Reading and Interpreting Data Tables
Use tables to find, compare, and explain information
Reading and Interpreting Data Tables
Use tables to find, compare, and explain information
Math - Grade 2-3
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Data table: Favorite Fruit Apples: 12 students Bananas: 8 students Grapes: 10 students Oranges: 5 students Which fruit did the most students choose?
Look for the largest number in the table.
Apples were chosen by the most students because 12 is the greatest number in the table. - 2
Data table: Books Read This Week Mia: 4 books Leo: 6 books Ava: 3 books Noah: 5 books How many books did Mia and Noah read altogether?
Mia and Noah read 9 books altogether because 4 + 5 = 9. - 3
Data table: Pets in Room 12 Dogs: 7 Cats: 9 Fish: 4 Birds: 2 How many more cats are there than birds?
To find how many more, subtract the smaller number from the larger number.
There are 7 more cats than birds because 9 - 2 = 7. - 4
Data table: Lunch Choices Pizza: 15 students Tacos: 11 students Salad: 6 students Soup: 8 students Which lunch choice had exactly 8 students?
Soup had exactly 8 students. - 5
Data table: Weather in April Sunny days: 13 Rainy days: 9 Cloudy days: 6 Windy days: 2 How many days are shown in the table altogether?
Add all four numbers in the table.
The table shows 30 days altogether because 13 + 9 + 6 + 2 = 30. - 6
Data table: Stickers Collected Red: 14 Blue: 12 Green: 9 Yellow: 14 Which two sticker colors have the same number?
Red and yellow have the same number of stickers because both have 14. - 7
Data table: Playground Activities Swings: 10 students Slide: 7 students Monkey bars: 5 students Soccer: 12 students Put the activities in order from fewest students to most students.
Start with the smallest number and move to the largest number.
The activities from fewest to most students are monkey bars, slide, swings, and soccer. - 8
Data table: Pencils in Boxes Box A: 18 pencils Box B: 10 pencils Box C: 15 pencils Box D: 8 pencils Which box has fewer than 12 pencils?
Box B and Box D have fewer than 12 pencils because 10 and 8 are less than 12. - 9
Data table: Class Garden Plants Tomatoes: 6 plants Carrots: 9 plants Beans: 7 plants Peppers: 4 plants How many carrot and bean plants are there in all?
Find the rows for carrots and beans, then add the numbers.
There are 16 carrot and bean plants in all because 9 + 7 = 16. - 10
Data table: Marbles in Jars Jar 1: 20 marbles Jar 2: 16 marbles Jar 3: 20 marbles Jar 4: 12 marbles Which jars have the same number of marbles?
Jar 1 and Jar 3 have the same number of marbles because both jars have 20 marbles. - 11
Data table: Tickets Sold Monday: 9 tickets Tuesday: 13 tickets Wednesday: 11 tickets Thursday: 7 tickets On which day were the fewest tickets sold?
Look for the smallest number in the table.
The fewest tickets were sold on Thursday because 7 is the smallest number in the table. - 12
Data table: Favorite School Subjects Math: 8 students Science: 10 students Art: 12 students Music: 6 students How many students chose art or music?
18 students chose art or music because 12 + 6 = 18. - 13
Data table: Cans Recycled Team Red: 25 cans Team Blue: 18 cans Team Green: 21 cans Team Yellow: 16 cans How many more cans did Team Red recycle than Team Blue?
Compare Team Red and Team Blue by subtracting.
Team Red recycled 7 more cans than Team Blue because 25 - 18 = 7. - 14
Data table: Animal Sightings on a Walk Squirrels: 8 Robins: 5 Butterflies: 11 Rabbits: 3 Which animal was seen more than 10 times?
Butterflies were seen more than 10 times because the table shows 11 butterflies. - 15
Data table: Minutes of Reading Sam: 15 minutes Jada: 20 minutes Omar: 10 minutes Lily: 25 minutes What is the total number of minutes that Sam and Omar read?
Add Sam's minutes and Omar's minutes.
Sam and Omar read for 25 minutes total because 15 + 10 = 25.