Common Core: 2nd Grade Math : Common Core Math: Grade 2

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 2nd Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #464 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many total pets are included in the graph? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many pets are included in the graph, we need to add up each of the totals for each type of pet.

Example Question #321 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many more dogs are there than cats? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The phrase "how many more" tells us that we are going to subtract. We can take the number of dogs and subtract the number of cats.

Example Question #322 : Data Analysis

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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If four people weren't included in the graph, and they all have dogs, how many total dogs would there be? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If there are four more dogs, we can add  to the current  dogs that are shown on the graph. 

Example Question #461 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the least popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Cat

Bird

Dog

Fish

Correct answer:

Bird

Explanation:

The bar for birds is the shortest, with only , which means this is the least popular pet to have. 

Example Question #462 : Measurement & Data

Miss. West's class made a chart of the pets that they own. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What pet is the most popular pet to have? 

Possible Answers:

Bird

Firsh

Cat

Dog

Correct answer:

Dog

Explanation:

The bar for dogs goes up the highest, with  dogs. This means that the dog is the most popular pet to have.

Example Question #321 : Data Analysis

Mr. Ray's class created a bar graph to show how many stuffed animals each student has at home.  According to the graph, how many students have one stuffed animal?

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Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Using the bar graph, we look for the bar that is for  stuffed animal, which is the first one on the left. That bar has  boxes in it, which means  students have  stuffed animal.

 

Example Question #1591 : Common Core Math: Grade 2

Which shape has only  sides? 

 

Possible Answers:

Square

Cube

Pentagon

Triangle 

Hexagon

Correct answer:

Triangle 

Explanation:

A triangle has  sides. 

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Example Question #1592 : Common Core Math: Grade 2

Which shape has only  angles? 

Possible Answers:

Hexagon 

Square

Pentagon

Cube

Triangle

Correct answer:

Square

Explanation:

A square as only  angles.

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Example Question #1593 : Common Core Math: Grade 2

Which shape has only  sides? 

 

Possible Answers:

Triangle

Square

Cube

Hexagon

Pentagon

Correct answer:

Square

Explanation:

A square has  sides. 

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Example Question #1594 : Common Core Math: Grade 2

Which shape has only  angles? 

 

Possible Answers:

Triangle 

Square

Cube

Pentagon

Hexagon

Correct answer:

Pentagon

Explanation:

A pentagon has  angles. 

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