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4MA1/1F Jan 2020, Question 2: Bar Charts and Composite Bar Charts

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A 4MA1 · Paper 1F (Foundation) · Calculator · 4 marks

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The question, in short

Using a bar chart of banana production in millions of tonnes for four countries in 2016, add China's 13 million tonnes, identify which country produced 6.8 million tonnes, and find India's fraction of the 113 million tonne world total.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Draw a bar on the chart at the height of 13 million tonnes for China.

  1. 1China produced 13 million tonnes, so the bar must reach 13 on the vertical axis

AnswerA bar at 13 on the chart for China

Part (b) · 1 mark

Use the bar heights to decide which of the four countries produced 6.8 million tonnes.

  1. 16.8 million tonnes lies between 6 and 7 on the vertical scale
  2. 2Find the bar whose top is just below 7
  3. 3That is the bar for Brazil
  4. 4The country is Brazil

AnswerBrazil

Part (c) · 2 marks

Read India's production from the chart and express it as a fraction of 113 million tonnes.

  1. 1Read the height of the bar for India: 29 million tonnes
  2. 2The world total for 2016 is 113 million tonnes
  3. 3Fraction produced in India = 29/113

Answer29/113

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