Data Handling: Simple Surveys and Tally Charts - Interactive Learning Quizzes

Question 1

We want to count how many children like to play football. How do we keep track using a tally chart?

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Make a line for each child who likes to play football.

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Write the number of children who like to play football.

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Draw a football for each child who likes to play football.

Question 2

We want to find out everyone's favorite fruit. We ask 10 children in our class, but 2 are absent. How might this affect our survey results?

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It might make the results less accurate because we don't have data from all the children.

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It will give us more accurate results because we have fewer children to ask.

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It won't affect the results because we can still ask the 10 children present.

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It doesn't matter because we can just guess what the absent children would have said.

Question 3

When we ask people questions in a survey, why is it important to keep their answers private?

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So that people feel safe and comfortable sharing their thoughts.

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So that we can sell their information to other companies.

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So that we can make fun of their answers.

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So that we can change their answers to match our own.

Question 4

We want to know how many students in our class walk to school. How can we use a tally chart to help us find out?

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Ask each student if they walk to school and make a tally mark for each student who says yes.

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Count the number of students who walk to school and write down the total.

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Ask the teacher how many students walk to school.

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Guess how many students walk to school.

Question 5

What are the small marks and lines on the tally chart called?

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Marks and tally marks

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Numbers and ticks

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Dots and dashes

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Check marks and Xs

Question 6

We asked our friends about their favorite colors and made a tally chart. But we noticed that some colors were missing. Why might these colors be missing?

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We forgot to ask about those colors.

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Our friends don't like those colors.

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We made a mistake counting.

Question 7

We want to know everyone's favorite color. What should we ask in our survey?

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What is your favorite color?

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What is your name?

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How old are you?

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Do you like blue?

Question 8

How can we find out which fruit people like the most?

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Ask people and write down their answers.

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Use a computer to ask people.

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Use a phone to ask people.

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We can't find out without using technology.

Question 9

We want to find out everyone's favourite animal. Which question should we ask?

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What's your favourite animal?

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Tell us about your favourite animal.

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Do you like animals?

Question 10

We want to find out everyone's favorite fruit. Is the question 'Which fruit do you like the most?' asking for information we can count or information we can't count?

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Information we can count

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Information we can't count

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Both

Question 11

We want to know which games our classmates enjoy playing in the park. How can we use a survey to help us find out?

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Ask each classmate their favorite game and write down their answers.

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Guess which games our classmates like to play.

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Look at the park equipment and see what games our classmates are playing.

Question 12

When we want to know everyone's favourite fruit, but can't ask everyone, we can ask a few people randomly. What is this called?

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Random sampling

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Guessing

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Asking only our friends

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Asking everyone

Question 13

When we do a survey, why is it important to ask everyone in the class?

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To get a fair idea of what everyone thinks

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To finish the survey quickly

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To ask only our friends

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To make a lot of tally marks

Question 14

Why do we gather information?

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To learn more about the world around us.

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To make things look nice.

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To keep us busy when we have nothing to do.

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To make us smarter.

Question 15

When we have information to share, what are some exciting ways we can show it to others?

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Draw pictures or use blocks to make it colorful.

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Use numbers to count and write them down.

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Write words to tell a story about the information.

Question 16

What do we use to show how many times something happens?

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a tally chart

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a bar chart

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a graph

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a table

Question 17

How many apples are shown on this tally chart? ||||

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4

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2

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6

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8

Question 18

What do bar charts show?

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how many times something happens

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how many different things there are

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how big something is

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how old something is

Question 19

Which of these is NOT a type of data?

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smells

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numbers

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words

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pictures

Question 20

What do we do first when we create a survey?

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ask questions

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collect data

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analyze data

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present data

Question 21

What is the difference between a tally chart and a bar chart?

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tally charts use tally marks, bar charts use bars

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bar charts show more data than tally charts

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tally charts are more accurate than bar charts

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there is no difference

Question 22

We want to know which fruit is most popular. What should we ask people?

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What is your favorite fruit?

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What is your name?

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How old are you?

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What is your favorite color?

Question 23

Which of these is NOT a way to find out information?

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Playing a game

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Asking questions

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Looking around

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Reading a book

Question 24

What does this bar chart show?

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How many children like different fruits.

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The weather forecast for the week.

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How tall different trees are.

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The results of a football match.

Question 25

Let's look at the pictures. Which picture shows the most toys?

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Image of a picture with 5 toys

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Image of a picture with 3 toys

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Image of a picture with 2 toys

Question 26

We want to find out the favorite animals of the class. How can we do this?

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Ask each student their favorite animal.

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Give each student a list of animals to choose from.

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Look at the stuffed animals students bring to school.

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Look at the animal pictures on the classroom walls.

Question 27

We want to find out the favorite color of the class. Which of these questions will give us the best information?

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What is your favorite color?

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Do you like red, blue, or green?

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Which color do you like the best?

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What color clothes do you like to wear?

Question 28

What is an example of a good question to ask for a survey about favorite animals?

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What animal do you like the most?

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What is your favorite rainbow color?

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What do you like to eat for lunch?

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Who is your best friend?

Question 29

How many children like bananas?

