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Wobbly Life · Fan MissionGrade 5 · 5 missions

Controller down. Counting mode on.

Mission:
Island Stats!

At the fishing festival everything is counted, sorted and stacked. Lots of little marks turn into a graph everyone understands.

Two yellow Wobbly characters at a fishing festival on a pier: one counts fish with a clipboard, the other stacks colorful crates into towers like a bar graph.
Count, sort,
draw!
1Tallies2Table3Bars4Reading5Test check🏁

How to practice: one mission a day (15 to 20 minutes) and 5 minutes in the trainer. For the graphs you need a pencil and a ruler.

Tablet tip: In the graph trainer you read tally marks, bars and picture graphs, with a hint for every mistake and a 10-problem test.

Open the trainer
1

Counting · tally marks

Mark by Mark

At the fishing festival every catch is counted. With tally marks it is quick and you don’t lose count.

How tally marks workMake one mark for each thing. Draw the 5th mark across the first four: = 5. Then you can count in fives: = 5 + 5 + 2 = 12.
A

How many marks?

a)=
b)=
c)=
d)=
e)=
f)=
B

Draw the tally marks

NumberTally marks
6
11
17
Tally pro
Tally marks · bundles of five01 / 05 · Mark by Mark
Island Stats · Mission 2Raw data · tally · table
2

Raw data · frequency table

The Big Catch

At the fishing festival Pixel wrote down every catch, one letter per fish. An unsorted list like this is called raw data.

HHerringMMackerelSSalmonCCrabTTuna
HTCHMHSSMHSHHCSCHMTMMSCCSCHHMTHHSMTM
A

Tally chart and frequency table

Make one mark in the right row for each fish. Then count the marks and write the number. The number is also called the frequency.

FishTally marksNumber
HHerring
MMackerel
SSalmon
CCrab
TTuna
Total
B

Questions about the table

1. Which fish was caught most often?
2. How many more herring than tuna were caught?
3. Which two kinds of fish together were caught as often as herring?
Catch counted
Raw data, tally chart and frequency table02 / 05 · The Big Catch
Island Stats · Mission 3Drawing bar graphs
3

Drawing bar graphs

Build the Bars

A table is exact, but a graph shows at a glance what is biggest. Now you build the bars.

How to draw a bar graph1. Number the vertical axis (start at 0!). 2. One bar per category, all the same width, with gaps. 3. Label each bar underneath.
A

The big catch as a bar graph

Number0123456789101112HHerringMMackerelSSalmonCCrabTTuna

1 square = 1 fish.

Tap in each column until the bar has the right height. On the printout you also label the axes and give the graph a title.

  1. Write the numbers 0 to 12 on the vertical axis.
  2. Write the kinds of fish under the bars, in the order of the table.
  3. Draw the bars.
  4. Give the graph a title:
B

Choose the scale yourself

The grid is only 9 squares tall and the largest value is 80. Which scale fits? 1 square = 1 / 5 / 10 visitors.Then number the vertical axis, label the horizontal axis with the stands in the order of the table, and draw the bars. Then tap each bar to the right height. The axis numbers appear as soon as your scale is right.

Visitors0102030405060708090Ice creamPizzaFerris wheelFishingStage
StandVisitors
Ice cream60
Pizza45
Ferris wheel80
Fishing35
Stage70

For 45 and 35, the bars end halfway up a square (at the dashed lines).

Bar builder
Bar graph · scale · half squares03 / 05 · Build the Bars
Island Stats · Mission 4Reading graphs
4

Reading graphs

Graph Detective

A detective looks closely: what is written on the axis? How much is one square worth?

