Grade 2 Practice Problems: Data, Statistics & Probability
Examples from Standards Revision and GLEs
2D-6) According to the graph below, which counting book was the class’s favorite?
A. Anno’s Counting Book
B. The Right Number of Elephants
C. One Hundred Hungry Ants
D. Counting on Frank
2D-5) Use the graph below to answer the following questions.
a. How many 1st graders have brown eyes?
b. What grade has the least number of students with brown eyes?
c. How many more 3rd graders have brown eyes than 2nd graders?
d. If the 1st and the 4th grades are combined, do they have more children with brown eyes than the 2nd grade?
Write how you know.
Write another question that could be answered by the graph.
2D-4) Which city on the table below has the warmest temperature?
A. New Orleans B. New York C. Chicago D. Miami
2D-3) Colors of Jelly Beans in one bag.
Use the data in the table to complete a bar graph below.
Use the graph to answer the questions.
- Which color is the most?
- Which color is the least?
- How many more pink than green jelly beans are in the bag?
Write something else about the graph.
2D-2) Our band has only flutes, tubas, and trumpets. There are an equal number of each instrument in the band. We have 9 instruments in all. Make a graph of this. How many tubas do we have?
2D-1) We are going to have a canoe race. The blue team has 4 canoes. The yellow team has 2 canoes. The green team has 3 canoes. Make a graph of this. How can we make the teams equal?
Collect, organize, represent, and interpret data in bar-type graphs or picture graphs, make observations about data, draw conclusions, and make predictions. |
Examples of Probability and Statistics from the 2006 GLEs – Grade 2
Explain how to conduct a survey for a predetermined question and collect data using tallies, charts, lists, pictures, or objects. Interpret data from pictographs and bar graphs using comparative language. Read and explain the labels from each axis of a graph. |