Data Analysis for Kindergarten: Interactive Learning Quizzes

Question 1

Which graph shows how many toys each child has?

Accepted Answer

Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Line graph

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Map

Question 2

We have some apples in a basket. There are 5 red apples and 3 green apples. What kind of picture can we draw to show how many red apples and green apples we have?

Accepted Answer

A picture with 5 red circles and 3 green circles

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A picture of a pie cut into 8 slices

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A picture of a line going up and down

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A picture of dots scattered around

Question 3

Which graph shows that there are more dogs than cats in the schoolyard?

Accepted Answer

A graph with two bars, the left bar representing cats and the right bar representing dogs, with the dog bar taller than the cat bar.

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A graph with two bars, the left bar representing dogs and the right bar representing cats, with the cat bar taller than the dog bar.

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A graph with two bars, both bars the same height and labeled 'cats and dogs'.

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A graph with one bar representing both cats and dogs, labeled 'animals'.

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a way to gather information?

Accepted Answer

Playing hide-and-seek

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Counting how many toys you have

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Asking your friends what their favorite color is

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Going on a scavenger hunt

Question 5

What kind of picture shows data using slices of a circle?

Accepted Answer

Pie chart

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Bar graph

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Line graph

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Table

Question 6

The teacher asked the students in the class what their favorite colors are. Which of these graphs could the students use to show the data they collected?

Accepted Answer

Bar graph

Accepted Answer

Pie chart

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Line graph

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Scatter plot

Question 7

Our classroom has 7 pets. How many tally marks should we draw to show this?

Accepted Answer

7

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3

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10

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5

Question 8

Which picture shows the best way to show how many kids like different fruits?

Accepted Answer

A circle with different colored slices, like a pizza.

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A line that goes up and down, like a rollercoaster.

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A box with lots of numbers and lines.

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A map of the world with different colors.

Question 9

We counted how many students in our class like different colors. We found that 5 students like red, 3 students like blue, and 4 students like green. Which color do the most students like?

Accepted Answer

Red

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Blue

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Green

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Yellow

Question 10

How do we collect information?

Accepted Answer

Asking questions

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Playing games

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Singing songs

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Eating snacks

Question 11

Which of these is NOT a way to show data?

Accepted Answer

Story

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Graph

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Table

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Picture

Question 12

We asked our classmates what their favorite fruit is. The results are shown below:

Apples: 5 votes
Bananas: 3 votes
Oranges: 2 votes

Which fruit is the most popular?

Accepted Answer

Apples

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Bananas

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Oranges

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I can't tell

Question 13

Which bar graph shows that there are more blue circles than red circles?

Accepted Answer

A bar graph with two bars, one blue and one red, with the blue bar taller than the red bar

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A bar graph with two bars, one blue and one red, with the red bar taller than the blue bar

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A line graph with two lines, one blue and one red, showing the number of circles over time

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A pie chart with two slices, one blue and one red, showing the percentage of circles that are blue or red

Question 14

We have lots of toys in our classroom. How can we show how many toys each child has?

Accepted Answer

Make a tally chart to count the toys.

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Draw a picture of each child's toys.

Question 15

We have lots of crayons in our classroom. How can we find out which color is the most popular?

Accepted Answer

Ask everyone in the class what their favorite color is and make a tally chart to show the results.

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Guess which color is the most popular.

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Ask the teacher to tell us which color is the most popular.

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Flip a coin to decide which color is the most popular.

Question 16

How can we find out what animals live in our neighborhood?

Accepted Answer

Ask people who live there

Accepted Answer

Count the animals we see

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Read a book

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Watch a movie

Question 17

We have two bags of candy. Bag A has red and blue candies. Bag B has green and red candies. Which bag has only red candies?

Accepted Answer

Bag B

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Bag A

Question 18

We asked 5 friends their favorite color, and they all said red. How many tally marks should we draw to show this?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

3

Question 19

We have lots of crayons in our box. What should we do first to organize them by color?

Accepted Answer

Sort the crayons into groups of the same color.

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Count the crayons.

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Put all the crayons in one pile.

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Draw a picture of each crayon.

Question 20

We have a box with many colorful blocks. How can we figure out which color block we have the most of?

Accepted Answer

Line up all the blocks of the same color and count how many blocks are in each line.

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Guess which color we have the most of without counting.

