Data Handling Quizzes for Year 4 Maths: Test Your Skills

Question 1

How should you draw a bar chart?

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X-axis horizontal, Y-axis vertical, bars vertical

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X-axis vertical, Y-axis horizontal, bars horizontal

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Both axes vertical, bars horizontal

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Both axes horizontal, bars vertical

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a method for gathering data?

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Fortune-telling

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Surveys

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Observations

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Experiments

Question 3

What is NOT a way to collect data?

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Guessing and making up data (experiment)

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Using a tally chart

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Asking people questions (survey)

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Watching and recording events (observation)

Question 4

How do you show data using symbols?

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Pictogram

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Line graph

Question 5

How many pictures would be used to show 5 pieces of data on a pictogram?

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5

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1

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2

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10

Question 6

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

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Bar charts use bars to show data, while pictograms use pictures

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Pictograms use bars to show data, while bar charts use pictures

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Bar charts show continuous data, while pictograms show types of data

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Pictograms show continuous data, while bar charts show types of data

Question 7

What do we use pictograms for?

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To show how many of something there are

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To compare different groups of data

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To tell what will happen in the future

Question 8

In a bar chart, what does the height of the bars tell us?

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How common something is

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What the average is

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The range of the data

Question 9

What is good about using pictograms?

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They are easy to understand

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They can be used for large amounts of data

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They give you exact values

Question 10

What is the very first thing to do when making a bar chart?

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Gather your information

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Draw the lines on the chart

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Write a title for the chart

Question 11

On a bar chart, what does the bottom line show?

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What is being measured

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How often something happens

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When things happened

Question 12

Look at the tally chart below. Which fruit did the students like the most?

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Bananas ||||||

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Apples |||

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Oranges ||

Question 13

What do we use to show data with pictures?

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Pictures

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Bars

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Numbers

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Graphs

Question 14

Which type of chart is best for showing changes over time?

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Line graph

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Scatter plot

Question 15

What does it mean if one bar on a bar chart is twice as long as another bar?

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The data in that category is twice as much

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The data in that category is half as much

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The bar lengths don't mean anything

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The data in that category is three times as much

Question 16

In a pictogram, what does one picture stand for?

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A certain number of items

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A certain percentage

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A range of values

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An average value

Question 17

What is the best way to collect information about your classmates' favorite fruits?

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Make a tally chart

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Ask them one by one

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Create a bar graph

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Draw a pictograph

Question 18

What is the best way to represent data about the height of students in a class?

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Bar chart

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Tally chart

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Pictogram

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Line graph

Question 19

What is a way to gather information about something?

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Survey

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Tally chart

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Bar chart

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Pictogram

Question 20

What's a tally chart used for?

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Counting how many times something happens

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Showing how many different things there are

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Comparing different groups of information

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Predicting what might happen in the future

Question 21

What's the purpose of a bar chart?

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Comparing different sets of information

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Showing the connection between two things

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Showing how data is spread out

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Predicting future patterns

Question 22

What do we NOT need to think about when making a pictogram?

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What color pencils we have

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How much information we have

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What type of information we have

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What we want to show with the pictogram

Question 23

Which of these shows information with pictures?

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A picture that shows amounts

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A bar graph

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A pie chart

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A list of numbers

Question 24

Why do we use data displays?

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To show information in an easy way.

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To hide information.

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To make information confusing.

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To have some fun.

Question 25

Which of these is not a type of data display?

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Book

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Table

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Graph

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Chart

Question 26

What is a feature of information that can change called?

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A quality of information that can change

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A number that cannot be changed

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A type of graph

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A way to gather information

Question 27

A bar chart displays the number of students in each class in a school. How should you label the x-axis of a bar chart?

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The name of each class

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The name of the school

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The number of students

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The day of the week

Question 28

Which of these is not a type of data representation?

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Book

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Table

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Chart

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Graph

Question 29

What's the best way to display data about the number of goals scored by different football teams?

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Line graph

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Scatter plot

Question 30

In a bar chart, what does the height of each bar show?

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How often a data point occurs

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The number of data points

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The difference between two data points

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The average of the data points

Question 31

Which of the following is not a type of data?

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Visual

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Categorical

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Numerical

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Ordinal

Question 32

What is one way we can collect data?

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Tally chart

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Histogram

Question 33

What does a pictogram use to represent data?

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Pictures

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Numbers

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Bars

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Lines

Question 34

What do the bars in a bar chart show?

