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Discover Term 2: Axis 4, Chapter 2
GoalAsk a question, count the answers, and read a bar graph with more than, fewer than and equal.
New words
survey · asking many people the same question and counting the answersbar graph · a picture that shows numbers with bars
Explanation
A survey is when we ask everyone the same question, like “Which fruit do you like best?”, and count the answers. We can show the answers in a bar graph. Each bar is one choice. A taller bar means more children. The tallest bar is the most. The shortest bar is the fewest. If two bars are the same height, the numbers are equal. We say more than, fewer than and equal to.
Worked examples
In Mina’s class 5 children chose grapes, 8 chose watermelon and 3 chose bananas. Watermelon has the most. Bananas have the fewest.
Another survey: which game do you like? Football has 6, kites 4 and balloons 4. Kites and balloons are equal.
The teacher buys two kinds of fruit. She chooses the two with the most votes: watermelon and grapes.
Class activity
Class survey: with friends, choose a question with two choices (for example tea or juice). Ask ten people and make a mark for each answer. Then draw two bars with squares. Write which one is more.
Practice
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Which drink got the most votes?
Juice, with 7.
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In the same graph, how many children chose milk?
5.
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Is 3 more than 5, or fewer than 5?
Fewer than 5.
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Two bars are the same height. What does it tell us?
The two numbers are equal.