Common Core: 2nd Grade Math : Draw Picture and Bar Graphs to Represent a Data Set: CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.D.10

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #161 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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How many people voted for painting? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for painting is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for painting.

Example Question #51 : Draw Picture And Bar Graphs To Represent A Data Set: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Md.D.10

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for woodwork? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for woodwork is the first bar on the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for woodwork. 

Example Question #163 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for pottery? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for pottery is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for pottery.

Example Question #162 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted for singing? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for pottery is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people voted for pottery.

Example Question #163 : Tables

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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What subject got the most votes? 

Possible Answers:

Pottery

Woodwork

Singing 

Painting 

Correct answer:

Pottery

Explanation:

Pottery received the most votes,  in total.

Example Question #164 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many people voted? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many totally peopled voted, we need to add up all of the votes that each subject received. 

Example Question #165 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

How many more people voted for the pottery than voted for singing? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The phrase "how many more" tells us that we are going to subtract. We can take the number of people who voted for pottery and subtract the number of people who voted for the singing. 

Example Question #411 : Measurement & Data

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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Two students who wanted to vote for painting were absent on the day Mr. Shine's class voted. If the teacher counts their votes, how many votes will painting receive and will this change the winning subject? 

Possible Answers:

, which will not change the winning subject

, which will not change the winning subject

, which will change the winning subject

, which will change the winning subject

, which will not change the winning subject

Correct answer:

, which will not change the winning subject

Explanation:

It painting gets  more votes it will have a total of  votes. 

This will not change the winning subject because the winning subject is pottery, with  votes. 

Example Question #51 : Draw Picture And Bar Graphs To Represent A Data Set: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Md.D.10

Mr. Shine wants to do something different on Fridays, so he is going to add a subject to his class that he will teach every Friday. The results are shown in the table below.  

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

Screen shot 2016 01 04 at 10.35.04 am

If four students who voted for singing change their minds and want to vote for another subject, how many votes would singing have? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If four people change their votes, we are taking  from the  votes that singing has. 

Example Question #51 : Draw Picture And Bar Graphs To Represent A Data Set: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Md.D.10

Dan's class made a chart to display his and his classmates' favorite subjects. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What is the title of the graph? 

Possible Answers:

Subject

Dan's Classmates 

Dan's Class

Number of People

Favorite Subject

Correct answer:

Favorite Subject

Explanation:

The title of a bar graph can be found at the top of the graph, and it tells you what type of data the graph is displaying. In this case, our title is "Favorite Subject" 

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