Math: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Handling Data 1 (Answers)
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Collecting data and recording it in diagrams, graphs tables and charts helps us to organize and understand the data we have collected. We call this interpreting data. Knowing which data to record in which diagrams or charts is important in order for your audience to understand your findings. A survey on vehicles might use a pictogram showing cars and trucks for example, or a survey on favorite colors might display its findings in a colored pie chart.
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Frequency tables help us to keep a record of how many times a piece of data is recorded - for example, how many people in the class have a pet dog
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A Carroll diagram is similar to the Venn diagram but uses a grid rather than circles
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Small lines are used in the tally. Every fifth line crosses the other four for easy counting in 5s
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If you were recording what pets people have you might make a pictogram which uses pictures of animals
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Red was most popular. Yellow was second, green third and blue came fourth
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In a survey people are asked questions, such as "Do you have any pets?" or "What kind of pet do you have?"
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Questionnaires are forms with lots of questions on them
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The vertical axis tells you the frequency or number whilst the horizontal axis tells you the things you are recording such as types of pet or favorite color
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The highest bar represents the most popular choice
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45 - 21 = 24
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