SSAT Elementary Level Math : Data Analysis

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Example Questions

Example Question #434 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What is the label of the y-axis? 

Possible Answers:

Favorite Type of Music 

Morgan's Class

Number of People

Morgan's Classmates

Type of Music

Correct answer:

Number of People

Explanation:

A graph is made up of an x-axis and a y-axis. The x-axis of a graph is always the horizontal line (a line that runs from left to right) and the y-axis is alway the vertical line (a line that runs from top to bottom) 

The y-axis of this graph is labeled "Number of People". 

Example Question #185 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed country as their favorite type of music? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for country is the second bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed country as their favorite type of music.

Example Question #186 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed hip-hop as their favorite type of music? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for hip-hop is the first bar on the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed hip-hop as their favorite type of music.

Example Question #187 : How To Find The Answer From A Table

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed jazz as their favorite type of music? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for jazz is the third bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  person listed jazz as their favorite type of music.

Example Question #431 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many people listed classical as their favorite type of music? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The bar for classical is the fourth bar from the left. The bar raises to the number , which means  people listed classical as their favorite type of music.

Example Question #435 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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Which type of music is the most popular?

Possible Answers:

Hip-hop

Classical

Country

Jazz

Correct answer:

Classical

Explanation:

The bar for classical goes up the highest, and  people listed classical as their favorite type of music, so classical is the most popular type of music. 

Example Question #441 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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Based on the graph, how many people are in Morgan's class? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find out how many people are in Morgan's class, we need to add up all of the votes that each type of music received. 

Example Question #442 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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How many more people favor country than hip-hop?

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 favor for country and subtract the number of people who favor for the hip-hop. 

Example Question #443 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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If six students change their minds and decide that hip-hop is actually their favorite type of music, how many students would favor hip-hop? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If six more people favor hip-hop, we can add  to the current number of people who favor hip-hop, , to find our new total. 

Example Question #441 : Measurement & Data

Morgan's class made a chart to display her and her classmates' favorite types of music. 

Use the graph below to answer the question. 

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What type of music is the least favorite among Morgan's and her classmates? 

Possible Answers:

Country

Hip-hop

Classical

Jazz

Correct answer:

Jazz

Explanation:

The bar for jazz is the shortest, with only  vote, which means this is the least favorite. 

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