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Close our eyes and pick a block. Whatever color we pick, that's the color we have the most of.

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We can't find out which color we have the most of without using a computer.

Question 21

We asked some kids what their favorite subject is to learn at school. This is what we found out:

Math: 5 kids
Reading: 3 kids
Science: 2 kids

Which bar graph shows how many kids chose each subject?

Accepted Answer

A bar graph with the bottom labeled 'Favorite Subject' and the side labeled 'Number of Students'

Answer

A bar graph with no labels

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A pie chart with slices labeled 'Math', 'Reading', and 'Science'

Question 22

We want to show how many of our friends like apples. What's the best way to do this?

Accepted Answer

Use tally marks to count how many friends like apples.

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Draw a picture of each friend who likes apples.

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Write down the names of all the friends who like apples.

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Use a calculator to add up the number of friends.

Question 23

Which graph shows that more students prefer dogs over cats?

Accepted Answer

A bar graph with 10 bars for dogs and 5 bars for cats

Accepted Answer

A pie chart with a larger slice for dogs and a smaller slice for cats

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A bar graph with 5 bars for dogs and 10 bars for cats

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A pie chart with a larger slice for cats and a smaller slice for dogs

Question 24

You have lots of toy cars and want to count how many are red, blue, and yellow. What's the best way to keep track of this?

Accepted Answer

Make a chart with three columns: red, blue, and yellow cars.

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Draw a picture of each car.

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Sing a song about the cars.

Question 25

We have two baskets of crayons. Basket A has 10 crayons, and Basket B has 8 crayons. Which basket has more crayons?

Accepted Answer

Basket A

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Basket B

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Both baskets have the same number of crayons.

Question 26

We want to create a picture that shows us which color is most popular in our class. What type of picture should we make?

Accepted Answer

A bar for each color, with the height of the bar showing how many children like that color

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A picture with all the different colors

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A line connecting all the colors

Question 27

What kind of graph shows how things change over time?

Accepted Answer

Line graph

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Bar graph

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Venn diagram

Question 28

Which graph shows the color that is liked the most?

Accepted Answer

A bar graph with the tallest bar for blue.

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A pictograph with more green squares than any other color.

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A line graph with a red line going up.

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A pie chart with a large purple slice.

Question 29

Before we make a graph or chart, what do we need to do with our information first?

Accepted Answer

Count and group the things

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Draw a picture

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Make a graph

Question 30

What is the best way to find out what foods students in a school like the most?

Accepted Answer

Ask them in a survey

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Watch them eat

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Do an experiment

Question 31

You have a list of your friends' favorite animals. How can you organize the data to make it easier to see which animal is the most popular?

Accepted Answer

Create a tally chart, with tally marks for each animal.

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Write the animals in a list.

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Draw a picture of each animal.

Question 32

Why is it important to collect correct data?

Accepted Answer

To make good choices based on the data.

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To impress our teachers.

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To win a prize.

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To have fun.

Question 33

Imagine we have lots of information about our favorite animals. We want to put this information in an organized way, using rows and columns. What would be the best choice?

Accepted Answer

A table

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A box

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A circle

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A graph

Question 34

What does a bar graph show?

Accepted Answer

How many things there are

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How long things are

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How heavy things are

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How tall things are

Question 35

What shape is used to represent data on a pie chart?

Accepted Answer

Circle

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Square

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Triangle

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Rectangle

Question 36

Which graph shows how something changes over time?

Accepted Answer

A line graph

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A bar graph

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A pie chart

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A scatter plot

Question 37

How can data help you make a smart choice?

Accepted Answer

When you have information to help you decide.

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When you want to know what to wear.

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When you need to know what time it is.

Question 38

We want to know the favourite subjects of our students. Which question should we ask?

Accepted Answer

Which subject do you like the most?

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What is your favourite colour?

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What is your favourite day of the week?

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What is your favourite animal?

Question 39

We have information about the number of pets each student has. How can we use a tally chart to show this information?

Accepted Answer

Make a table with one column for each student and use tally marks to count their pets.

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Draw a picture of each student with their pets.

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Write a list of all the pets and count them.

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Use a bar graph to show how many pets each student has.

Question 40

Which type of graph is used to show how something changes over time?

Accepted Answer

Line Graph

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Picture Graph

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Bar Graph

Question 41

We counted the cars that drove past our school at different times of the day. Which type of graph should we use to show how the number of cars changed over time?

