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Scaled Graphs and Surveys for Kids

The document contains various worksheets for children in Salamander Class, focusing on data collection and representation through scaled picture graphs and bar graphs. Activities include bug hunts, pie sales, fruit surveys, and shape preferences, with questions prompting students to analyze and interpret the data. Each section encourages students to fill in missing information, draw graphs, and answer questions related to the data presented.

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Scaled Graphs and Surveys for Kids

The document contains various worksheets for children in Salamander Class, focusing on data collection and representation through scaled picture graphs and bar graphs. Activities include bug hunts, pie sales, fruit surveys, and shape preferences, with questions prompting students to analyze and interpret the data. Each section encourages students to fill in missing information, draw graphs, and answer questions related to the data presented.

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Name Date

SCALED PICTURE GRAPHS 3A - BUG HUNT


Salamander Class went on a bug hunt looking for bugs in different habitats.

Each represents 5 bugs.

Long grass

Short grass

Under logs

Pond

On leafy
plants

1) 30 bugs were found in under logs. Show this in the picture graph.
2) What was the most common place to find bugs? ____________
How many bugs were found there? _________
3) What was the least common place to find bugs? ____________
How many bugs were found there? _________
4) How many more bugs were found in the long grass than the short grass?
___________
5) Double the number of bugs were found in the pond than on leafy plants.
True or false? __________
6) How many bugs were found in total that day? ____________
Name Date

SCALED PICTURE GRAPHS 3B - AT THE PIE SHOP


A pie shop sells a range of different pies. Here are the sales figures for the
number of pies sold for each day in a week.

Each represents 20 pies.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1) How many pies were sold on Thursday? ______


2) Which day were the most pies sold? _____________
How many pies were sold on that day? ______
3) How many more pies were sold on Tuesday than Wednesday? _____
4) There were more pies sold on the last two days than the first four
days. True or false? ______
5) How many pies were sold in total that week? ________
6) Draw a bar graph for the number of pies sold that week.
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 3A - PLANET SURVEY


Each child in Newt class selected up to two planets that they would like to visit.

Planet Visit Survey Planet Votes


16 Mercury
14 Venus 6
12
Mars 3
Jupiter 11
10
Saturn 14
Votes

8 Uranus 8
6 Neptune
4

0
Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

1) Fill in the missing data in the table for Mercury and Neptune.
2) Draw a bar to show how many votes Jupiter got.
3) Which was the most popular planet to visit? _____________
4) How many more votes did Saturn get than Uranus? _____
5) How many more votes did Mercury get than Mars? _____
6) Saturn got more votes than the 3 least popular planets put together.
True or false? _____
7) Which two planets got the same number of votes?
_____________________________________________________
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 3C - FRUIT SURVEY


Children in a school recorded what fruit they brought in.

Fruit in School Survey Fruit Number of


children
Apple Apple 58
Banana Banana
Grape Grape 27
Peach Peach 11
Pear Pear 22
Plum Plum 26
Strawberry
Strawberry

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Number of children

1) Use the data in the table to fill in the missing bars for Grape and
Peach.
2) Estimate the number of children who brought in strawberries and
bananas and write down your estimates in the table.
3) Have a look at the table below and write ‘true’, ‘false’ or ‘can’t tell’
in each box.
Statement True, False or Can’t Tell
Twice as many children chose pears as plums.
Apples and bananas were the most common
fruit children brought in.
Most children in the school like apples.
Half as many children chose pears as apples.
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 3B - BUG EATING CONTEST


The Salamanders had a bug-eating contest. Each salamander was given a minute
to see how many bugs they could eat. Here are the results.

