Grade 3 Graphs & Chance worksheet
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How to explain it
- Read the title and the labels first.
- Check what each picture or bar stands for.
- Certain, likely, unlikely and impossible tell how likely something is.
Example: Each ⭐ stands for 2 votes. Cats have 3 ⭐. How many votes? Each ⭐ is 2 votes. 3 × 2 = 6. Answer: 6 votes
Question 1
You pick one marble from the bag without looking. Which colour are you more likely to pick?
🔴🔴🔴🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡- 🟡yellow
- ⚖️Both are equally likely
- 🔴red
🟡 yellow
Hint: There are 5 yellow and 3 red. The colour with more marbles is more likely to be picked.
Question 2
How many votes did birds get?
Favourite pet
rabbits🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰dogs🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶birds🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦cats🐱🐱Each picture = 1
answer box
5
Hint: Each picture stands for 1 vote. Count the 🐦 in the birds row.
Question 3
How many more votes did dogs get than fish?
Favourite pet - 4
- 14
- 8
- 2
2
Hint: Dogs got 8 and fish got 6. 8 − 6 = 2.
Question 4
How many votes did carrots get?
Favourite snack answer box
6
Hint: Find the top of the carrots bar and look straight across to the numbers. The numbers on the side count by 2s.
Question 5
Which colour is the spinner least likely to land on?
- 🔴red
- 🟡yellow
- 🔵blue
🔴 red
Hint: The colour with the least space is least likely. Red has 2 parts.
Question 6
Which got the most votes?
Favourite fruit - 🍊oranges
- 🍌bananas
- 🍎apples
🍊 oranges
Hint: Look for the longest bar.
Question 7
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
🚫 impossible
Hint: 0 of the 6 numbers work. No number works, so it can never happen.
Question 8
Each ⭐ stands for 2 votes. How many votes did swimming get?
Favourite sport (each ⭐ = 2 votes) Choice Votes ⚽ soccer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🏊 swimming ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🏀 basketball ⭐ ⚾ baseball ⭐⭐⭐ - 5
- 12
- 10
- 8
10
Hint: Count by 2s, once for each ⭐: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
Question 9
How many votes did summer get?
Favourite season
spring🌷🌷summer☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️fall🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂Each picture = 1
- 9
- 8
- 10
- 7
8
Hint: Each picture stands for 1 vote. Count the ☀️ in the summer row.
Question 10
How many more votes did pretzels get than carrots?
Favourite snack - 6
- 5
- 9
- 4
5
Hint: Pretzels got 9 and carrots got 4. 9 − 4 = 5.
Answer key
- 1. 🟡 yellow
- 2. 5
- 3. 2
- 4. 6
- 5. 🔴 red
- 6. 🍊 oranges
- 7. 🚫 impossible
- 8. 10
- 9. 8
- 10. 5
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