Library survey

A group of learners were asked: What types of books, e-books, or audio books do you prefer?

• novels
• magazines
• picture books
• chapter books
• graphic novels

The results of the survey were recorded on a frequency table:

What are the most popular books read/listened to?

What are the least popular books read/listened to?

Throughout this learning activity, you can record your thoughts digitally, orally, or in print.

Pictographs

You can display data that has been collected on a frequency table or the data can be graphed. One type of graph that displays data is a pictograph.

A pictograph is a graph that displays data through pictures.

A pictograph includes:

• a title
• labels
• pictures
• key

Check out the following library survey displayed as a pictograph. There is a key for this pictograph. Each picture of a book represents two tally marks in the frequency table. This means that to count how many students chose Novels as their favourite book we would skip count by twos.

There are four whole books and a half a book. So, 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1= 9.

Nine learners chose novels as their favourite book.

Your turn

A local Music Museum wants to organize the data of the museum’s music collection.

Use the data to construct a pictograph.

Be sure to include:

• a title
• key (How many pieces will each picture represent? Look at the frequency column in the table. In the pictograph above we skip counted by twos. What could we skip count by this time? All the numbers end in a 5 or a 0.)
• pictures (What picture or symbol will you use to represent each piece?)
• labels

You can construct your pictograph digitally or in print or record a description of how you would use the information in the frequency table to create a pictograph.

Once completed, answer the following questions about your pictograph to draw conclusions about the data.

1. What is the largest collection of music the Museum has?
2. What is the smallest collection of music the Museum has?
3. Would you visit the Museum of Music? Why or why not?
4. What genre of music would you like to see at the Museum?

Independent Task

There are 26 students in Learner 1’s Grade 5 class. They conducted a survey about pets. Here are the results of this survey

• Nine learners had dogs as pets.
• Five learners had cats.
• Seven learners had birds.
• Two learners had hamsters.
• Three learners had none.

Examine the pictograph then answer the following questions:

1. Do the pictures in the pictograph represent the correct data?
2. Is the key correct? Explain your answer.
3. Could a different key be used? Explain your answer.
4. What would you need to change to make the graph correct?

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity?  Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.

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