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Year 3 Mathematics · Collecting and showing data

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. A tally shows one bundle of five and 3 single lines. What number is that?
2. When making tally marks, what do you do for the fifth mark?
- ☐ (a) Draw it a bit longer
- ☐ (b) Draw it across the first four
- ☐ (c) Start a new row
3. Which is the best survey question?
- ☐ (a) What do you like?
- ☐ (b) Which pet would you choose: dog, cat, fish or bird?
- ☐ (c) Tell me about your day.
4. Picture graph of favourite sport: soccer 5 pictures, swimming 7 pictures, tennis 2 pictures. Which sport is most popular?
5. Using the same graph (soccer 5, swimming 7, tennis 2), how many people answered altogether?
6. Using the same graph (soccer 5, swimming 7, tennis 2), how many more people chose soccer than tennis?
- ☐ (a) 2
- ☐ (b) 3
- ☐ (c) 5
- ☐ (d) 7
7. Why should all the pictures in a picture graph be the same size?
- ☐ (a) So the graph is easy to compare fairly
- ☐ (b) So it uses less paper
- ☐ (c) So the colours match
8. A tally shows three bundles of five and 1 single line. What number is that?

Answer sheet

1. 8 — One bundle is 5. Count on 3: 6, 7, 8.
2. Draw it across the first four — The fifth mark goes across the other four to make a bundle of 5.
3. Which pet would you choose: dog, cat, fish or bird? — It has clear choices, so the answers are easy to record and count.
4. swimming — Swimming has the most pictures (7).
5. 14 — 5 + 7 + 2 = 14.
6. 3 — 5 − 2 = 3, so 3 more people chose soccer.
7. So the graph is easy to compare fairly — If some pictures are bigger, a column can look longer even with fewer votes.
8. 16 — Count the bundles by fives: 5, 10, 15. Then count on 1: 16.