Unit 7 Data Management
Unit 7 Data Management
2. Separate the Smarties into their different colours. Count the number of each colour of
Smarties and record your information in the space below.
Tally
Total
4. Calculate each colour as a percent of the whole box. Write above the correct bar line.
Total
7. Compare the bar graphs. Does it seem to make a difference if you use a larger sample size
for the data? Why do you think this happens?
Tally
Total
5. Record your results on the large chart on the chalkboard. Transfer the class totals to the chart
below.
7. Compare the bar graphs. Does it seem to make a difference if you use a larger
sample size for the data? Why do you think this happens?
On Your Own
1. Ask your friends and classmates to vote on their favourite colour.
Tally
Total
6. What is the difference between the votes for orange and blue?
1. Which student missed the most days? How many days did they miss?
2. Which student missed the least days? How many days did they miss?
e) How many TOTAL millions of bushels of barley are produced by the nine countries?
Example 2: Make a bar graph for the set of data below.
Baseball – 4
Basketball – 3
Hockey – 8
Football – 7
Soccer – 3
1. In which month did the grade 4 students collect the most newspapers?
4. How many months did Grade 5 students collect more newspapers than Grade 4
students?
6. What is the difference between the total collection of Grade 4 and Grade 5?
On Your Own
Part A: Interpreting Bar Graphs
d. How does the graph make it easier to tell whether there are more fiction books or more
biographies? __________________________________________________________
e. About how many more books of fiction are there than biographies? _______________
______________________________________
e. About how many more loaves of white bread than wheat bread do they bake? _______
Wednesday – 8
Thursday – 8
Friday – 9
Saturday – 6
Sunday - 5
2. Favourite Day
Monday – 3
Tuesday – 4
Wednesday – 5
Thursday – 3
Friday – 14
c. What is the difference between the number of girls who like pens and the number who
like erasers?
f. Which item has the greatest difference of votes between the boys and girls?
The circle graphs below represent the colours in the Canadian and the American flags. Based
on the circle graphs represented below, make conclusions on each country’s flag. Use
percentages or fractions to explain your findings.
Example 2: There are 50 students in the cafeteria. The circle graph shows the percentages
of students with the indicated lunch items.
Cafeteria Sales
Chicken Strips
12%
Hamburger
10%
French Fries
46%
Pizza
32%
On Your Own
c) Sleeping
d) At sports
e) Watching
TV/computer
f) Doing
homework
School Week
Watching TV/
Computer
13%
Eating
5%
Sleeping
Homework 38%
7%
Sports
9%
At School
28%
b) Food
c) Tuition
d) Travel
e) Books
f) Other
b. What expenses might be included
under “other”?
b) Government
c) Public
Works
d) Protection
e) Recreation
f) Sanitation
c) 115o d) 153o
Example 1: Using the data from the Smarties Activity, create a circle graph to describe the
data.
Smarties’
Number Fraction Percent Angle Calculation Degrees
Colour
Red
Yellow
Orange
Black
Blue
Purple
Green
Pink
Total
Total
Birds of Prey 19
Shorebirds 71
Owls 14
Other 80
Total
2. Student council raised $2 000 selling chocolate bars and spent it as indicated in the
chart. Construct a circle graph to illustrate the data.
Money
Expenses Fraction Percent Angle Calculation Degrees
Spent ($)
Dances 700
Concerts 300
Athletics 500
Graduation 400
Total
3. Frank’s car expenses for last year are indicated in the chart. Construct a circle graph
to illustrate the data.
Money
Car Expenses Fraction Percent Angle Calculation Degrees
Spent ($)
Slip Rental 700
Gasoline 300
Maintenance 500
Insurance 100
Total
Play Battleship
E(3, 7) F(6, 2)
G(4, 9) H(5, 3)
I(7, 4) J(9, 6)
A(5, 0) B(9, 0)
C(1, 0) D(7, 0) E(3, 4)
A(0,8) B(0,1)
C(0,5) D(0,4) E(0,3)
Height
Week
(cm)
1 2
2 5
3 8
4 11
5 14
d. How much had the plant grown from week 2 to week 4? _____________
e. How much had the plant grown from week 1 to week 5? _____________
f. On week 6, what do you think the height of the plant will be? ___________
2. A zoo recorded the number of visitors for five days.
a. Draw a line graph using the data.
Number
Day of
Visitors
1 300
2 700
3 800
4 450
5 600
e. What is the difference in amount between her highest and lowest savings?
4. A hospital recorded the patients admitted for six days. Draw a double line graph using
the data.
a. How many patients
were admitted on
day 5?
e. What is the difference between the years with the greatest and least number of students?
4. This line graph shows the umber of empty bottles collected by grade 4 students in five
weeks.
a. How many bottles did they
collect on week 2?
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Months
d) Attendance was how much greater in the highest month than in the lowest month?
b) During what times would you recommend Way Doh wear shorts? ________________
2. Sam earns $10 per hour babysitting the children next door.
a) Complete the table and graph the data.
Total
Number
Earnings
of Hours
($)
0
1
2
3
4
5
d) Use your equation to find Sam’s earnings for babysitting for 32 hours.
Number Total
of Years Value ($)
0
1
2
3
4
5
Pool
Time of
Temperature
Day
(oC)
10:00 AM 18
12:00 PM 20
2:00 PM 23
4:00 PM 25
6:00 PM 24
8:00 PM 19
b) During what times would you recommend Shyla have her pool party? ________________
Number
Earnings ($)
of Hours
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
3. Sara has a bank account that she rarely uses. At the end of each month, the bank
charges $5.00 to manage the account. On January 1, Grace had $70.00 in her
account. She made no deposits or withdrawals in this account for 6 months.
a. Create a table of values that displays the amount of money in her account. How
does her account change?
0 $70.00
1
2
Number of
Cost ($)
Kilometres
200
400
600
800
1000
c) Write an equation to
calculate the cost of the
rental car:
________________________
d) Determine the cost of the rental fee for 45 km. Show your work.
relationship.
e) How much will Holly have in her account after 8 months? Show your work.
d) How much will it cost in total for Nisha to take 2.5 hours of lessons? Show your work.
Distance
Earnings ($)
Driven (km)
0
100
200
300
400