The chart below shows the amount of time that 10 to 15-year-olds spend chatting on the Internet and playing on games consoles on an average school day in the UK. ...

The given bar chart illustrates the average time per school day that

students

spend online texting and playing video

games

. Figures are given for

girls

and

boys

between 10 and 15 in the UK. A quick glance at these graphs reveals that

students

tend to play

games

marginally more than chat on the Internet.

In addition

, there is a striking difference between the percentage of

boys

and

girls

playing on game consoles. Looking at the details, 30% of

students

spend from 1 to 3 hours per day texting on the Internet. It is noticeable that nearly 70% of

girls

use the Internet as a means of communication,

while

this

figure for

boys

is only 55%. The opposite trend can be seen in the percentage of

students

playing video

games

. To be more specific, 85% of

boys

get into the habit of playing video

games

and half of them spend 1 to 3 hours on

this

entertainment.

By contrast

, there are nearly 50% of

girls

that do not involve in

games

console and 35% of female

students

devote less than an hour to

this

activity.