Accepted Answer

Line graph

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Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Scatter plot

Question 42

Which activity involves gathering information to make a choice?

Accepted Answer

Voting on a favorite food

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Choosing a toy to play with

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Going for a walk in the park

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Eating a snack

Question 43

We asked our friends their favorite ice cream flavors. How can we use tally marks to show how many friends like each flavor?

Accepted Answer

Make a tally mark for each friend who likes vanilla ice cream.

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Draw a picture of an ice cream cone for each friend.

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Write the number of friends who like each flavor.

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Use different colors to show each friend's favorite flavor.

Question 44

Which bar graph shows the most students who like to play soccer?

Accepted Answer

Bar Graph B with 5 students

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Bar Graph A with 3 students

Question 45

Which picture shows the most children?

Accepted Answer

Picture Y with 5 children

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Picture X with 3 children

Question 46

We want to find out which subjects students enjoy learning about the most in school. Which question should we ask?

Accepted Answer

What do you like to learn about in school?

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What is your favorite color?

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Are you a boy or a girl?

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What is your favorite animal?

Question 47

Which of these is NOT a way to show data?

Accepted Answer

Song

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Bar graph

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Picture graph

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Line graph

Question 48

Which of these questions can we answer using a data set?

Accepted Answer

How many students are in my class?

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What is my favorite color?

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How old is my teacher?

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What is the best movie ever?

Question 49

What do bar graphs show?

Accepted Answer

How many

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How tall

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How far

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How often

Question 50

What does it mean when a graph shows a trend?

Accepted Answer

The data goes up or down a lot.

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The data is all over the place.

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The data stays the same.

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The data goes up and down evenly.

Question 51

Which of these is a good question to ask when analyzing data?

Accepted Answer

What can I learn from this data?

Answer

What is my favorite color?

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How many students have pets?

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What is the best way to get to school?

Question 52

We want to show the different pets our friends have. Which picture uses bars to show this?

Accepted Answer

Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Line graph

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Scatter plot

Question 53

We want to know how much time each student in our class spends reading each week. Which of these ways would be the best way to find out?

Accepted Answer

Ask each student to tell us how many hours they read each week.

Answer

Watch the students reading in the library.

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Have the students guess how many hours they read each week.

Question 54

What will help you see how many of each food you like the most?

Accepted Answer

A table with your favorite foods and how many you like

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A list of your favorite foods

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A graph with the colors of your favorite foods

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A picture of your favorite foods

Question 55

We measured the heights of plants in different pots. Which graph would best show how the heights of the plants are spread out?

Accepted Answer

Scatter plot

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Bar graph

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Line graph

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Pictograph

Question 56

We have a basket of different fruits. How can we find out which fruit is the favorite in our class?

Accepted Answer

Ask our classmates which fruit they like best and count how many people like each fruit.

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Guess which fruit is most popular based on what we think.

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Read a book about fruits and choose the fruit that sounds the best.

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Close our eyes and imagine which fruit is most popular.

Question 57

What can be a problem with using graphs and charts?

Accepted Answer

They can be hard to read if not made well.

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They can show us patterns in data.

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They can make data easier to understand.

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They can help us share data with friends.

Question 58

How do we make sure the information we collect is correct?

Accepted Answer

Check it again to make sure it's right.

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Only count the things that are easy to see.

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Guess the answers instead of counting.

Question 59

In a bar graph, what does the height of each bar tell us?

Accepted Answer

How many things are in that group

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The average of the things in that group

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The biggest number in that group

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The smallest number in that group

Question 60

How can we best show how many students like different colors?

Accepted Answer

Graph

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Story

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Song

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Dance

Question 61

When we want to show our friends the information we've collected, what can we use to make it easy for them to understand?

Accepted Answer

Graphs and charts

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Only the numbers

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Pictures

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A secret code

Question 62

Before we can learn from the data, what's the first thing we should do?

Accepted Answer

Check if the data is correct

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Ask our friends for their ideas

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Change the data to match what we already know

Question 63

Which graph shows the different kinds of fruit in a bowl?

Accepted Answer

Image of a circle graph with different colored sections

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Image of a bar graph

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Image of a pictograph

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Image of a line graph

Question 64

How do you collect data?

Accepted Answer

By observing, surveying, or experimenting.

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By reading books.

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By watching TV.

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By guessing.