Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Statistics I

Record and Organize Data

25

The tally chart at the right

shows how many birds

of different kinds came to

a bird feeder one d ay.

Which kind of bird visited the

feeder most often? least often?

Organizing information in a table

from least to greatest or greatest

to least makes it easier to find

and compare data.

House sparrows visited the feeder most

often. Nuthatches visited least often.

The table and tally chart below show the number

of farm animals Alex and Rachel saw on a trip.

Complete the

table and tally

chart.

Use the table and the tally chart from exercises 1–6.

7. Make another table with the data 8. What kind of animal was seen
   organized from least to greatest. most often? least often?

Remember:

1 
1 and 5 
 5

House Sparrow

House Finch

Blue Jay

Chickadee

Nuthatch

Junco

Kind of Bird Tally

5 5 5 5 5 5 2

5 5 5 5 5

5 5 3

5 5 5 1

4

5 5 5 5 3

House Sparrow 32

House Finch 25

Junco 23

Chickadee 16

Blue Jay 13

Nuthatch 4

Kind Number

Birds at My Feeder

Cows

Pigs

Goats

Horses

Sheep

Chickens

Animal Tally

5 5 5 5 5 5 2

5 5 5 3

5 5 5 5 1

5 5 5 5 5 3

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Cows?

Pigs 11

Goats?

Horses?

Sheep 26

Chickens?

Animal Number

8204-6_1-27 1/10/06 8:13 AM Page 25