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Grade 4

Create and interpret tables

Lesson

There are many ways of organising data so that we can understand the data more easily. One of the ways of presenting data is with a frequency table. The word frequency means "how many" or "the number of"  so a frequency table tells us how many of each item we have.  Look at this video to see how we can create a frequency table. 

Remember!

A frequency table is a table which show the "number of" or "frequency of" each item. 

Examples


QUESTION 1

Mr. Rodriguez recorded the number of pets owned by each of the students in his class. He found that $15$15 people had no pets, $19$19 people had one pet, $3$3 people had two pets and $8$8 people had three pets.

Write Mr. Rodriguez's results in the frequency table below.

  1. Number of Pets Frequency
    $0$0 $\editable{}$
    $1$1 $\editable{}$
    $2$2 $\editable{}$
    $3$3 $\editable{}$

QUESTION 2

The average temperature for each month in Tallsville was recorded in the table below.

Month Temperature
January $32$32
February $24$24
March $29$29
April $21$21
May $27$27
June $31$31
July $25$25
August $19$19
September $15$15
October $29$29
November $26$26
December $30$30
  1. Which month was the hottest?

    September

    A

    February

    B

    July

    C

    January

    D
  2. Which month was the coldest?

    February

    A

    September

    B

    January

    C

    July

    D
  3. Which two months had the same average temperature?

    February

    A

    October

    B

    March

    C

    July

    D

Question 3

Monica asked $30$30 people to choose their favourite type of movie. $10$10 people chose Action, $14$14 people chose Comedy and $6$6 people chose Documentary.

Type of Movie Frequency
$A$A $10$10
$B$B $14$14
$C$C $6$6
  1. Which answer shows the correct type of movie categories for $A$A, $B$B, and $C$C?

    A - Action

    B - Comedy

    C - Documentary

    A

    A - Action

    B - Documentary

    C - Comedy

    B

    A - Comedy

    B - Action

    C - Documentary

    C

    A - Comedy

    B - Documentary

    C - Action

    D

Outcomes

4.DP1.02

Collect and organize discrete primary data and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs) that have appropriate titles, and scales labels that suit the range and distribution of the data, using a variety of tools

4.DP2.01

Read, interpret, and draw conclusions from primary data and from secondary data, presented in charts, tables, and graphs (including stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs)

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