Bar Graphs 2nd Grade - Free Printable

Let’s solve each question by reading the bar graph carefully.

The vertical axis (y-axis) shows “Votes”, and the horizontal axis (x-axis) lists the shapes: triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon.

We read the height of each bar to find how many votes each shape received:

- Triangle: Bar reaches 6 → 6 votes
- Square: Bar reaches 9 → 9 votes
- Rectangle: Bar reaches 11 → 11 votes
- Pentagon: Bar reaches 8 → 8 votes
- Hexagon: Bar reaches 14 → 14 votes
- Octagon: Bar reaches 5 → 5 votes

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Now, answer each question:

1) What was the most popular shape?
→ The shape with the highest number of votes is hexagon (14 votes).

✔ Answer: hexagon

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2) What was the least popular shape?
→ The shape with the lowest number of votes is octagon (5 votes).

✔ Answer: octagon

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3) How many voted for the pentagon?
→ Pentagon bar = 8 votes.

✔ Answer: 8

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4) How many voted for the triangle?
→ Triangle bar = 6 votes.

✔ Answer: 6

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5) How many voted for the rectangle?
→ Rectangle bar = 11 votes.

✔ Answer: 11

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6) How many voted for the octagon?
→ Octagon bar = 5 votes.

✔ Answer: 5

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7) How many voted for the square?
→ Square bar = 9 votes.

✔ Answer: 9

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✔ Final Answers:

1) hexagon
2) octagon
3) 8
4) 6
5) 11
6) 5
7) 9

*(Note: The note “Each child had 2 votes” is interesting but not needed to answer these specific questions — we’re only asked to read the total votes per shape from the graph.)*