Data & Tally Charts — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. You ask 10 friends about favorite fruit: 5 apple, 3 banana, 2 grape. Which fruit is most popular?
A) apple
B) banana
C) grape
D) tie
Five apples is the largest total, beating three bananas and two grapes, so apple is the winner.
2. Using that same fruit survey, how many more friends picked apple than grape?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
Five apple votes minus two grape votes equals three, the difference between the two fruit groups.
3. A tally row shows one crossed group plus three extra lines. What number is this?
A) 5
B) 7
C) 8
D) 13
A crossed bundle is five, and three extra strokes add three, giving a total of eight marks.
4. If your survey has 6 cats, 4 dogs, and 3 birds, the total friends asked was:
A) 10
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14
Six plus four plus three equals thirteen, so thirteen friends answered the pet survey.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. In a survey of 10 kids, 6 pick red and 4 pick blue. The most popular color is red.
Six red votes is more than four blue votes, so red is the most popular choice in this survey.
2. Two crossed tally groups stand for the number 10.
Each crossed bundle counts as five, so two bundles together equal five plus five, which is ten.
3. A tally row with one crossed group and two extra strokes equals 7.
The crossed group is five and the two extra lines add two more, giving a total of seven.
4. If you survey 8 friends and 5 pick pizza, then 3 did not pick pizza.
Eight friends minus five pizza fans equals three, the number who chose a different food.
5. Before making a tally chart, first decide the question you want to ask.
A good survey starts with a clear question, so every tally mark answers the same simple idea.