Draw a neat, fully labelled SINGLE BAR GRAPH to represent this information. Your graph must have a heading, labelled axes, an appropriate scale and evenly spaced bars of equal width. Use the grid provided below (or attach your own graph paper).

The table shows the number of items sold in different departments during August 2026.

Department	Items sold (August 2026)
Menswear	420
Ladieswear	580
Kidswear	310
Footwear	260
Accessories	190
Total	1760

To draw a single bar graph:

• Heading: "Items Sold per Department (August 2026)"
• X-axis (horizontal): Label this axis "Department" and list the departments (Menswear, Ladieswear, Kidswear, Footwear, Accessories) with evenly spaced bars.
• Y-axis (vertical): Label this axis "Number of Items Sold". Choose an appropriate scale, for example, from 0 to 600, with increments of 50 or 100.
• Bars: Draw bars of equal width for each department, with the height of each bar corresponding to the number of items sold. For example, the bar for Ladieswear would reach 580 on the y-axis.

Identify the department with the highest and lowest sales from the table.

• Highest sales: Ladieswear with 580 items.
• Lowest sales: Accessories with 190 items.

The department that sold the most items is Ladieswear, and the department that sold the fewest items is Accessories.

Name one other way to represent the data and give a reason for using a bar graph.

• Other representation: A pie chart could also represent this data, showing each department's sales as a proportion of the total sales.
• Reason for bar graph: A bar graph is a good choice for comparing departments because the different heights of the bars make it easy to visually compare the sales figures of each department directly and quickly identify which department sold more or less than others.

Here are the answers to the questions:

5.1) To draw a neat, fully labelled SINGLE BAR GRAPH:

• Heading: Items Sold per Department (August 2026)
• X-axis: Label "Department" with categories: Menswear, Ladieswear, Kidswear, Footwear, Accessories.
• Y-axis: Label "Number of Items Sold" with an appropriate scale (e.g., 0 to 600, in increments of 50 or 100).
• Bars: Draw bars of equal width for each department, with heights corresponding to their respective sales figures (Menswear: 420, Ladieswear: 580, Kidswear: 310, Footwear: 260, Accessories: 190).

5.2) The department that sold the most items is Ladieswear, and the department that sold the fewest items is Accessories.

5.3) Another way this data could be represented is a pie chart. A bar graph is a good choice for comparing departments because it allows for easy visual comparison of the magnitude of sales between different categories.