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How often each category occurs

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The average of the data points

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The difference between two data points

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The range of the data points

Question 35

What should not be included in a good graph?

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Misleading data

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A clear title

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Labeled axes

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Easy-to-read formatting

Question 36

When we count how many times a number appears in a set of data, we call that the:

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Frequency

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Range

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Mean

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Mode

Question 37

To show the number of children in each class at our school, the best graph to use is a:

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Bar chart

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Line graph

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Pie chart

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Scatter plot

Question 38

If 60 out of 100 people like chocolate, then that's:

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60

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40

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80

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100

Question 39

What is a single piece of information called?

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Data

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Data set

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Pictogram

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Bar chart

Question 40

When we make a tally chart, we should:

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Make one mark for each item

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Make five marks for each item

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Make ten marks for each item

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Put a cross for each item

Question 41

A pictogram is:

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A drawing that represents a number of things

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A bar that represents a number of things

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A line that represents a number of things

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A dot that represents a number of things

Question 42

A good title for a bar chart that shows the number of goals scored by each team in a football tournament is:

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Goals Scored

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Football Tournament

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Team Goals

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Bar Chart

Question 43

What does the area of each symbol in a pictograph show?

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The number of items represented by the symbol

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The scale of the pictograph

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The category being represented

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The title of the pictograph

Question 44

Which method can we use to estimate the average of a set of numbers?

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Add all the numbers and divide by the total count

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Find the middle number

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Find the most common number

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Subtract the smallest number from the largest number

Question 45

What does the range of a set of numbers show?

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The difference between the largest and smallest numbers

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The average of all the numbers

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The most occurring number

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The total of all the numbers

Question 46

Which of the following is a method for gathering data?

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Tally chart

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Pictogram

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

Question 47

What is the main purpose of a pictogram?

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To show data using pictures

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To collect data from a sample

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To calculate the average of a dataset

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To determine the mode of a distribution

Question 48

Which type of chart is used to display changes over time?

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Line chart

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Venn diagram

Question 49

What does the horizontal line at the bottom of a bar chart represent?

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The categories being compared

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The frequency of each category

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The average of the dataset

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The range of the dataset

Question 50

Which of the following is NOT a type of data?

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Names

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Numbers

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Colors

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Measurements

Question 51

What does the 'mode' of a dataset tell us?

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The most common value

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The average value

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The least common value

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The sum of all the values

Question 52

Which of the following is the best way to collect data about the number of siblings your friends have?

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Create a tally chart

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Ask them in a group

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Make a pie chart

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Guess

Question 53

Which method can be used to collect data?

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Tally chart

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Bar chart

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Pictogram

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Pie chart

Question 54

What is a pictogram?

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A chart that uses symbols to show data

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A chart that uses bars to show data

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A chart that uses lines to show data

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A chart that uses numbers to show data

Question 55

How do you draw a bar chart?

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By drawing horizontal or vertical bars to show data

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By drawing circles to show data

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By writing numbers to show data

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By using colors to show data

Question 56

What is a benefit of using a bar chart?

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It makes it easy to compare data points

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It shows the spread of data

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It can show large amounts of data

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It looks pretty

Question 57

What's the main difference between a bar chart and a pictogram?

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Bar charts use bars to show information, while pictograms use symbols

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Pictograms use bars to show information, while bar charts use symbols

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Bar charts show how information is spread out, while pictograms don't

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Pictograms show how information is spread out, while bar charts don't

Question 58

Which type of chart is best for showing the number of students in different classes?

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Bar chart

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Tally chart

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Pictogram

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Pie chart

Question 59

Which of these is NOT a way to collect data?

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Playing a game

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Using a tally chart

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Asking questions in a survey

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Observing and counting

Question 60

Which of these is a pictogram?

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A chart that uses pictures to represent information

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A chart that uses bars to represent information

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A chart that uses numbers to represent information

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A chart that uses words to represent information

Question 61

Which of these is an example of a categorical variable?

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Favorite color

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Age

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Height

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Number of siblings

Question 62

A data set is a collection of what?

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Numbers, measurements, and observations

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Numbers only

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Observations only

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Measurements only

Question 63

When you collect data, what's the very first thing you should do?

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Decide what data you want to collect

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Start collecting the data right away

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Organise your data

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Show your data in a graph

Question 64

A frequency table shows you:

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How many times each value appears

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The highest and lowest values in a data set

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The average value in a data set

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How much the values in a data set vary