Grade 3 · Math · Unit 10 of 10
Graphs & Chance
Read graphs, predict chances
What your child practises
Reading pictographs and bar graphs where one symbol can stand for one vote or several, and describing how likely outcomes are with spinners, marbles and number cubes.
Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: SP3.1 · collecting data and reading bar graphs and pictographs
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which got the most votes?
Favourite fruit - 🍊oranges
- 🍇grapes
- 🍐pears
- 🍎apples
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🍎 apples
Hint: Look for the longest bar.
Question 2
How many votes did pretzels get?
Favourite snack
pretzels🥨🥨🥨🥨carrots🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕cheese🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀🧀popcorn🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿Each picture = 1
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4
Hint: Each picture stands for 1 vote. Count the 🥨 in the pretzels row.
Question 3
Each ⭐ stands for 2 votes. How many votes did pears get?
Favourite fruit (each ⭐ = 2 votes) Choice Votes 🍎 apples ⭐ 🍌 bananas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🍐 pears ⭐⭐⭐ - 8
- 6
- 4
- 3
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6
Hint: Count by 2s, once for each ⭐: 2, 4, 6.
Question 4
How many more votes did swimming get than basketball?
Favourite sport - 8
- 18
- 4
- 6
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6
Hint: Swimming got 18 and basketball got 12. 18 − 12 = 6.
Question 5
Which colour is the spinner most likely to land on?
- 🟣purple
- 🔴red
- 🟡yellow
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🟣 purple
Hint: The colour with the most space is most likely. Purple has 5 parts.
Question 6
You roll a number cube with the numbers 1 to 6. How likely is it that you roll a number greater than 6?
🎲- ✅certain
- 👍likely
- 🤏unlikely
- 🚫impossible
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🚫 impossible
Hint: 0 of the 6 numbers work. No number works, so it can never happen.