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1st grade · Math · Unit 8 of 14

Data & Graphs

Sort and read graphs

What your child practices

Sorting by one attribute, reading picture graphs and bar graphs, and comparing groups.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.MD.C.4 · representing and interpreting data with up to three categories

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Sort things into groups first.
  2. Count each group and write the number.
  3. The tallest bar or longest row has the most.

Example: 3 chose dogs and 5 chose cats. How many more chose cats? Cats: 5. Dogs: 3. 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2 more

Data & Graphs in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 8 of 14 in 1st grade Math, after Shapes and before Numbers to 100.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Sort by color.

    Sort into: 🔴 Red · 🔵 Blue

    • 🟥red square
    • 📘blue book
    • 🍎apple
    • 🟦blue square

  2. Question 2

    How many chose walk?

    How we get to school
    0123456🚌 bus🚶 walk🚗 car🚲 bike
    • 0
    • 6
    • 3

  3. Question 3

    How many more chose car than bike?

    How we get to school

    bus
    🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌
    bike
    🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶
    car
    🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗

    Each picture = 1

    • 4
    • 3
    • 0

  4. Question 4

    Which has the fewest?

    Our favorite fruit

    apples
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
    oranges
    🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊
    grapes
    🍇
    bananas
    🍌🍌

    Each picture = 1

    • bananas
    • grapes
    • oranges
    • apples

  5. Question 5

    How many chose birds?

    Pets at home

    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶
    birds
    🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
    cats
    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 10
    • 7

  6. Question 6

    Which has the fewest?

    Pets at home

    cats
    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
    dogs
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
    birds
    🐦🐦🐦🐦
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

    Each picture = 1

    • dogs
    • birds
    • fish
    • cats

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