VKRP Data Collection and Analysis 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a pictograph, each picture of a star represents 1 student's vote. There are 4 stars next to 'chocolate' and 2 stars next to 'vanilla'. Which flavor got MORE votes?
- Vanilla
- Chocolate (Correct answer)
- Both got the same
- Neither got any votes
Correct answer: Chocolate
Chocolate has 4 stars and vanilla has 2 stars, so chocolate got more votes.
Question 2: A class makes a pictograph of their favorite colors. Red has 5 smiley faces, blue has 3, and green has 4. How many students chose blue or green COMBINED?
- 3
- 4
- 7 (Correct answer)
- 12
Correct answer: 7
Blue (3) plus green (4) equals 7 students.
Question 3: Students record how many birds they saw each morning: Monday=2, Tuesday=5, Wednesday=3. On which day did they see the MOST birds?
- Monday
- Tuesday (Correct answer)
- Wednesday
- They saw the same each day
Correct answer: Tuesday
Tuesday had 5 bird sightings, which is more than Monday's 2 or Wednesday's 3.
Question 4: A teacher shows a picture graph where each apple symbol means 1 student likes apples, and each orange means 1 student likes oranges. There are 6 apples and 6 oranges. What does this tell us?
- More students like apples
- More students like oranges
- The same number of students like each fruit (Correct answer)
- No students were asked
Correct answer: The same number of students like each fruit
When two groups have the same number of symbols, the same number of students chose each option.
Question 5: A student surveys classmates about pets. They record: 4 students have dogs, 2 have cats, 1 has a fish. Which pet do the FEWEST students have?
- Dog
- Cat
- Fish (Correct answer)
- Bird
Correct answer: Fish
Only 1 student has a fish, which is the smallest number.
Question 6: In a tally chart, a student marks 5 tally marks for red blocks and 3 for blue blocks. How many MORE red blocks than blue blocks are there?
- 1
- 2 (Correct answer)
- 3
- 8
Correct answer: 2
5 minus 3 equals 2, so there are 2 more red blocks.
Question 7: Students collect data about shoes: sneakers, sandals, or boots. After collecting data, what should they do NEXT to share their findings?
- Throw away their notes
- Put the shoes in a bag
- Organize the data into a chart or graph (Correct answer)
- Stop collecting information
Correct answer: Organize the data into a chart or graph
After collecting data, organizing it into a chart or graph makes it easier to understand and share.
VKRP Data Collection and Analysis 3
In a pictograph, each picture of a star represents 1 student's vote.
There are 4 stars next to 'chocolate' and 2 stars next to 'vanilla'.
Which flavor got MORE votes?