Solve 3x +2=5. A. Model 3x +2=5.
B. Perform the step to have the variables (circles) alone on one side.
C. Write the resulting step.
D. Divide the variables (circles) and numbers (squares) into equal groups.
E. Show the value of one group.

The major difference is that a histogram is only used to plot the frequency of score occurrences in a continuous data set that has been divided into classes, called bins.  bar charts, on the other hand, can be used for a great deal of other types ofvariables  including  ordinal  andnominal  data sets.