My Favorite: Collecting and Showing Data
Practice asking questions, counting answers, and making simple graphs
My Favorite: Collecting and Showing Data
Practice asking questions, counting answers, and making simple graphs
Math - Grade K-1
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Four friends picked their favorite fruit. Ana picked apples. Ben picked bananas. Cam picked apples. Dee picked grapes. How many friends picked apples?
Count each time you hear the word apples.
Two friends picked apples. - 2
Look at the pet votes: dog, cat, dog, fish, dog. Which pet got the most votes?
The dog got the most votes because dog was chosen 3 times. - 3
Mia asked, "What is your favorite color?" The answers were red, blue, blue, green, blue. How many votes did blue get?
Put up one finger each time you read blue.
Blue got 3 votes. - 4
Make tally marks for 4 votes for pizza.
The tally marks for 4 votes are four straight marks. - 5
A class voted for a favorite snack. Crackers got 2 votes. Apples got 5 votes. Which snack got more votes?
Compare the numbers 2 and 5.
Apples got more votes because 5 is greater than 2. - 6
Count the ice cream votes: chocolate, vanilla, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla. How many children voted in all?
Six children voted in all. - 7
A picture graph shows 3 stars for soccer and 1 star for basketball. Which sport is the favorite?
The choice with more pictures has more votes.
Soccer is the favorite because it has 3 stars, and basketball has 1 star. - 8
Draw a picture graph for these favorite animal votes: bird has 2 votes and rabbit has 3 votes.
The picture graph should show 2 pictures for bird and 3 pictures for rabbit. - 9
Which question would help you collect data about favorite drinks? A. What is your name? B. What is your favorite drink?
Choose the question that matches the data you want.
B is the better question because it asks about favorite drinks. - 10
A tally chart shows 5 votes for cats and 3 votes for dogs. How many votes are there in all?
There are 8 votes in all because 5 plus 3 equals 8. - 11
Sam counted favorite playground games. Tag got 4 votes. Swings got 4 votes. Which game got more votes?
When the numbers are the same, the groups are equal.
Neither game got more votes because tag and swings both got 4 votes. - 12
A bar graph shows favorite foods. Tacos has a bar up to 2. Soup has a bar up to 1. Pasta has a bar up to 4. Which food got the least votes?
Soup got the least votes because its bar shows 1 vote. - 13
Lina wants to know the favorite book in her class. What should she ask her classmates?
A data question asks everyone the same thing.
She should ask, "What is your favorite book?" - 14
Use the data to finish the sentence. Favorite seasons: spring 3 votes, summer 5 votes, winter 2 votes. The season with the most votes is ____.
The season with the most votes is summer because it has 5 votes. - 15
You asked 6 friends their favorite toy. Blocks got 2 votes. Dolls got 1 vote. Cars got 3 votes. Did you count all 6 friends?
Add the votes for blocks, dolls, and cars.
Yes, all 6 friends were counted because 2 plus 1 plus 3 equals 6.