Data & Tally Charts — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A snack survey shows 8 pretzel, 5 grape, 3 apple votes. Which snack should the class buy?
A) pretzel
B) grape
C) apple
D) any snack
Eight pretzel votes beats five grape and three apple votes, so pretzel is the top class choice to buy.
2. A book vote shows 6 fairy, 4 animal, 2 space. Which book should we read first?
A) fairy
B) animal
C) space
D) none
Six fairy votes is more than four animal or two space votes, so fairy wins and should be read first.
3. A game survey shows 5 tag, 5 ball, 2 hide. Which best describes the class pick?
A) ball wins
B) hide wins
C) tag and ball tie
D) tag loses
Tag and ball each show five votes, which is the largest count, so those two games tie at the top.
4. Field day survey: 7 park, 4 zoo, 3 farm. How many friends voted in all?
A) 10
B) 11
C) 14
D) 15
Seven park plus four zoo plus three farm equals fourteen, the full number of friends who voted.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Drinks: 9 juice, 4 milk, 2 water. The drink with the most votes is juice.
Nine juice votes beats four milk and two water votes, so juice is the top drink the class chose.
2. Using those same drink totals, the drink with the fewest votes is water.
Two water votes is smaller than four milk or nine juice votes, so water is the least chosen drink here.
3. Juice 9 minus milk 4 shows juice has 5 more votes than milk.
Nine juice votes minus four milk votes equals five, the number of extra friends who picked juice.
4. Drinks 9 + 4 + 2 together give a full class total of 15 votes.
Nine plus four plus two equals fifteen, the full number of votes counted across the three drink rows.
5. If 2 more kids pick milk, milk and water together would total 8.
Milk grows from four to six, and adding two water votes gives eight, the new combined two-drink total.