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Primary 3 Mathematics · Data tables and graphs

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. A tally shows two bundles of five and 2 single lines. What is the total?
2. Favourite sport totals: soccer 8, swimming 11, basketball 5, tennis 6. Which sport was most popular?
- ☐ (a) soccer
- ☐ (b) swimming
- ☐ (c) basketball
- ☐ (d) tennis
3. Using the same totals (soccer 8, swimming 11, basketball 5, tennis 6), how many people were surveyed?
4. Using the same totals (soccer 8, swimming 11, basketball 5, tennis 6), how many more people chose soccer than basketball?
5. In a column graph, what does the height of each column show?
- ☐ (a) How many are in that category
- ☐ (b) How important the category is
- ☐ (c) The order the answers were collected
6. A column graph's scale goes up in 2s. A column ends exactly halfway between 6 and 8. What number does it show?
- ☐ (a) 6
- ☐ (b) 7
- ☐ (c) 8
- ☐ (d) 14
7. In a picture graph, one ☺ stands for 2 people. How many people do ☺☺☺ show?
- ☐ (a) 3
- ☐ (b) 5
- ☐ (c) 6
- ☐ (d) 2
8. Which is the best survey question for making a tally table?
- ☐ (a) What do you think about food?
- ☐ (b) Which is your favourite fruit: apple, banana, orange or other?
- ☐ (c) Do you eat?

Answer sheet

1. 12 — Count the bundles by fives: 5, 10. Then count on 2: 11, 12.
2. swimming — Swimming has the biggest total, 11.
3. 30 — 8 + 11 = 19, 19 + 5 = 24, 24 + 6 = 30.
4. 3 — 8 − 5 = 3.
5. How many are in that category — Each column goes up to the total for its category, read from the scale.
6. 7 — Halfway between 6 and 8 is 7.
7. 6 — Each symbol is 2 people: 2 + 2 + 2 = 6.
8. Which is your favourite fruit: apple, banana, orange or other? — It has clear categories that are easy to tally, plus 'other' for anyone whose favourite is not listed.