Make a ple chart. Before you can make a pie chart, you need to figure out how much of the circle belongs to each category. Suppose that you earned $6.00 doing odd jobs. You spent your money in this manner: Remembering the formula, Savings Recreation Charity School Supplies $2.20 $2.00 $1.00 $ 0.80 x 360°, you can figure out each part. For example: 60¢ /600¢ x 360° = 36° Use your protractor to measure the angles. Calculate the percentage of each category by the formula, category/total x 100% Then label the parts of your graph.