Lesson 11 Questions About Data

    • Let’s answer questions using picture graphs and bar graphs.

Warm-up Number Talk: Make a Ten with 3 Addends

Find the value of each sum mentally.

Activity 1 Write Questions Based on Graphs

Write 4 questions you could ask about the data in your graphs. Make sure you have 2 for each graph.

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Bonus Question:

Activity 2 Answer Questions Using Graphs

  1. Answer your partner’s questions from Activity 1 using the graphs.

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  2. How did you know where to find the answer to each question?

Practice Problem

Problem 1

The bar graph shows the favorite seasons of some students.

Bar graph. Favorite Seasons. Horizontal axis labeled summer, fall, winter, spring. Vertical axis from 0 to 10 by ones. Height of bar: summer, 8, fall, 6, winter, 3. spring, 7.

  1. Write two questions that you can answer using the graph.

  2. Answer your questions.