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Interpreting Circle Graphs: Classical Music Is Not Very Popular in Mrs. Green's Class

Ms. Green conducted a vote in her classroom to determine the preferred music genre among her students, with Rap receiving the most votes at 30%. The data showed that Classical music was the least popular, while the combined preferences for Country and Alternative exceeded those for Rap. Based on the results, Ms. Green should choose Rap as it has the highest percentage of votes.

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Interpreting Circle Graphs: Classical Music Is Not Very Popular in Mrs. Green's Class

Ms. Green conducted a vote in her classroom to determine the preferred music genre among her students, with Rap receiving the most votes at 30%. The data showed that Classical music was the least popular, while the combined preferences for Country and Alternative exceeded those for Rap. Based on the results, Ms. Green should choose Rap as it has the highest percentage of votes.

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Name:____________________________

Bell:_______ Date:__________________

Interpreting Circle Graphs


Ms. Green likes to play music in her classroom but could not decide what music to
play that would please all of her students. She took a vote to decide which type of
music her students liked the most and each student raised their hand for their top
choice. In her class 9 students chose Rap, 6 chose Country, 8 chose Hip-Hop, 3
chose Classical, and 4 chose Alternative.
Help Ms. Green decide on a type of music by filling in the table below and analyzing the data
to choose one type of music.

Genre Fraction Decimal Percent


Rap

Country

Hip-Hop

Classical

Alternative

TOTAL:

Use the graph to answer the following question


Based on your graph, highlight the following statements that are true.
1. Less than 1/4 of the students prefer Rap over any other type of music.
2. Classical music is not very popular in Mrs. Green’s class.
3. More than one half of people prefer Country music
4. Less people prefer Rap than Country and Alternative combined.

Explain your answers below. How do the circle graph and table support your findings?

Which type of music should Ms. Green choose? Why?


Name:____________________________

Bell:_______ Date:__________________

Interpreting Circle Graphs (KEY)


Ms. Green likes to play music in her classroom but could not decide what music to
play that would please all of her students. She took a vote to decide which type of
music her students liked the most and each student raised their hand for their top
choice. In her class 9 students chose Rap, 6 chose Country, 8 chose Hip-Hop, 3
chose Classical, and 4 chose Alternative.
Help Ms. Green decide on a type of music by filling in the table below and analyzing the data
to choose one type of music.

Genre Fraction Decimal Percent


Rap 9/30 .30 30%
Country 6/30 .20 20%
Hip-Hop 8/30 .27 27%
Classical 3/30 .10 10%
Alternative 4/30 .13 13%
TOTAL: 30 1.0 100%

Use the graph to answer the following question


Based on your graph, highlight the following statements that are true.
5. Less than 1/4 of the students prefer Rap over any other type of music.
6. Classical music is not very popular in Mrs. Green’s class.
7. More than one half of people prefer Country music
8. Less people prefer Rap than Country and Alternative combined.

Explain your answers below. How do the circle graph and table support your findings?
Answer 2 is correct because classical music is the choice with both the smallest percentage
of votes as well as the smallest portion of the circle graph. Answer 4 is true because less
when the total percentage of votes of Country and Alternative are added the equal 33%,
versus 30% of the votes for rap.

Which type of music should Mrs. Green choose? Why?


Rap. Rap has the highest percentage of student votes, next would be Hip-Hop, then Country.

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