Bug Eating Contest Salamander Bugs


eaten
Quadra
Quadra
Sally 6
Sally
Frazer 14
Frazer
Newton 7
Newton Tyger 16
Tyger Captain
Captain

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
NUMBER OF BUGS EATEN

1) Fill in the missing data in the table for Quadra and Captain.
2) Draw a bar to show how many bugs Newton ate.
3) Which salamander ate the most bugs? _____________
4) How many more bugs did Quadra eat than Sally? _____
5) How many more bugs did Tyger eat than Newton? _____
6) Captain ate more bugs than Sally and Quadra put together. Is this
true or false? _________
7) Which 2 salamanders ate exactly 20 bugs altogether? ____________
Name Date

PICTURE GRAPHS 2A - WEATHER SURVEY


Children in a school wrote down weather symbols for each day in March.

Sunny
Cloudy
Rainy
Snowy
Stormy

1) Which weather was the most common? ____________


2) Which weather was the least common? ____________
3) How many days was is snowy? _____
4) How many days was it either rainy or stormy? _____
5) How many more days was it sunny than rainy? _____
6) How many more days was it cloudy than snowy? _____
7) Joel takes his dog for a walk in the morning when it is not wet,
snowy or stormy.
How many days in March would he walk his dog? _____
8) Sophia says ‘There are more cloudy days than snowy and stormy
days put together.’ Is she right? ______
9) How many days are there in March? _____
Name Date

PICTURE GRAPHS 2B - BUG HUNT


Some children went on a bug hunt around their school. This is what they
saw. Each picture stands for one bug.

Spider

Crickets

Snail

Butterfly

Beetle

1) The children saw 4 snails. Show this in the picture graph.


2) Which bug was the most common? ____________
3) How many more butterflies than beetles were seen? _____
4) How many more crickets than spiders were seen? _____
5) How many beetles and snails were seen in total? _____
6) How many crickets and spiders were seen in total? _____
7) Chloe says ‘We saw twice as many spiders as beetles.’
Is she right? _______
8) How many bugs were seen altogether? _____
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 2A - SHAPE SURVEY


The children in Salamander Class had a vote to find their most popular
shape. Each child had 2 votes.

16

14
Shape Survey
12

10
Votes

0
triangle square rectangle pentagon hexagon octagon

1) What was the most popular shape? _______________


2) What was the least popular shape? _______________
3) How many voted for the pentagon? ______
4) How many voted for the triangle? ______
5) How many voted for the rectangle? ______
6) How many voted for the octagon? ______
7) How many voted for the square? ______
Name Date

SCALED PICTURE GRAPHS 2C - SANDWICH SURVEY


Children in Salamander class voted on their two tastiest sandwich filling.
Each represents 2 children. Each represents one child.

Cheese

Ham

Pickle

Tuna

Peanut
butter

Sandwich Votes
Cheese 6
Ham
Pickle 5
Tuna
Peanut Butter

1) Use the data in the table to show how many children in the picture
graph chose Pickle sandwiches.
2) Write down the number of votes in the table for ham, tuna and
peanut butter.
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 3E - TALLEST TREES


Here are the heights of some of the world’s tallest trees.

Tree Height (m)


Australian Mountain Ash 100
Coast Douglas Fir 99
Coast Redwood 116
Giant Sequoia 95
Sitka Spruce 97
Tasmanian Blue Gum 91

1) Fill in the bar graph below

2) What is the difference in height between the tallest and shortest of the
trees? _______ m
3) If you climbed half-way up the Coast Redwood tree, how many more metres
would you have to climb before you reached the top? _____ m
4) The Statue of Liberty is 93m tall. Which tree is 6m taller than it?
_________________________________
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 2D - TRAVEL TO SCHOOL SURVEY


This is how a group of children travelled to school one morning.

Travel to School Transport Children


12
Walk 11
Car 10
10
Bike 7
Bus 4
Number of Children

0
Walk Car Bike Bus

1) Use the table to complete the bars on the graph.


2) How did most children get to school that day? _______________
3) How many more children came by car than by bike? ______
4) How many children either walked or came by bike? _____
5) How many children came in the car or in the bus? _____
6) How might the data be different if it was a rainy day?
_______________________________________________________
7) How many children were in the class that day? _____
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 2C - FRUIT SURVEY


The children in Salamander Class had a vote on their tastiest fruit.

