IN MATH: 1. n. a pictorial way of displaying how an entire thing, represented by the circle's interior, is distributed. EX. Linda used a circle graph to show how revenues were de rived.

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: See list 260.

1. Sketch a graph to represent 200 items with the following features: 50 are red, 25 are green, and the rest are blue.

2. What percent of the above 200 items are blue?


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