Scribd
Upload
420 views4 pages

Pie Chart

The document explains how to create a pie chart by taking survey data and converting it to percentages of a whole to represent relative portions of the data in a circular graph divided into slices.

Uploaded by

Achindra Paul
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
420 views4 pages

Pie Chart

The document explains how to create a pie chart by taking survey data and converting it to percentages of a whole to represent relative portions of the data in a circular graph divided into slices.

Uploaded by

Achindra Paul
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

9/13/22, 8:35 PM Pie Chart

Pie Chart
Pie Chart: a special chart that uses "pie slices" to show relative sizes of data.

Imagine you survey your friends to find the kind of movie they like best:

Table: Favorite Type of Movie

Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi

4 5 6 1 4

You can show the data by this Pie Chart:

Favorite Type of Movie


SciFi: 4 (20%)
Comedy: 4 (20%)

Drama: 1 (5%)

Action: 5 (25%)

Romance: 6 (30%)

It is a really good way to show relative sizes: it is easy to see which movie types are most liked,
and which are least liked, at a glance.

You can create graphs like that using our Data Graphs (Bar, Line and Pie) page.

Or you can make them yourself ...

How to Make Them Yourself


First, put your data into a table (like above), then add up all the values to get a total:

Table: Favorite Type of Movie


https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html 1/4
9/13/22, 8:35 PM Pie Chart

Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi TOTAL

4 5 6 1 4 20

Next, divide each value by the total and multiply by 100 to get a percent:

Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi TOTAL

4 5 6 1 4 20

4/20 5/20 6/20 1/20 4/20


100%
= 20% = 25% = 30% = 5% = 20%

Now to figure out how many degrees for each "pie slice" (correctly called a sector ).

A Full Circle has 360 degrees, so we do this calculation:

Comedy Action Romance Drama SciFi TOTAL

4 5 6 1 4 20

20% 25% 30% 5% 20% 100%

4/20 × 360° 5/20 × 360° 6/20 × 360° 1/20 × 360° 4/20 × 360°
360°
= 72° = 90° = 108° = 18° = 72°

Now you are ready to start drawing!

Draw a circle.

Then use your protractor to measure the degrees of each sector.

Here I show the first sector ...

Finish up by coloring each sector and giving it a label like "Comedy:


4 (20%)", etc.

(And dont forget a title!)

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html 2/4
9/13/22, 8:35 PM Pie Chart

Favorite Type of Movie


SciFi: 4 (20%)
Comedy: 4 (20%)

Drama: 1 (5%)

Action: 5 (25%)

Romance: 6 (30%)

Another Example
You can use pie charts to show the relative sizes of many things, such as:

what type of car people have,

how many customers a shop has on different days and so on.

how popular are different breeds of dogs

Example: Student Grades

Here is how many students got each grade in the recent test:

A B C D

4 12 10 2

And here is the pie chart:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html 3/4
9/13/22, 8:35 PM Pie Chart

Student Grades
D: 2 (7.1%)
A: 4 (14.3%)

C: 10 (35.7%)

B: 12 (42.9%)

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5


Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10

Copyright © 2019 MathsIsFun.com

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html 4/4

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy