RWM101: Foundations of Real World Math

1. Wayne the Weatherman was preparing to give his evening weather report. He called all the local weather stations to find out how much snow fell in all the nearby towns during the last winter storm.
   

   
   

   Town	Amount of snow
   Winter Land	9 cm
   Snow Village	21 cm
   Flake Town	15 cm
   Chilly City	6 cm

   
   

   Create a bar graph to show how much snow fell in each town during the winter storm.
   
   
   
2. The table below shows different types of apples in Pitt's Apple Orchard.
   

   
   

   Apple Type	Number of apples
   Granny Smith	48
   Gala	36
   Fuji	60
   Rome	44
   Pink Lady	72

   
   

   Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?
   
   a.
   b.
   
   c.
   
   
3. Amit created a chart and a bar graph with the numbers of nights this month that he saw each planet with his telescope.
   

   
   

   Planet	Number of nights
   Mercury	8
   Venus	26
   Mars	14
   Jupiter	24
   Saturn	18

   
   

   Label each bar on the bar graph.
   
   Each dot on the image is an answer [Mercury, Venus, Mars,  Jupiter, Saturn].
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Bailey Bear could not help himself and reached right into a beehive to get some honey. Ouch! Now he has bee stings all over.
   
   
   Create a bar graph to show how many bee stings he has on each leg and arm.
   

   
   

   Body part	Number of bee stings
   Right arm	10
   Right leg	2
   Left arm	8
   Left leg	4

   
   
5. The table below shows the favorite color of all the students at Wolff Elementary school.
   

   
   

   Color	Number of students
   Blue	60
   Green	105
   Red	45
   Yellow	90
   Pink	90

   
   

   Which graph below shows the most reasonable scale for the information in the table?
   
   Choose 1 answer:
   a.
   b.
   c.
   
   
6. Carol created a chart and a bar graph to show how many of each type of vehicle were in her supermarket parking lot.
   

   
   

   Vehicle Type	Number in the parking lot
   Trucks	25
   Vans	5
   Cars	40
   SUVs	10

   
   

   Label each bar on the bar graph.
   
   [Trucks, Vans, Cars, SUVs]
   
   
   
   
   
7. On Thursday, Ming went to see a loud and exciting performance by the Dinosaur Orchestra.
   
   

   Create a bar graph to show how many of each type of dinosaur were in the Dinosaur Orchestra.
   
   
   

   Dinosaur type	Number in orchestra
   Stegosaurus	42
   Raptor	63
   Triceratops	35
   T-Rex	49

   
   
   
   
   
   

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-third-grade-math/represent-and-interpret-data/imp-bar-graphs/e/creating_bar_charts_1
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