Data Handling for Reception: Learn and Practice with Fun Quizzes

Question 1

How do we gather information when we want to learn more about something?

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Ask questions

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Play games

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Eat snacks

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Take naps

Question 2

Which of these activities is similar to counting the toys in a box?

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Counting the children playing in the park

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Watching a movie with friends

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Eating an ice cream cone

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Sleeping in bed

Question 3

When we handle data, what do we do?

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We gather information and use it to find answers.

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We draw pictures of different things.

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We play games with friends.

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We sing songs in class.

Question 4

When we count things and write them down, what do we call it?

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Data

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Writing

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Playing

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Singing

Question 5

What do we do when we find out how many toys are in our toy box?

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Count

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Sort

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Show

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Guess

Question 6

How do we find out what our friends enjoy doing?

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Ask them

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Read a book

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Play a game

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Watch TV

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a way to collect information?

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Making up things in our head

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Asking our friends

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Counting things

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Looking closely at something

Question 8

Which of these is NOT a fruit?

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Car

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Apple

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Banana

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Orange

Question 9

How do we NOT collect data?

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Guessing

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Surveys

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Experiments

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Interviews

Question 10

We gather information to learn more about the world around us. Which of these are ways we can gather information?

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Ask people we know

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Observe our surroundings

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Create a survey

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Guess

Question 11

What is data handling?

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Putting information together in a useful way

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Drawing pictures

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Singing songs

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Playing games

Question 12

Which of these is not a way to collect information?

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Taking a picture

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Asking people questions

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Counting the number of objects

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Making a tally chart

Question 13

Which graph uses tall bars to show data?

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Bar graph

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Line graph

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Pictogram

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Pie chart

Question 14

How can you learn about your friends' favorite toys?

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Ask your friends

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Read a book about toys

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Watch a TV show about toys

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Count the toys in your toy box

Question 15

We want to find out which fruit our class likes the most. What's the best way to do this?

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Ask everyone their favorite fruit.

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Read a book about fruit.

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Count the fruit in the classroom.

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Use a computer to find out.

Question 16

How can we learn about the toys our friends enjoy playing with?

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Ask them about their favorite toys

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Look at a map

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Play a game of tag

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Sing a song together

Question 17

What shows us information about how many children like each color?

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A list of children's favorite colors

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A picture of a rainbow

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A song about colors

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A dance about colors

Question 18

How can we find out how many children in our class like playing with cars?

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Ask each child if they like playing with cars

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Watch the children play

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Play a game with the children

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Read a book to the children about cars

Question 19

What are we gathering when we count our toys?

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Information

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A drawing

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A chart

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A story

Question 20

What does it mean to collect data?

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Gather information

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Draw a picture

Question 21

In our classroom, some children are wearing blue t-shirts. What kind of information does this tell us?

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What color t-shirts the children are wearing

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How many children are in the classroom

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How big the children's t-shirts are

Question 22

We want to show everyone's favorite fruit in our class. Which of these will help us do that?

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A picture graph with pictures of fruits

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A table with numbers

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A graph with lines

Question 23

How can we NOT collect information?

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Guessing

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Asking questions

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Counting

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Surveying

Question 24

How can we find out what our friends' favorite colors are?

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Ask our friends

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Look at their clothes

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Guess their favorite colors

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Do nothing

Question 25

What do we call the things we learn?

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Information

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Things we can see

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Things we can touch

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Things we can smell

Question 26

We have a basket of fruit. Which information tells us how many apples are in the basket?

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The number of apples

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The color of the apples

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The size of the apples

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The shape of the apples

Question 27

How do we gather information about our friends' favorite animals?

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Asking them

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Reading a book

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Watching TV

Question 28

We have red, blue, and green crayons in our box. Which of these will help us see which color we have the most of?

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A bar graph

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A picture of the crayons

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A list of the crayon colors

Question 29

When we want to find out more about something, what can we do to gather information about it?

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Ask people questions

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Count things

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Observe and watch what happens

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Guess and make up numbers

Question 30

How can we NOT collect information?

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Making a wish

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Counting

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Asking questions

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Observing

Question 31

What is the main reason we gather information?

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To learn more about something

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To play games

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To keep it a secret

Question 32

We can collect data by asking questions, counting things, or observing. Which of these is NOT a way to collect data?

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Guess

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Ask questions

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Count objects

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Look at a chart

Question 33

We have toys and books in a box. Which question tells us how many toys are in the box?

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How many toys are in the box?

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How many different colors are there?

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What shapes are the books?

Question 34

How can we gather information?

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Ask questions

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Play a game

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Sing a song

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Eat a snack

Question 35

Which picture shows information about children's favourite toys?

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A chart with toys and lines to show how many children like each toy

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A picture of children playing

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A story about children's favourite toys

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A picture of a child with a toy

Question 36

When we collect information about things, what do we call it?

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Collecting data

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Making data

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Sorting data

Question 37

How can we best show how sunny it was each day of the week?