A

Bar graph with a scale

Fish051015202530354045MonTueWedThuFri
1. Catch on Mon:
2. Catch on Tue:
3. Catch on Wed:
4. Catch on Thu:
5. Catch on Fri:
6. Difference between the best and the worst day:
B

Horizontal bar graph: favorite island activity

Votes0246810121416Fighting firesSelling ice creamDriving a taxiBuilding houses
1. Which activity is the most popular?Fighting fires / Selling ice cream / Driving a taxi / Building houses
2. How many votes did “Selling ice cream” get?
3. How many more votes did “Building houses” get than “Driving a taxi”?
C

Picture graph: one fish picture stands for 10 fish

MondayTuesdayWednesday
1. Monday:
2. Tuesday:
3. Wednesday:
Graph detective
Bar graph · horizontal bar graph · picture graph04 / 05 · Graph Detective
Island Stats · Mission 5Finish line ahead!
5

Everything mixed · like a test

Test Check

Counting, table, graph: everything once, short and sweet. Then you know what you’ve got.

A

Raw data: 18 kids name their favorite flavor

VVanillaCChocolateSStrawberryLLemon
VCCSVLCVSCVCLSCVCS
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Strawberry:
Lemon:
B

Error detective: one bar is drawn wrong

Scoops02468101214VanillaChocolateStrawberryLemon
FlavorScoops
Vanilla9
Chocolate12
Strawberry7
Lemon4
1. Which bar is wrong?Vanilla / Chocolate / Strawberry / Lemon
2. How many squares tall should it be? (1 square = 2 scoops)
C

Traffic light: how sure are you?

Tally marks
Frequency table
Drawing bar graphs
Reading graphs
Stats champion
Raw data · error detective · traffic light05 / 05 · Test-Check

Extra · on a tablet or computer

Graph Trainer

Read the value and tap the number. Always check how much one square or one picture is worth.

Practice mode
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Test: 10 problems

10 problems with a timer. Wrong ones go on your practice list.

Your last tests:

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The check buttons count correct boxes. Compare explanations and answer sentences with the answer key yourself.

ANSWER KEY · Try first, then compare.

Island Stats · AnswersTry first, then compare

Answers

1 · Mark by Mark

A a) 7 | b) 12 | c) 4 | d) 15 | e) 9 | f) 18
B 6 =  | 11 =  | 17 =

Typical mistake: not drawing the 5th mark across. Then you have to count every mark one by one.

2 · The Big Catch

A Herring 11  | Mackerel 8  | Salmon 7  | Crab 6  | Tuna 4
Total: 36
B 1: Herring | 2: 11 − 4 = 7 | 3: Salmon + Tuna (7 + 4 = 11)

3 · Build the Bars

A Vertical axis 0 to 12 (1 square = 1 fish), below: Herring, Mackerel, Salmon, Crab, Tuna. Title, e.g. “Catches at the fishing festival”.
H: 11 squares | M: 8 squares | S: 7 squares | C: 6 squares | T: 4 squares
B Scale: 1 square = 10, vertical axis 0, 10, 20, …, 90; below: Ice cream, Pizza, Ferris wheel, Fishing, Stage
Ice cream: 6 | Pizza: 4.5 | Ferris wheel: 8 | Fishing: 3.5 | Stage: 7 squares

Typical mistake: drawing 45 squares for 45 visitors when 1 square = 10, or 4 instead of 4.5.

4 · Graph Detective

A Mon 25 | Tue 40 | Wed 15 | Thu 35 | Fri 30 | 40 − 15 = 25
B 1: Fighting fires | 2: 9 | 3: 11 − 6 = 5
C Monday 35 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 45

Typical mistake: counting squares instead of using the scale. First check: how much is one square worth?

5 · Test Check

A Vanilla 5 | Chocolate 7 | Strawberry 4 | Lemon 2
B Wrong: Strawberry. Correct: 3.5 squares (7 ÷ 2)

For grown-ups: what helps most

  • When counting the raw data, have the child check off every entry. The total is the check.
  • Before every graph ask: where does the axis start, and how much is one square worth?
  • Use a pencil and ruler for drawing; bars the same width with gaps.
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