9
8
Fruit Survey
7
6
5
Votes

4
3
2
1
0
apples bananas pears grapes oranges plums peaches

1) Which fruit got the most votes? __________________


2) How many more votes did plums get than peaches? ______
3) How many more votes did grapes get than oranges? ______
4) How many less votes did pears get than bananas? ______
5) ‘Bananas got twice as many votes as apples’. Is this true? ______
6) ‘Grapes got twice as many votes as oranges’. Is this true? ______
7) How many children votes for bananas or apples? ______
Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 2B - PET SURVEY


The children in Salamander Class had a vote on their best pet.

10
9 Pet Survey
8
7
6
Votes

5
4
3
2
1
0
cat dog bird fish rabbit hamster

1) Which pet got the most votes? ____________

2) How many more votes did the dog get than the cat? _____

3) How many more votes did the fish get than the bird? _____

4) How many more votes did the rabbit get than the fish? _____

5) How many votes did the bird and fish get in total? _____

6) ‘The dog got more votes than the fish and hamster put together’.

Is this true? _____


Name Date

BAR GRAPHS SHEET 2A - SHAPE SURVEY


The children in Salamander Class had a vote to find their most popular
shape. Each child had 2 votes.

16

14
Shape Survey
12

10
Votes

0
triangle square rectangle pentagon hexagon octagon

1) What was the most popular shape? _______________


2) What was the least popular shape? _______________
3) How many voted for the pentagon? ______
4) How many voted for the triangle? ______
5) How many voted for the rectangle? ______
6) How many voted for the octagon? ______
7) How many voted for the square? ______

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Variations in performance are evident by the wide disparity in the number of bugs eaten. This could suggest differences in agility, speed, or motivation amongst salamanders. Tyger ate the most bugs, with 16, indicating superior performance, whereas Sally ate the least, indicating room for improvement in technique or strategy .

A picture graph facilitates the understanding of climate trends by using symbols for different weather conditions. This method visualizes frequency, determining the most and least common weather types during March. This graphical representation aids in easy digestion of data patterns and trends .

On a rainy day, the tendency for children to opt for cars or buses could increase as bad weather might deter walking or biking. The enclosed and sheltered modes of transport become preferable, altering the current trend that saw more children walking or biking to school .

A bar graph can effectively illustrate these differences in tree heights by aligning the bars in order of increasing or decreasing height. This visual distinction highlights the comparison between each species, such as the tallest being the Coast Redwood at 116 meters and the shortest being the Tasmanian Blue Gum at 91 meters .

According to the scaled picture graph in Source 1, the highest number of pies were sold on the day represented with the greatest count of icons, indicating peak sales. Identifying this day allows the pie shop to optimize planning and stock for maximum efficiency.

The approach includes examining the survey's quantitative data for pears and plums. Based on Source 2, 26 children chose pears and 22 chose plums. The statement would be false as the number of children choosing pears is not twice as many as those choosing plums.

This assertion is true. According to Source 1, Saturn received 14 votes, while the three least popular planets – Mercury (0 votes), Neptune (0 votes), and Mars (3 votes) – combined received only 3 votes, thus Saturn surpasses the total combined votes of these planets.

Preferences indicated by the survey, with cheese obtaining 6 votes as a popular sandwich filling, suggest a school meal plan should focus on cheese-based options to cater to student tastes. Lesser voted options like peanut butter might not be as frequently included .

A picture graph can be used to model the data on the number of bugs found in various habitats. Each icon on the graph represents 5 bugs, allowing for a scaled representation of quantities found in different environments like long grass, short grass, under logs, ponds, and leafy plants .

The pet preferences, with dogs receiving the most votes, suggest a strong interest in canine companionship among children. Educational programs could focus on dog care and safety, aligning with children's interests, while less popular pets might require programs to raise awareness and education about those animals .

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