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Goal: Learn how to make a pictograph.

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Tobi asked his classmates about their favorite season. This information is called data. Here is the data Tobi recorded:

Let’s help Tobi organize this data. This is a tally chart. One tally mark represents one person’s vote for the wet season or dry season.

How many students like the dry season?

How many students like the wet season?

We can use the tally chart to create a pictograph. A pictograph is a graph that uses pictures to show numbers.

This is the pictograph that Tobi will use:

18 students like the dry season. Each star represents 2 students, so we will place 9 stars in the pictograph.

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7 students like the wet season. Since each star represents 2 students, we will put 3 and a half stars in the pictograph.

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We can use this pictograph to compare Tobi’s data. How many more students like the dry season than the wet season?

Let’s compare this data using subtraction.

Mismatch Game

Which bar graph shows the same information as this pictograph?

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That is right! This bar graph shows that 18 students like the dry season and 7 students like the wet season.

The correct bar graph shows that 18 students like the dry season and 7 students like the wet season.

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You got a perfect score. Great job!

What is a pictograph?