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Make a bar chart showing how sunny it was each day.

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Write a list of how many hours the sun shone each day.

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Draw a picture of the sun.

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Write a story about how sunny it was each day.

Question 38

We have 4 yellow flowers and 2 red flowers. Which graph shows this data correctly?

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A bar graph with 4 yellow bars and 2 red bars

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A bar graph with 4 red bars and 2 yellow bars

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A pie chart with 4 yellow slices and 2 red slices

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A line graph with 4 yellow dots and 2 red dots

Question 39

We have a box of colorful blocks. To find out how many blocks of each color we have, what should we do first?

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Count the blocks

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Draw a picture

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Sing a song

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Write down our favorite colors

Question 40

What is it called when we collect information to learn more about the world?

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Collecting and using information

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Playing games

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Talking to our friends

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Counting our toys

Question 41

Which picture shows how many toys each child has?

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A graph with bars showing the number of toys each child has

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A picture of children playing with toys

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A list of children's names and the types of toys they have

Question 42

We've measured the heights of the plants in our garden. How can we use this information to find out more about how they're growing?

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We can see if the average height of the plants is changing over time.

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We can compare the heights of different plants to see which ones are growing the fastest.

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We can't use this information to learn anything about how the plants are growing.

Question 43

When we make posters using stickers to show our favorite ice cream flavors, what are we doing?

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Collecting and organizing information

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Counting numbers

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Writing stories

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Using computers to do math

Question 44

When you want to choose a game to play with your friends, what's a good way to decide?

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Ask your friends what they want to play.

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Play your favorite game.

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Pick a game without thinking.

Question 45

We want to find out the favorite colors of our classmates. How can we collect this information effectively?

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Ask each classmate their favorite color.

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Guess each classmate's favorite color.

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Look at each classmate's clothes and guess their favorite color.

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Ask the teacher to tell us each classmate's favorite color.

Question 46

Which of these shows how data is used in real life?

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A doctor using a chart to show how many patients they saw each day

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A child drawing a picture of their favorite animal

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A teacher singing a song to her class

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A parent reading a bedtime story to their child

Question 47

How can we best find out how many children in our class like to play with dolls?

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Ask everyone in the class

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Talk to one child in the class

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Count the number of dolls in the class

Question 48

What type of graph shows us how the weather changes over time?

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Line Graph

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Bar Graph

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Pie Chart

Question 49

When we make a line graph to show how the temperature changes over the year, what do we put on the vertical axis (y-axis) and the horizontal axis (x-axis)?

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On the y-axis, we put the temperature, and on the x-axis, we put the months.

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On the y-axis, we put the months, and on the x-axis, we put the temperature.

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On both the y-axis and the x-axis, we put the temperature.

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On both the y-axis and the x-axis, we put the months.

Question 50

We collected data about our friends' favorite colors. Which of these ways would help us easily see which color is the most popular?

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Draw bars to show the number of votes for each color.

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Draw a circle divided into slices to show the different colors.

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Write a list of all the colors.

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Draw a picture for each color.

Question 51

We have lots of information about our class, like names and favorite colors. What's the best way to make this information easier to understand?

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Put the information into different groups, like names and favorite colors.

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Put all the information in one big pile.

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Write down all the information on the whiteboard.

Question 52

Which picture shows the most toy cars?

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Image with 5 toy cars

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Image with 3 toy cars

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Image with 2 toy cars

Question 53

Which shape has the most circles?

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Shape with 3 circles

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Shape with 2 circles

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Shape with 1 circle

Question 54

Look at these two pictures. Which one shows us more toys?

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A picture with 5 toys

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A picture with 4 toys

Question 55

How can we learn about our friends' favorite foods and drinks?

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Ask them

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Check their lunchboxes

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Make a guess

Question 56

Emily wants to show her friend how the temperature changed over time. Which type of graph should she use?

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Line graph

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Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Venn diagram

Question 57

What does each mark on a tally chart represent?

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One child

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Five children

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Ten children

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Twenty children

Question 58

Which question would help us collect data about our favorite animals?

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What is your favorite animal?

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How old are you?

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What is your favorite food?

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What is your favorite color?

Question 59

Which of these is not a type of chart?

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Number line

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Histogram

Question 60

Which of these would be best to show how many children have different eye colours?

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A pie chart

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A bar chart

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A line graph

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A tally chart

Question 61

Why do we use data charts?

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To make data easier to see and understand

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To keep data a secret

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To make data look pretty

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To show off our drawing skills

Question 62

We can gather information about things like numbers, colors, and animals. What do we call this information?

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Data

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Details

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Facts

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Things

Question 63

In a bar graph, each bar shows the amount of a certain thing. What does this thing represent?

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A category

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A number

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A comparison

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A shape

Question 64

What's the difference between 'data' and 'information'?

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Data is like puzzle pieces, and information is the whole puzzle.

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Data is like words, and information is like a story.

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Data is like ingredients, and information is like a cake.

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There is no difference.