You collect data by asking the same question over and over using a _____.
Survey
100
What part of the graph do you look at to find the topic of the graph?
Title
100
Look at the bar graph example on the board. Which choice is the most popular?
Cat
100
How many students chose 3 pets?
Answers will vary depending on your graph.
100
Shirley read 10 pages every day for a week. How many pages did she read altogether? (Draw a table and then find the total.)
70 pages
200
What do you call the information you collect or display?
Data
200
What do you call a picture that is used to stand for something else?
A symbol
200
Look at the bar graph example on the board. Which choice has the fewest votes?
Rabbit
200
What do the numbers along the bottom stand for?
Possible answer choices.
200
Bob, Bill, and Barry went to the park. They each took 2 Frisbees with them. How many Frisbees did they have in all? (Draw a table and then find the total.)
6 Frisbees
300
This kind of graph uses bars to display the data.
Bar Graph
300
What labels would you need to add to a graph about a class' favorite lunch choices.
Lunch Choices
Number of Votes
300
Look at the picture graph the board. How many students walk and take the bus to school?
9
300
What kind of answer choices do you have to give if you want to make a line plot?
Numbers only
300
Each hen in Farmer Brown's barn lays 8 eggs each week. There are 4 hens in the barn. How many eggs do they lay in all?
32 eggs
400
This kind of graph uses pictures or symbols to represent the data.
Picture Graph
400
What do you call the box at the bottom of a picture graph that tells you what the symbols mean?
The key
400
How is a bar graph different from a picture graph?
A bar graph has colored boxes instead of pictures. A bar graph has a scale and a picture graph has a key.
400
What do the x's stand for in a line plot?
How many people voted for each choice.
400
There are 7 tables in the classroom. Each table has space for 3 students. How many students are in the classroom? (Draw a table and find the final answer.)
21 students
500
This kind of graph is used to show how often a certain number appears in a set of data.
Line Plot
500
What do you call the number line on the side of a bar graph?
The scale
500
Look at the picture graph on the board. How many more students take the bus and bike to school than walk?
5
500
How many students have less than 3 pets at home?
Answers will vary depending on your graph.
500
Each student at the table has 5 notebooks. There are 4 students at each table. How many notebooks are in each table basket? (Draw a table and find the final answer.)