2nd grade math · Unit 10: Data

Questions from a bar graph

What this lesson shows

Mia read 35 minutes on Tuesday and 20 on Monday. That is 15 minutes more.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: apples 35, bananas 20, grapes 15, key 5. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Read where each bar stops
  2. How many more: subtract
  3. How many in all: add

Helping at home

Read each bar where it stops on the scale. How many more: subtract the two bars. How many in all: add every bar.

If your kid gets stuck

More means subtract.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 2.MD.D.10
    Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
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