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Free Printable Bar charts PDF Worksheets, Revision Guide & GCSE Past Paper Questions (Grade 2)

Download free bar charts worksheets (PDF), GCSE maths past paper questions and worked solutions for Bar charts (2R). This is a Grade 2 statistics topic from the GCSE questions by topic collection for Foundation and Higher tier GCSE Maths (Edexcel, AQA, OCR and IGCSE).

The free PDF worksheets table below brings together printable question booklets (Qs) and worked answers or mark schemes (Ans) from Maths Genie, Corbett Maths, Maths Made Easy, Maths4EveryOne, Dr Austin, E Classroom and PMT, along with past paper question booklets.

Below the worksheet links you can read our bar charts revision notes and worked examples with diagrams, try real GCSE past paper bar charts questions with step-by-step solutions, or download a PDF of all bar charts worksheet links.

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2A - Calculation problems2B - Using a calculator
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2Q - Unitary method2R - Bar charts
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Guide to Bar charts: Explanation, Diagrams & Worked Examples

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Explanation:

Every bar chart for discrete data must have: (1) equal width bars, (2) equal gaps between bars, (3) a vertical frequency axis starting at 0 with a uniform scale, and (4) clear labels on both axes.

In a dual (comparative) bar chart, two bars are drawn side-by-side for each category with a key. In a composite (stacked) bar chart, sub-categories are stacked on top of each other, so subtract the bottom reading from the top reading to find the upper section’s frequency.

Example 1: The bar chart shows pupils’ favourite sports: Football = 12, Tennis = 7, Rugby = 5, Swimming = 10. Find (a) total pupils & (b) how many more chose Football than Tennis.

0 4 8 12 Freq Football Tennis Rugby Swimming
(a) Total: 12 + 7 + 5 + 10 = 34 pupils
(b) Difference: 12 − 7 = 5 more pupils

Example 2: The dual bar chart shows club attendance (Drama: 6B, 9G; Music: 8B, 7G; Coding: 11B, 5G). Find total girls & greatest difference.

0 4 8 12 Freq Drama Music Coding Boys Girls
• Total girls: 9 + 7 + 5 = 21 girls
• Greatest difference: Coding (11 − 5 = 6, vs Drama 3, Music 1)
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GCSE Past Paper Bar charts Questions & Answers

Past Paper Example 1 GCSE May 2025 1F Q7 5 marks
Full Paper (PDF) • Mark Scheme (PDF)
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.
14121086420Numberof coinsCoin10p20p50p£1
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 marks]
(b) Show that the total amount of money in the bag is less than £10 [3 marks]
Worked Solution & Mark Scheme (5 marks)
Part (a) Solution:
Completed bar chart (50p at 8, £1 at 3) M1 A1
Answer (a): Completed bar chart (50p at 8, £1 at 3)
Part (b) Solution:
12 × 10p = £1.20 M1
7 × 20p = £1.40
8 × 50p = £4.00 M1
3 × £1 = £3.00
Total = 1.20 + 1.40 + 4.00 + 3.00 = £9.60. £9.60 < £10 C1
Answer (b): Shown (£9.60 < £10)
Past Paper Example 2 GCSE Nov 2022 2F Q9 3 marks
Full Paper (PDF) • Mark Scheme (PDF)
The table shows information about the number of students who arrived late at school each day one week.
Number ofstudentsMonday9Tuesday10Wednesday8Thursday6Friday3
On the grid, draw a bar chart for this information.
Worked Solution & Mark Scheme (3 marks)
Equal-width bars drawn at 9, 10, 8, 6, 3 M2 A1
Answer: Bars of heights 9, 10, 8, 6, 3 drawn with linear scale and day labels
Past Paper Example 3 IGCSE Jan 2020 1F Q2 4 marks
Full Paper (PDF) • Mark Scheme (PDF)
The bar chart shows information about the weight, in millions of tonnes, of bananas produced by each of four countries in 2016
051015202530IndiaPhilippinesChinaBrazilColombiaBananas(millions of tonnes)
(a) Draw a bar on the bar chart to show this information. [1 mark]
(b) Which country? [1 mark]
(c) What fraction of the 113 million tonnes of bananas was produced in India in 2016? [2 marks]
Worked Solution & Mark Scheme (4 marks)
Part (a) Solution:
Bar of height 13 drawn for China B1
Answer (a): Bar drawn for China at height 13
Part (b) Solution:
Brazil is at 6.8 B1
Answer (b): Brazil
Part (c) Solution:
India = 29 million → 29/113 M1 A1
Answer (c): 29113

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