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Read what each picture means
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Let’s read this graph. Each dot stands for one child. Tap one row’s dots. Count from one.
Key: ● = one child.
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The fruit names are categories, or choice groups. The key tells what one dot means. Here, one dot stands for one child.
Touch each dot once. Start counting from one again in each row.
Find the most and fewest
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Which fruit did most children choose? Which did fewest choose? Check the dots.
Compare the rows
Apple: counter; counter; counter; counter. Banana: counter; counter; counter. Orange: counter; counter; counter; counter; counter.
Scroll across to read every label.
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| Set | Counters |
|---|---|
| Apple | counter; counter; counter; counter |
| Banana | counter; counter; counter |
| Orange | counter; counter; counter; counter; counter |
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Orange: most, 5 children. Banana: fewest, 3 children.
How many more?
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Pair each Banana dot with an Orange dot. Which row has dots left over?
Use these rows
Apple: counter; counter; counter; counter. Banana: counter; counter; counter. Orange: counter; counter; counter; counter; counter.
Scroll across to read every label.
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This table is included in print while it is open.
| Set | Counters |
|---|---|
| Apple | counter; counter; counter; counter |
| Banana | counter; counter; counter |
| Orange | counter; counter; counter; counter; counter |
A pair has two partners. Match one Banana dot with one Orange dot. Keep making pairs. How many Orange dots have no partner?
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2 more. You made three pairs. Two Orange dots are left: 5-3 = 2.
Choose the rows you need
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Count children in Apple and Banana’s rows together. You can point as you count.
Count just the named rows
Apple: counter; counter; counter; counter. Banana: counter; counter; counter. Orange: counter; counter; counter; counter; counter.
Scroll across to read every label.
Figure data
This table is included in print while it is open.
| Set | Counters |
|---|---|
| Apple | counter; counter; counter; counter |
| Banana | counter; counter; counter |
| Orange | counter; counter; counter; counter; counter |
Check your understanding 1
Read two rows
Check your understanding 1
Read two rows
Use the graph. How many children chose Apple or Banana altogether?
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7 children. 4 + 3 = 7. You used only the two named rows.
Check your understanding 2
One choice changes
Check your understanding 2
One choice changes
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One child swaps Orange for Banana. Will the number of children change? Guess, then move the dot.
Key: ● = one child.
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Say or write the three new counts. Or draw the graph on paper. Use Show counts to compare when you’re ready.
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After the change
Apple: counter; counter; counter; counter. Banana: counter; counter; counter; counter. Orange: counter; counter; counter; counter.
Scroll across to read every label.
Figure data
This table is included in print while it is open.
| Set | Counters |
|---|---|
| Apple | counter; counter; counter; counter |
| Banana | counter; counter; counter; counter |
| Orange | counter; counter; counter; counter |
4, 4, 4. Still 12 children. One child changed rows; nobody joined or left.
Still twelve children. One choice changed rows; nobody joined or left.
What the graph can tell you
You can see this class’s choices. You cannot see why they chose each fruit. Another class could make different choices.
Make and read your own
Here are five children’s choices. Move dots to change their choices. Which game has more now? Can you make one row have no dots?
Task reminder
Your turn. Choose where the five dots go. Can you leave one game’s row empty?
Key: ● = one child.
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Say the two counts. Use Show counts to compare. No dots means zero choices. Check you still have five children altogether.
Try it away from the screen too. Ask five people to choose between two games. Draw one dot per person. Choose the right row. Write the key.
For a grown-up
Ask your child to read someone else’s graph using its key, then make their own. Moving a dot changes a choice, not the number of people.
Pip’s synthetic voice uses the University of Edinburgh’s Alba speech dataset, via Piper’s Alba voice, under CC BY 4.0. Audio is optional.
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