Graphs and Data — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A class voted on fruits: apples 10, bananas 4, grapes 7, oranges 3, strawberries 8, watermelon 6. How many students voted in all?
A) 34
B) 36
C) 38
D) 40
Add every fruit's votes together: 10 plus 4 plus 7 plus 3 plus 8 plus 6. The full sum equals 38 students.
2. Using the same data, how many more students chose apples than watermelon?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
Apples scored 10 votes and watermelon scored 6 votes. Subtracting to compare: 10 minus 6 equals 4.
3. Which two fruits together got the same as apples alone (10 votes)?
A) bananas and grapes
B) bananas and watermelon
C) oranges and strawberries
D) oranges and grapes
Bananas had 4 votes and watermelon had 6 votes. Added together, 4 plus 6 equals 10, which is the same as apples.
4. If each picture on a pictograph equals 2 votes, how many pictures would show the strawberries?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 8
Strawberries received 8 votes, and each picture stands for 2 votes. Divide to find how many pictures: 8 divided by 2 equals 4 pictures.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Grapes and oranges together got 10 votes.
Grapes scored 7 votes and oranges scored 3 votes. Put those groups together: 7 plus 3 equals 10.
2. The fruit that got exactly 4 votes is bananas.
Looking down the list, bananas is the only fruit showing a count of 4. No other fruit matches that number.
3. Strawberries got 5 more votes than oranges.
Strawberries had 8 votes and oranges had 3 votes. Subtract the smaller from the larger: 8 minus 3 equals 5.
4. The labels along the bottom of a bar graph show the categories.
The bottom labels name each group being compared, like apples or oranges. These groups are the categories of the graph.
5. If 2 more students voted for oranges, oranges would have 5 votes.
Oranges started with 3 votes. Adding 2 more, 3 plus 2 equals 5 total votes.