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Let’s go step by step using the bar graph data.

First, read the heights of each bar:

- Kim: The bar goes up to 5 → Kim read 5 books
- Pat: The bar goes up to 9 → Pat read 9 books
- James: The bar goes up to 7 → James read 7 books
- Lily: The bar goes up to 5 → Lily read 5 books

Now answer each question:

1. How many books did James read?
→ Look at James’s bar: it reaches 7.
✔ Answer: 7

2. How many books did Lily read?
→ Lily’s bar reaches 5.
✔ Answer: 5

3. Who read the most books?
→ Compare all: Kim=5, Pat=9, James=7, Lily=5 → Pat has the highest (9).
✔ Answer: Pat

4. Which two people read the same number of books?
→ Kim and Lily both read 5.
✔ Answer: Kim and Lily

5. How many more books did Pat read than Kim?
→ Pat: 9, Kim: 5 → 9 - 5 = 4
✔ Answer: 4

6. How many books did Lily and James read altogether?
→ Lily: 5, James: 7 → 5 + 7 = 12
✔ Answer: 12

7. Mark read 4 books. Add his name and data to the graph.
→ This is a drawing task — you would draw a new bar for “Mark” that goes up to 4 on the y-axis. Since we can’t draw here, just know: Mark’s bar should be shorter than Kim’s and Lily’s (which are at 5), but taller than 3.

8. Who read fewer books than Kim?
→ Kim read 5. Who read less than 5? Only Mark (if we add him) with 4. But wait — looking at original four: Kim=5, Pat=9, James=7, Lily=5 → none of them read *fewer* than Kim. But if we include Mark (from Q7), then Mark read 4, which is fewer than Kim’s 5.
So assuming we’re including Mark now:
✔ Answer: Mark

9. Their teacher said there was a prize for anyone who read 6 or more books. Who gets a prize?
→ Check each person:
- Kim: 5 → no
- Pat: 9 → yes
- James: 7 → yes
- Lily: 5 → no
- Mark: 4 → no (added in Q7)
So only Pat and James qualify.
✔ Answer: Pat and James

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Final Answer:
1. 7
2. 5
3. Pat
4. Kim and Lily
5. 4
6. 12
7. Draw a bar for Mark at height 4
8. Mark
9. Pat and James