This Grade 5 worksheet pushes critical reasoning with sports statistics, economic data, and combined displays of tables, line graphs, and pie charts that work together. Students identify truncated axes, missing pictograph keys, and misleading scales while choosing the display that conveys the clearest data story. Grade 5 learners practice analyzing real-world economic and sports data, explaining why context labels matter, and judging trustworthy visuals every time.
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Data Interpretation
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A basketball graph shows Player A scored 24 and Player B scored 22, but bars look twice as tall for A. The y-axis must ___.
A) start at a value much higher than zero
B) show every player on the team
C) use percentages instead of points
D) include a tally chart on the side
2. An economist combines a line graph of yearly inflation with a bar graph of average wages. What is the biggest benefit of pairing the two?
A) It uses fewer colors than separate graphs
B) It compares trends in both at the same time
C) It hides confusing numbers from readers
D) It removes the need for any axis labels
3. A magazine shows runners with broken-pencil symbols on a pictograph but no key. The chart fails because ___.
A) it includes too many runners total
B) it uses only blue ink for the symbols
C) the value of each symbol is not defined
D) it has alphabetical order on the y-axis
4. A data report combines a table of population by city, a line graph of growth, and a pie chart of age groups. The clearest story comes from ___.
A) picking only the table for accuracy
B) ignoring the pie chart for simplicity
C) using only the line graph for speed
D) reading all three together to get full context
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Cutting off the bottom of a y-axis to make changes look bigger creates a misleading graph.
2. When an economist tracks the cost of bread over 10 years, a line graph best shows the trend.
3. A sports almanac that lists wins, losses, and ties for each team is best read as a table.
4. If a pie chart slice for rent is half the circle, rent equals 50 percent of expenses.
5. A graph missing units, scale, or a title is hard to trust because it lacks context.
Data Interpretation
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A basketball graph shows Player A scored 24 and Player B scored 22, but bars look twice as tall for A. The y-axis must ___.
A) start at a value much higher than zero
B) show every player on the team
C) use percentages instead of points
D) include a tally chart on the side
2. An economist combines a line graph of yearly inflation with a bar graph of average wages. What is the biggest benefit of pairing the two?
A) It uses fewer colors than separate graphs
B) It compares trends in both at the same time
C) It hides confusing numbers from readers
D) It removes the need for any axis labels
3. A magazine shows runners with broken-pencil symbols on a pictograph but no key. The chart fails because ___.
A) it includes too many runners total
B) it uses only blue ink for the symbols
C) the value of each symbol is not defined
D) it has alphabetical order on the y-axis
4. A data report combines a table of population by city, a line graph of growth, and a pie chart of age groups. The clearest story comes from ___.
A) picking only the table for accuracy
B) ignoring the pie chart for simplicity
C) using only the line graph for speed
D) reading all three together to get full context
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) Cutting off the bottom of a y-axis to make changes look bigger creates a misleading graph.
2) When an economist tracks the cost of bread over 10 years, a line graph best shows the trend.
3) A sports almanac that lists wins, losses, and ties for each team is best read as a table.
4) If a pie chart slice for rent is half the circle, rent equals 50 percent of expenses.
5) A graph missing units, scale, or a title is hard to trust because it lacks context.
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