberry? ______ 4. Only 3 pupils like to eat strawberry.

5. What fruit did the 5 pupils like to eat? ______ 5. Mango is the fruit that the 5 pupils like to eat.

6. How many pupils like to eat grapes? ______ 6. 6 pupils like to eat grapes.

7. What are the two fruits that has the same number of
pupils like to eat? ______ 7. Orange and grapes are the two fruits that has the same
number of pupils like to eat.

8. How many pupils are there in Grade III-A? ______ There are 28 pupils in Grade III-A.

GROUP 2
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Favorite Vegetables of Grade III-B

Carrot

Eggplant

Cabbage

Squash
1. Squash is the most popular vegetable.

Okra 2. 9 pupils like to eat squash.

3. Cabbage is the least popular vegetable.

Guide Questions:
4. Only 2 pupils like to eat cabbage.
1. What is the most popular vegetable? ______

5. Okra is the vegetable that the 6 pupils like to eat.

2. How many pupils like to eat squash? ______

6. 5 pupils like to eat eggplant.

3. What is the least popular vegetable? ______

7. Carrot is the vegetable that the 4 pupils like to eat.

4. How many pupils like to eat cabbage? ______

8. There are 26 pupils in Grade III-B

5. What vegetable did the 6 pupils like to eat? ______

6. How many pupils like to eat eggplant? ______

7. What vegetable did the 4 pupils like to eat? ______

8. How many pupils are there in Grade III-B? ______

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2. ANALYSIS

Let’s now check your activity in interpreting your bar

graphs. To give you an information, a bar graph is a visual
representation of a series of data.

Here is the first graph.

Favorite Fruits of Grade III-A

The title of the bar graph is the Favorite Fruits of Grade

III-A.

Apple is the most popular fruit.

8 pupils like to eat apple.

Strawberry Apple Orange Mango Grapes Strawberry is the least popular fruit.

What is the tittle of the bar graph? Only 3 pupils like to eat strawberry.

Mango is the fruit that the 5 pupils like to eat.

What is the most popular fruit?
6 pupils who likes to eat grapes.
How many pupils like to eat apple?

What is the least popular fruit? Orange and grapes are the fruits that has the same number
of pupils like to eat.
How many pupils like to eat strawberry?
There are 28 pupils in Grade III-A.
What fruit did the five pupils likes to eat?
Vertical bar graph.
How many pupils like to eat grapes?

What are the two fruits that has the same number of
pupils like to eat?

How many pupils are there in Grade III-A?

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What kind of bar graph is this?

Okay so, let’s move on the second graph. Look at it

carefully.

Favorite Vegetables of Grade III-B

Carrot

The title of bar graph is the Favorite Vegetables of Grade

III-B.

Squash is the most popular vegetable.

Eggplant
9 pupils like to eat squash.

Cabbage is the least popular vegetable.

Cabbage
Only 2 pupils like to eat cabbage.

Squash Okra is the vegetable that the 6 pupils like to eat.

5 pupils likes eggplant.

Okra Carrot is the vegetable that the 4 pupils like to eat.

There are 26 pupils in Grade III-B.

Horizontal bar graph.

What is the title of the bar graph?

What is the most popular vegetable?

How many pupils like to eat squash?

What is the least popular vegetable?

How many pupils like to eat cabbage?

What vegetable did the six pupils likes to eat?

The tittle of bar graph is the Flowers in the Garden.
How many pupils likes to eat eggplant?
Horizontal bar graph.
What vegetable did the four pupils like to eat?
There are 12 roses in the garden.
How many pupils are there in Grade III-B?
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What kind of bar graph is this? Orchids is the flower that has in least count.

I have here an example bar graph. There are 2 more roses than sunflowers.

Flowers in the Garden

By determining which category has the highest frequency

and which has the lowest frequency.

A bar graph is a visual representation of a series of data.

The horizontal bar graph and vertical bar graph.

What is the tittle of the bar graph?

What kind of bar graph is this? The two kind of food we interpret in the bar graphs base
in our activity are the fruits and vegetables.
How many roses are there in the garden?
Yes teacher.
What kind of flower that has in least count?
It is important to eat fruits and vegetables daily, for us to
How many more roses are there than sunflowers? be healthy always.
3. ABSTRACTION

How do we interpret data in a bar graph?

Yes teacher.

What is a bar graph?

Give the two kinds of bar graph.

Values Integration

Class, what kind of food did we interpret in the bar

graphs base in our activity a while ago?

It is important to eat fruits and vegetables daily?

Why it is important to eat fruits and vegetables daily?

3. APPLICATION

At this point class, we will be having another activity

called “Complete Me”. Write your answer in a paper. I
will give you 5 minutes. Am I clear?

Mr. Gonzales is doing a survey among pupils on their Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Violet
preferred team color for the school’s celebration of the
Foundation Day. Using the survey results below, organize
a vertical bar graph.

Red-25 Blue-40 Orange-15

Yellow-35 Green-50 Violet-20
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Red Yellow 1. Number of School Play Tickets

Blue Green
Orange Violet
2. 25
IV. Assessment
3. Wednesday
Use the bar graphs to complete each statement below.

4. 10

5. 95

0 5 10 15 20 25

Number of Tickets

1. What is the title of the graph? _____

2. How many tickets were sold on Monday? _____
3. On what day was the least number of tickets sold?
_____
4. How many more tickets were sold on Friday than on
Thursday? _____
6. 70
5. How many tickets were sold during the week? _____
7. Araling Panlipunan

8. 15

9. Favorite Subjects of Grade 3

10. PE

Science Math PE English

Araling
Panlipunan

6. How many pupils were ask in all? _____

7. Which subject has the same number of pupils as that
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in Science? _____
8. How many pupils like Mathematics best? _____
9. What is the tittle of the graph? _____
10. What subject is liked by most pupils? _____

V. Assignment

Directions: Study the vertical bar graph below which

shows the daily sales of a sari store. Complete the
statement given.

Sari-sari Store Sales

Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday

Days of the Week

1. The tittle of the bar graph is ______

2. The sales of the sari-sari store on Monday is ______
3. The day with the highest amount of sales is _______
4. The sales of the sari-sari store on Thursday is _____
5. The difference between the amounts of sales on
Thursday and Wednesday is ______
6. The total amount of sales from Monday to Friday is
_____
7. The graph is all about _____
8. The least amount of sales was on _____
9. The total amount of sales on Wednesday and Monday
is _____
10. The sales of the sari-sari store on Friday is _____