Skill 9B
Frequency Table: Collect and Organize Data

Here we continue our work with "tables."  This table is called a "Frequency Table" because it displays information on how often something occurred,
 
Katie took a survey of the students in her
class to find out each person's favorite sport.
She collected the data and recorded it in a frequency table.

Use the frequency table to help answer the questions below.

Favorite Sport

Sport

Number

Baseball 21
Football 14
Basketball 10
Soccer 11
Swimming 8
1. How many students answered the survey?
2. Which sport did most students choose?
3. How many more students chose baseball and basketball than those who chose soccer and swimming?
4. Which shows the sports in order from the fewest to greatest number chosen?
5. How many fewer students chose football than baseball?