Statistics: Making and Reading Graphs
Practice using picture graphs, bar graphs, and tally charts
Statistics: Making and Reading Graphs
Practice using picture graphs, bar graphs, and tally charts
Statistics - Grade 2-3
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A class voted for favorite fruits. Apples got 6 votes, bananas got 4 votes, and oranges got 3 votes. Which fruit got the most votes?
Apples got the most votes because 6 is greater than 4 and 3. - 2
Use this tally chart: Dogs have 5 tallies, cats have 3 tallies, and fish have 2 tallies. How many pets are shown in all?
Add the number of tallies for each pet.
There are 10 pets shown in all because 5 plus 3 plus 2 equals 10. - 3
A bar graph shows books read by three students. Mia read 7 books, Leo read 5 books, and Sam read 7 books. Which students read the same number of books?
Mia and Sam read the same number of books because they each read 7 books. - 4
A picture graph shows ice cream flavors sold. Each ice cream cone picture equals 1 sale. Chocolate has 8 pictures, vanilla has 5 pictures, and strawberry has 4 pictures. How many more chocolate cones were sold than strawberry cones?
Compare chocolate and strawberry by subtracting.
Four more chocolate cones were sold than strawberry cones because 8 minus 4 equals 4. - 5
Make a bar graph for this data: red balloons 4, blue balloons 6, green balloons 2. Which color should have the tallest bar?
The tallest bar shows the largest number.
The blue balloons should have the tallest bar because blue has 6, which is the greatest number. - 6
A class counted the weather for one school week. Sunny days: 3. Rainy days: 1. Cloudy days: 1. How many days were counted in all?
Five days were counted in all because 3 plus 1 plus 1 equals 5. - 7
A graph shows favorite playground activities. Swings got 9 votes, slide got 6 votes, and monkey bars got 5 votes. How many votes did swings and slide get together?
Add only the votes for swings and slide.
Swings and slide got 15 votes together because 9 plus 6 equals 15. - 8
Look at this data for stickers collected: Ana has 12 stickers, Ben has 9 stickers, and Cara has 6 stickers. Who has the fewest stickers?
Cara has the fewest stickers because 6 is less than 9 and 12. - 9
A picture graph uses one star picture to mean 2 points. Team A has 4 star pictures. How many points does Team A have?
Count by 2s for each star picture.
Team A has 8 points because 4 star pictures times 2 points each equals 8 points. - 10
A class made a tally chart of favorite school subjects. Math: 8 votes. Reading: 7 votes. Art: 10 votes. Science: 5 votes. Which subject got the greatest number of votes?
Art got the greatest number of votes because it has 10 votes, which is more than the other subjects. - 11
A bar graph shows the number of apples picked each day. Monday: 5 apples. Tuesday: 8 apples. Wednesday: 6 apples. How many more apples were picked on Tuesday than on Monday?
Subtract Monday's number from Tuesday's number.
Three more apples were picked on Tuesday than on Monday because 8 minus 5 equals 3. - 12
Make a picture graph for favorite pets. Dogs: 6 votes. Cats: 4 votes. Birds: 2 votes. Use one picture to stand for one vote. How many pictures should you draw for cats?
You should draw 4 pictures for cats because cats got 4 votes and each picture stands for 1 vote. - 13
A graph shows how many students chose each snack. Crackers: 11 students. Grapes: 8 students. Carrots: 4 students. How many students chose grapes or carrots?
Add the two snack choices named in the question.
Twelve students chose grapes or carrots because 8 plus 4 equals 12. - 14
A picture graph shows animals seen at a park. Each animal picture equals 1 animal. Squirrels: 7 pictures. Birds: 10 pictures. Rabbits: 3 pictures. Which animal was seen the least?
Rabbits were seen the least because 3 is the smallest number. - 15
A class survey asked students how they get to school. Bus: 9 students. Walk: 5 students. Car: 6 students. Bike: 2 students. How many students answered the survey in all?
Add all four groups to find the total.
Twenty-two students answered the survey in all because 9 plus 5 plus 6 plus 2 equals 22.