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Vocabulary
Parts of a Graph
Bar and Picture Graphs
Line Plots
Word Problems:
Make A Table
100

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
What are the two directions that a bar can show data?
Vertical and horizontal
100

What do the x's represent on a line plot?

The number of votes.

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
If you are using a survey to make a bar graph, what do the bars show?
How many people chose that answer.
200

What do the numbers stand for on the bottom and side?

The amount of votes

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 class favorite lunch choices?

Lunch Choices Number of Votes

300
A picture graph uses a picture of a shoe to represent 2 shoes. 5 shoes are on one line of this picture graph. How many shoes does that mean?
10 shoes
300

How are the numbers on the bottom of the line plot organized? 

Like a number line. 

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

Why is a line graph used, instead of a bar graph?

Any of these answer are acceptable: Line graphs can show change over time. Line graphs can show more than one data point. Line graphs can show two sets of numbers.

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
What symbol could be used on a picture graph about different kinds of food?
Possible answers: Plate, fork, different foods, etc.
500

Using our line plot, which score was the lowest?

1st

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