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3

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2

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4

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5

Question 30

Which of these is NOT a step in conducting a survey?

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Eating the data

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Deciding what to ask

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Collecting the data

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Analysing the data

Question 31

Which of these questions is suitable for a survey about pets?

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What is your favourite pet?

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What is your favourite colour?

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What is your favourite food?

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What is your favourite subject in school?

Question 32

We are conducting a survey about favourite toys. Which of these is an appropriate way to record the data?

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Using a tally chart

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Using a pie chart

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Using a bar chart

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Using a Venn diagram

Question 33

When we ask questions in a survey, why is it important to avoid asking questions that might make people want to answer in a certain way?

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Because people might not give honest answers

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Because we might not get enough answers

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Because it might make our graph look messy

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Because it is not fair to the people taking the survey

Question 34

Which of these is NOT a way to gather information?

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Writing a story

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Asking questions

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Counting objects

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Measuring things

Question 35

You want to know which fruit your friends like the best. What should you do first?

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Ask your friends

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Make a tally chart

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Draw a picture

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Sing a song

Question 36

Which of these questions would be best for a survey about favourite toys?

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What is your favourite toy?

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What colour is your favourite toy?

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How old are you?

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What is your favourite food?

Question 37

Which of these is NOT a way to make a tally mark?

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*

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/

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X

Question 38

You want to find out what your friends like to do after school. What type of question should you ask?

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Open-ended question

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Closed-ended question

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Multiple-choice question

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True or false question

Question 39

Which of these is a good question to ask in a survey about pets?

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What is your favorite pet?

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What is your favorite color?

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What is your favorite number?

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What is your full name?

Question 40

Which of these looks like a tally chart?

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Dog: 3

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1, 2, 3

Question 41

Which question would give you the best information about your classmates' favorite fruits?

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What is your favorite fruit?

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Do you like fruits?

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What is your favorite color?

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What is your favorite animal?

Question 42

Which of these is NOT a step in creating a tally chart?

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Color the chart

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Ask a question

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Draw a table

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Count the data

Question 43

Which of these is NOT a way to find out information?

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Playing a game

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Asking people

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Counting things

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Looking at a picture

Question 44

How do you make a tally chart?

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Draw a short line for each thing you count

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Write the numbers of things you count

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Draw a picture of each thing you count

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Use a calculator to add up the numbers

Question 45

What does a tally mark mean?

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One thing

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Two things

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Ten things

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One hundred things

Question 46

What is a survey?

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A way to find out people's thoughts or choices by asking questions

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A type of chart that shows data

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A list of numbers

Question 47

What does a tally mark look like?

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A small line used to count

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A number written on a chart

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A star drawn on paper

Question 48

If you have 5 tally marks, how many things have you counted?

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5

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10

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15

Question 49

Which fruit is the most popular?

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Apple (5 tally marks)

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Banana (3 tally marks)

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Orange (2 tally marks)

Question 50

What does a tally chart show you?

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How many times something happens

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What people like best

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How big something is

Question 51

Why do we use tally marks when we count?

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To keep track of how many things we have counted

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To make counting faster

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To make our chart look pretty

Question 52

What does a tally mark represent on a tally chart?

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One person

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Two people

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Five people

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Ten people

Question 53

Which question is good to ask in a survey about pets?

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What is your favourite pet?

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What is your favourite colour?

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What is your favourite food?

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What is your favourite toy?

Question 54

What does the title of a tally chart tell us?

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What the survey is about

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Who took part in the survey

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When the survey was done

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Where the survey was done

Question 55

How can we make a tally chart?

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Use tally marks

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Use a bar graph

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Use a pie chart

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Use a line graph

Question 56

How is a tally chart different from a bar graph?

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A tally chart uses tally marks, while a bar graph uses bars.

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A bar graph uses tally marks, while a tally chart uses bars.

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A tally chart shows data in a table, while a bar graph shows data in a chart.

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A bar graph shows data in a table, while a tally chart shows data in a chart.

Question 57

We can use a tally chart to show things we count. What is a tally chart?

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A way to put things in order and count them

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A drawing that shows things

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A list of things

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A picture of things

Question 58

Let's imagine we asked a group of children their favorite colors. The results were: red: 3, blue: 5, green: 4, yellow: 2. Which color did the most children choose?

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Blue

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Red

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Green

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Yellow

Question 59

What does each line on a tally chart stand for?

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One thing

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Five things

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Ten things

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Twenty things

Question 60

Why do we give a tally chart a title?

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To tell us what the chart is about

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To make it look nice

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To show who made the chart

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To give instructions on how to use the chart

Question 61

Which of these is not a good question to ask in a survey?

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How much money do you have?

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What is your name?

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What is your favorite animal?

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What is your favorite food?

Question 62

Which of these questions can we ask in a survey to find out what people like?

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What is your favorite animal?

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What is the capital of France?

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What is the meaning of life?

Question 63

We asked 10 children their favorite fruits. 5 said apple, 3 said banana, and 2 said orange. Which fruit did the most children like?

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Apple

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Banana

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Orange

Question 64

Which of these is NOT a part of doing a survey?

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Eating chocolate

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Asking questions

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Collecting data