Circle graph: walk 50%, bus 25%, car 25%

Step by step

The question

Question: make a circle graph of walk 50%, bus 25%, car 25%.

A circle graph shows the parts of a whole as slices.

The whole circle is 360 degrees.

1 Each part of 360°

Walk is 50% of the circle.

50% is 0.5.

0.5 times 360 is 180°.

Careful!

A percent is out of 100.

Degrees are out of 360.

50% of the circle is 180°.

Bus: 25% of 360 is 90°.

Car: 25% of 360 is 90°.

2 Draw the circle graph

We draw a circle and start at the top.

Walk: a slice of 180°, going round like a clock.

Then bus, 90°, and so on.

So the slices are walk 180°, bus 90° and car 90°.

3 Check

Let's check: the slices fill the circle: 180 plus 90 plus 90 is 360.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: each part of 360°.

Then: draw the circle graph.

Last: check.