Data
Data: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Data, Collection of Data, Presentation of Data and, Record of Data
Important Questions on Data
Write the number of rectangles the given pictograph has:
The given pictograph has _____ number of triangles.
Write the tally marks for a number of flowers in basket one:
| Basket | Number of flowers | Tally marks |
Write the number of muffins we have in basket three by looking at the tally marks:
| Basket | Number of muffins | Tally marks |
Write the number of marbles we have in jar four by looking at the tally marks:
| Jar | Number of marbles | Tally marks |
Write the tally marks for number of cookies in jar two:
| Jar | Number of cookies | Tally marks |
An easy way to count tally marks is to count groups of:
The data in this list was collected in a survey.
List
| blue, red, blue, green, red, red, green, blue, pink, red, blue, red |
Reorganise the above data in the below table using tally mark.
| Colour | Responses |
There are a lot of vowels used in words of this joke.
A monkey goes into a café and points to a picture of a cheese sandwich.
"That's strange!" says one waitress to another. "A monkey is ordering a cheese sandwich."
"I know!" says the monkey. "I usually order a hot dog."
How reliable do you think this data is as an indicator of the most frequently used vowels Why
There are a lot of vowels used in words of this joke.
A monkey goes into a café and points to a picture of a cheese sandwich.
"That's strange!" says one waitress to another. "A monkey is ordering a cheese sandwich."
"I know!" says the monkey. "I usually order a hot dog."
Find out how often each vowel is used. Make an accurate tally of the number for each vowel.
| Vowel | A | E | I | O | U |
| Frequency |
An aeroplane flies millions of kilometres in its lifetime. This table shows the distances from Melbourne airport, in Australia, to other airports around the world.
| Distance from Melbourne to: | |
| Adelaide, Australia | |
| Bangkok, Thailand | |
| Chicago, USA | |
| Darwin, Australia | |
| Edmonton, Canada | |
| Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Honolulu, USA | |
| Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| Los Angles, USA | |
What is the distance of a return trip to Istanbul?
Sam made a tally of the number of pages he read.Write the totals.
| Day | Tally | Total |
Some words are long but a lot of them are short.
Make a tally of the different word lengths in the sentence above.
| Number of letters in the word | |||||
| Tally | |||||
| Total |
Choose the best question to find out people's favourite pets.
children voted for the monitor of the class. The following results were obtained.
| Name | Tally marks | Number of votes |
| Deepak | ||
| Anita | ||
| Rakesh | ||
| Salma |
Looking at the tally marks table answer the following question.
How many more votes did the monitor get from his/her nearest rival?
children voted for the monitor of the class. The following results were obtained.
| Name | Tally marks | Number of votes |
| Deepak | ||
| Anita | ||
| Rakesh | ||
| Salma |
Looking at the tally marks table answer the following question.
How many votes did the monitor get?
