Printable Bar Graphs Worksheets

Printable bar graphs worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 4 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Bar Graphs

What this skill is

Bar graphs use horizontal or vertical bars to compare categorical data quantities against a numerical grid axis scaled by 1s, 2s, 5s, or 10s.

When children learn it

Bar graphs are taught in 1st through 4th grade, aligned to 2.MD.D.10 and 3.MD.B.3.

Teaching Tips

  • Use a ruler across to line up the top of each bar with the vertical scale.
  • Check the axis scale intervals before reading data values.

Common Mistakes

  • Misreading bar height values on scaled axes counting by 2s or 5s.
  • Shading bars between grid lines inaccurately.