This problem solving activity has a statistics focus.
Kelly likes looking for insects in the garden.
These are all the insects that she saw on one afternoon.
Can you help her display them so that she can tell her friends what she saw in the garden?
This problem involves sorting objects into categories and then counting them. This experience is the foundation for displaying data in pictograms.
Kelly likes looking for insects in the garden. These are all the insects that she saw on one afternoon. Can you help her display them so that she can tell her friends what she saw in the garden?
Make a picture graph of the insects.
There are many ways of displaying the insects to answer the question. To develop the skills required for graphing you may decide to encourage the students to cut out the insects and put them into rows or columns for comparison.
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