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0580/33 Oct/Nov 2025, Question 7: Bar Charts and Composite Bar Charts

Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics 0580 · Paper 33 (Core) · Calculator · 2 marks

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The question, in short

Using a bar chart of cars sold in March, April and May, identify two ways the chart is drawn wrongly.

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Solution · 2 marks

  1. 1The bars are not all the same width (2, 5 and 3 squares)
  2. 2The vertical scale is not linear: equal spaces go up by 10 then by 25

AnswerBar width not equal; Scale not linear

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