Complete a table from its graph and back
Mr. Park's class surveyed the students' favorite fruits and recorded the results in a table and a picture graph. Complete both the table and the graph.
Number of students by favorite fruit (table)
| Fruit | Apple | Tangerine | Banana | Grape | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of students |
Number of students by favorite fruit (graph)
The vertical axis shows the number of students from to , one student per cell, and the horizontal axis lists the fruits (apple, tangerine, banana, grape). Only the grape column has circles drawn, filling cells from the bottom ( circles); the apple, tangerine, and banana columns are empty.
(1) How many circles are in the grape column, and so how many students like grapes?
(2) Find the number of students who like tangerines.
(3) Complete both the table and the graph.
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Understand
A favorite-fruit survey is shown in both a table and a picture graph. The table gives apple 5, banana 3, total 18, with tangerine and grape blank. The graph shows only grape drawn with 4 circles. I must complete both the table and the graph.
- Table: apple = 5, banana = 3, total = 18; tangerine and grape blank.
- Graph: grape column has 4 circles drawn (one circle = 1 student); apple, tangerine, banana columns empty.
- Number who like grapes (from the graph).
- Number who like tangerines (the missing table value).
- The completed table and graph.
- Each circle stands for 1 student.
- The four fruit counts must add to the total of 18.
Plan
#15 Organize Information in More Ways · also uses: #7 Identify Subproblems
The graph supplies the grape value the table is missing, and the table's total supplies the tangerine value the graph is missing. Moving each fact between the two representations and using the total fills in everything.
Execute
Review
The completed counts sum to 5 + 6 + 3 + 4 = 18, matching the given total, so the table and graph agree.
Add the three knowns first (5 + 3 + 4 = 12), then 18 - 12 = 6 for tangerine — same result.
Standards · min grade 2
2.MD.D.10Draw and interpret picture graphs and bar graphs — Reading grapes from the graph circles and drawing each completed count back onto the graph.2.OA.A.1Solve one- and two-step word problems using addition and subtraction within 100 — Using the total of 18 with subtraction to find the missing tangerine count.