Martha and her three best friends wanted to lose weight before spring break. Martha had to lose fifteen pounds. Janet wanted to lose nineteen pounds. Carol wanted to lose six pounds and Allison wanted to lose twenty-four pounds. Martha wound up losing half of what she wanted to. Janet lost sixty percent of what she wanted to. Carol lost ninety percent of what she wanted to and Allison lost sixty-eight percent of what she wanted to. By creating a chart graph, which girl lost the most pounds?

Pie:  A pie graph (or circle graph) uses “slices” or “sections” to show size.  

Chart:  A chart is made up of a horizontal line and a vertical line.  The horizontal line displays advancing numbers, letters or names going from left to right along the horizontal bottom line.  The vertical line displays advancing numbers, letters or names going from the bottom to top along the vertical line.