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This bar graph shows the area of some countries in Africa.
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1. Which two countries are the smallest in area?
2. Which three countries are more than 900,000 square
kilometers in area?
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3. What is the area of Zambia? How do you know?
4. Which country is about three times the area of Senegal?
5. What is the combined approximate area of Zimbabwe
and Mozambique? Show your work.
6. On a separate sheet of paper, write and solve two word
problems about the bar graph.
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Name
9–6
Date
This bar graph shows the area of some countries in Africa.
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1. Which two countries are the smallest in area?
Liberia and Tunisia
2. Which three countries are more than 900,000 square
kilometers in area?
Egypt, Nigeria, and Tanzania
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3. What is the area of Zambia? How do you know?
It is about 750,000 sq km; the bar fills halfway
between 700,000 and 800,000 on the horizontal axis.
4. Which country is about three times the area of Senegal?
Botswana
5. What is the combined approximate area of Zimbabwe
and Mozambique? Show your work.
About 400,000 + 800,000 = 1,200,000 sq km
6. On a separate sheet of paper, write and solve two word
problems about the bar graph. Answers will vary.
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