Grade 3 Data Collection Quiz

Which question can be answered by collecting and interpreting data?

• What is the capital of France?

• How many students in class prefer pizza over hamburgers?

• What is 15 × 4?

• How do plants grow?

You want to know the most popular sport in your school. What should you do?

• Guess based on your favorite sport.

• Collect data by surveying students and interpret the results.

• Watch a sports movie.

• Ask one teacher.

Which problem requires data collection?

• Counting the pages in a book.

• Finding the most common eye color in your class.

• Solving a math puzzle.

• Drawing a picture of a tree.

Why might you collect data about favorite book genres?

• To ignore students' preferences.

• To help the librarian choose new books.

• To practice writing.

• To watch movies.

What can you learn by collecting and interpreting data about weather?

• The best days for outdoor activities.

• How to fly a kite.

• The history of clouds.

• How to build a robot.

How can a digital tool help show the number of students who like dogs, cats, or fish?

• By writing a story.

• By creating a bar graph.

• By singing a song.

• By taking photos.

Which is an example of categorical data?

• Height of students.

• Temperature each day.

• Types of fruit in a lunchbox (e.g., apples, bananas).

• Number of pencils in a desk.

What type of graph is best for showing favorite ice cream flavors?

• Line graph.

• Pictograph.

• Map.

• Timeline.

Discrete data means:

• Data that changes continuously.

• Data you can count (e.g., number of books).

• Data about feelings.

• Data from experiments.

Which digital tool can create a pie chart?

• Music player.

• Spreadsheet program.

• Camera app.

• Calculator.