Vocabulary
Parts of a Graph
Bar and Picture Graphs
Read the Graph
Make A Table
100
You collect data by asking the same question over and over using a _____.
Survey or Poll or voting
100
What part of the graph do you look at to find the topic of the graph?
Title
100
Look at the example on the board. Which subject is the most popular?
Answers will vary depending on your graph.
100
How many students chose Christmas?
10
100
Shirley read 3 pages every day for a week. How many pages did she read altogether? (Draw a table and then find the total.)
21 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 example on the board. Which subject has the fewest votes?
Answers will vary depending on your graph.
200
What do the words along the bottom tell us?
Possible holidays that people like.
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 example on the board. How many students voted for Christmas and Math?
13
300
When the question asks "how many?" you know that you're answer will be ________.
A number
300
Each hen in Farmer Brown's barn lays 2 eggs each week. There are 4 hens in the barn. How many eggs do they lay in all?
8 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 numbers along the side tell us?
How many people voted for each choice.
400
There are 4 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.)
12 students
500
What is the words as the top of the graph called?
The Title
500
What should the title of a graph about our class' favorite foods be?
Our Class' Favorite Foods Favorite Foods
500
Look at the example on the board. How many more students like Christmas than math?
7
500
When the question asks "How many more?" you know that you will have to ________.
Subtract.
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.)
20 notebooks
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