Fifth Grade Data Analysis

Fifth Grade Data Analysis Month Type of Graph/Data Directions August Chart-Line Plot: Analyze Students should: Pets 1. Survey at least 8 people to determine how many pets each person has. 2. Organize the information into a Number of Number of Pets chart. Students 3. Take the information from the chart and create a line plot. 4. Use the chart or line data to answer the question: “What is the greatest number of pets that students have?” 5. Give two possible reasons why this number of pets is the greatest. September Venn Diagram-Chart: Analyze Students should: 1. Complete the survey by having How Do You Get to School? students put their names on post-it notes and placing them in the appropriate place on the Venn. 2. Create a chart displaying the results from the Venn. 3. Use the chart data to answer the question: “ Which means of getting to school is the greatest?” 4. Give two possible reasons why this is the most used means of getting to school.

1 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis October Chart - Line Graph: Analyze Students should: 1. Create a line graph from the Percent of U.S. Public Schools with information in the chart. Internet Access 2. Make observations and analyze 1995-2005 the data. Answer the Year Percent question: 1995 42 “What year has the 1997 80 greatest 1099 99 percentage of public 2001 100 school 2003 100 internet access?” 2005 119 3. What are two possible reasons this might be?

2 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis Month Type of Graph/Data Directions November Chart- Tally Chart- Bar Graph: Analyze Have students: 1. Complete a survey by asking the question: How do you like Favorite Type of your Potato potatoes cooked?” Collect data in a tally chart. Type of Number of Tally 2. Make observations- “How do Potato People the greatest number of Fried people Mashed like their potatoes- fried, Baked

Other mashed, or baked, or another way (other)?” 3. Create a bar graph from the data. 4. Give two possible reasons why more people like the potatoes cooked the way they responded.

December Chart - Bar Graph: Analyze Have students: 1. Analyze the data: Clearance Sale a: Which item had the greatest number sold? b. Give two possible reasons why this item sold more. Item Number Sold Pants 40 Shorts 150 Tank Top 79 Short sleeved T- 125 Shirt Long sleeved T- 21 Shirt

3 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis January Chart – Line Plot : Analyze Have students: 1. Create a line plot of the data. Bracelets Made During Summer 2. Analyze the data: Camp a: What was the greatest number of bracelets made? Studen Student Made Made b. Give two possible reasons t why more students Shanie 4 Lewis 5 made this LeAnn 4 Lanny 6 number of bracelets. 3. Create a bar graph of the data. Matrice 3 Donald 5 4. Make observations of the two Janet 6 Chi 7 displays Susan 5 Diane 5 (line plot and bar graph). Darlene 5 Wesley 2

February Chart - Tally Chart- Bar Graph: Analyze Students should: 1. Collect data about bedtimes

Fifth Grade in a Bedtimes tally chart to survey bedtimes of Student Bedtimes classmates. Darius 9:00 2. Organize the data into a chart. 3. Make observations from the data. Ask why you think ex. the greatest number of people go to bed at the time they say. Give two possible reasons why. 4. Do another survey about the average number of hours spent watching tv each day. Follow 4 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis the above steps. 5. Additionally, put the data in a bar graph.

March Bar Graph- Chart: Analyze Have students: 1. Create a chart to represent the data shown in the bar graph. 2 Analyze the data: a: Which shoe did the greatest number of students have on? b. Give two possible reasons why this shoe is worn by more students. 3. Do another survey with students’ favorite topping for a pizza. Create a tally chart with the data. 4. Using the data from the chart, create a bar graph to display the data. 5. Analyze the data.

5 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis April Students should: 1. Look at the following data for AL COS 2010 Line Plots – Tally Chart a necklace: mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm

Order the beads from least to greatest. 2. Make a tally chart of the data.  3. Create a line plot by placing x’s on the number line. Bead 4. Pose the question-“What is Sizes (mm) the difference between the length of the largest bead and the smallest bead?” 3. Do the above using beads in grams.

May Students should: 1. Look at the following data for a AL COS 2010 Line Plots – Tally Chart recipe: cup, cup, cup, cup, cup, cup, cup, cup, cup

Order the fractions from least to  greatest. 2. Make a tally chart of the data. 3. Create a line plot by placing x’s Flour(cups) on the number line. 4. Pose the question-“Which amounts can you put together to 6 Birmingham City Schools Revised August 2012 Grade 5 Fifth Grade Data Analysis make one cup? 5. How much should be added to each amount to make each one equal 1 cup?

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