2-min Fluency Warm-up — Skip count. This helps you read graph keys fast!
Count by 2s: 2, 4, , , 10
Count by 5s: 5, 10, , , 25
Count by 2s: 6, 8, , , 14
Count by 5s: 15, 20, , , 35
A picture graph uses symbols to show data. The key tells you what each symbol is worth. Our class voted for their favorite pets:
Each ★ stands for 1 vote. Count carefully!
Key: ★ = 1
Dogs: ★★★★★★★★ (8 items)
Cats: ★★★★★★ (6 items)
Fish: ★★★ (3 items)
Birds: ★★★★★ (5 items)
Use the pet graph above to answer. Show how you counted.
How many children voted for dogs?
Answer:
Which pet got the FEWEST votes?
Answer:
How many more voted for dogs than fish?
Answer:
How many children voted in all?
Answer:
Number Talk — Answer WITHOUT counting every symbol.
Just by LOOKING at the pet graph, which row is longest? How does that tell you the most popular pet?
My thinking:
Dogs have 8 votes and cats have 6. Explain how you can see the difference is 2 without counting all the stars.
My thinking:
Read carefully. Think about what is happening.
Mrs. Lane's class made a picture graph of lunches sold. Pizza had 7 symbols and tacos had 4 symbols. Each symbol = 1 lunch. How many MORE pizzas were sold than tacos?
Draw or write your thinking:
more pizzas