According to the chart, which is the most common way these students get to school?
Basic Understanding of a Variety of Texts · TELPAS Grades 8–9 reading. The correct answer, and the reasoning behind it.
Reporting category 2: find the main idea and key details, and follow what happens in stories and informational texts.
Read the chart. Then answer the questions.
Getting to School
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How Eighth Graders Get to School The student council asked all 200 eighth graders at Bluebonnet Middle School how they usually get to school in the morning. Each student could choose only one answer.
Car: 78 students
School bus: 64 students
Walk: 36 students
Bike: 14 students
City bus: 8 students
The question
Choose the best answer.
According to the chart, which is the most common way these students get to school?
- CarCorrect answer
- School bus
- Walk
- City bus
Why “Car” is correct
This question checks whether a student can read a bar chart. The longest bar, 78 students, is for car. Words like "most common" and "fewest" are important for reading graphs in math and science classes too.
Why the other answers are wrong
- School bus — The school bus is second, with 64 students.
- Walk — Walking is third, with 36 students.
- City bus — The city bus has the fewest students, 8.
Practice more of this
More reading practice for Grades 8–9, or see the TELPAS practice test for 8th and 9th grade.
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