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Students were asked to explain what the graph tells about the pets owned by a 4th grade class of students. Which response is the BEST?

• The fourth graders own many kinds of pets.

• About 8 students own a dog and only 4 own a rabbit.

• Eight students own goldfish.

• The students own rabbits, dogs, cats, goldfish, and hamsters. But most students own cats because the graph shows 10 have cats. All of the other numbers are less than that.

Students were then asked if the following claim is SUPPORTED or NOT SUPPORTED:

Rabbits are the pet that is least popular with the 4th grade class.

Which response is the BEST?

• This claim is not supported because there are no rabbits on the graph.

• This claim is supported because it shows only 4 kids said that and all of the other numbers are higher than that.

• This claim is supported.

• This claim is not supported because birds aren't listed.

A teacher asks a student to tell what the venn diagram shows about these two animals. Which response is the BEST?

• Whales and fish have many things in common and other things that are different.

• Whales and fish both breathe water.

• Whales and fish both live in water, have fins, and can swim.

• Fish don't lay eggs.

The teacher then asked the students if the following is SUPPORTED or NOT SUPPORTED:

Whales lay eggs.

Which student response is the best?

• This is unsupported because the diagram shows that only fish lay eggs. One the whale side it shows they have live birth.

• This is unsupported.

• I don't know.

• This is supported because I saw that on TV one time.

A teacher was teaching a class about what foods are part of a recommended diet. She asked the students to describe what the pie graph shows about this. Which is the BEST response?

• Protein is the most important part of a person's diet.

• Vegetables are the most important part of a diet because it has 18%.

• Fruit has the biggest part of the graph with 30%, so it must be the kind of food you should eat the most.

• People should eat fruit, protein, and vegetables to be healthy.

Is the following claim SUPPORTED or NOT SUPPORTED based on the details from the graph?

Claim: Grains should be the biggest part of a person's diet.

• This claim is not supported.

• This claim is not supported because it shows that grain should just be 9% of your diet. Fruits, protein, vegetables, and dairy are all bigger on the graph, so they are more important.

• This claim is not supported because cereal and bread both come from grain and they can make you fat.

• This claim is supported because it has the smallest percent on the graph.