Data, Graphs and Line Plots: math practice, Grade 2 – download the PDF

1 Recess tally ★★★

The students voted for their favorite recess game. Use the tally chart.

1. How many students chose jump rope?
2. Which game got the fewest votes?
3. How many more students chose kickball than hopscotch?

2 Groups of five ★★★

For each number, tell how many full groups of five (four lines and a slash) you need, and how many single lines are left: 7, 10, and 13. Which of the three numbers needs no single lines?

3 Orchard picture graph ★★★

Four friends picked fruit at an orchard. The picture graph shows what they picked.

1. How many plums were picked?
2. Which fruit was picked the least?
3. How many pieces of fruit were picked in all?

4 Pets at home ★★★

This bar graph shows the pets that students have at home.

1. How many students have cats?
2. Which pet is owned by the fewest students?
3. How many more students have cats than dogs?

5 Leaf line plot ★★★

Zoe measured nine leaves to the nearest inch and made a line plot.

1. How many leaves are 3 inches long?
2. How long is the longest leaf?
3. How long is the shortest leaf?
4. How many leaves did Zoe measure?

6 True or false? ★★★

Say whether each sentence is true or false.

1. A group of five tally marks has four straight lines and one slash.
2. A picture graph does not need a key.
3. In a bar graph, a taller bar means a smaller number.
4. On a line plot, each X shows one measurement.

7 Make a tally chart ★★★

Cleo asked ten friends to pick a color. She wrote R for red, B for blue, and G for green: R B R G B R R B G R. Make a tally chart and write how many friends picked each color.

8 Sticker picture graph ★★★

Four friends collected stickers. Use the key carefully.

1. How many stickers does Ben have?
2. How many more stickers does Ben have than Cy?
3. How many stickers do the four friends have in all?

9 Books read by four rooms ★★★

Four classrooms kept track of the books they read in a month.

1. How many more books did Room A read than Room D?
2. How many books did the four rooms read in all?
3. Which two rooms together read exactly as many books as Room C?

10 Long jump line plot ★★★

Ten students tried a long jump. Their jumps, measured to the nearest foot, are on the line plot.

1. Which jump length happened the most?
2. How many students jumped more than 5 feet?
3. What is the difference between the longest and the shortest jump?

11 Lunch vote ★★★

The class voted for lunch.

1. How many students voted in all?
2. How many more students chose tacos than pizza?
3. Did pizza and pasta together get more votes than tacos? Explain.

12 Birthday seasons ★★★

A teacher made a bar graph of the seasons of her students’ birthdays.

1. Which season has the most birthdays?
2. How many more birthdays are in summer than in fall?
3. How many students are in the class?
4. How many birthdays are not in summer?

13 Draw a bar graph ★★★

Sam counted the hats in the lost-and-found box: red 4, blue 7, green 5, yellow 2. Draw a bar graph. Which scale would you choose, counting by ones or by tens? Why?

14 Make a line plot ★★★

Ivy measured ten pencils to the nearest inch: 6, 5, 7, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 5, 7. Make a line plot. Then tell how many pencils are 5 inches long.

15 Shell collecting ★★★

Four friends collected shells on the beach. The scale counts by fives.

Liv gives 5 of her shells to Tom. Who has the most shells now? Explain.

16 Find the mistake: picture graph ★★★

Max looked at this picture graph and said, “Room 3 read 6 books, because there are 6 circles.”

Is Max right? Explain what he forgot and give the correct answer.

17 Find the mistake: tally marks ★★★

Jo looked at a tally row with 3 full groups of five and 2 single lines. Jo said, “That is 3 + 2 = 5.”

What did Jo do wrong? What is the correct total?

18 Four-category survey ★★★

Leo asked 20 classmates, “Which free-time activity do you like best?” Each classmate chose one activity. He lost the number for skating.

1. How many students chose skating?
2. Which activity is the least popular?
3. How many more students chose soccer than skating?
4. How many students chose swimming or biking?

19 Plant heights ★★★

Twelve bean plants were measured to the nearest inch.

1. How many plants are exactly 8 inches tall?
2. How many plants are taller than 7 inches?
3. How many plants are shorter than 7 inches?
4. What is the difference between the tallest and the shortest plant?

20 Choose a scale ★★★

Ravi made a tally chart of fruit eaten at lunch. He wants to draw a bar graph.

Which scale would be best: counting by 1s, by 2s, or by 10s? Give the height of each bar. How many pieces of fruit were eaten in all?

21 Two days of cookies ★★★

A bakery sold four kinds of cookies on Friday and on Saturday.

1. How many cookies were sold on each day?
2. Which kinds sold more on Saturday than on Friday? How many more of each?
3. Which kind sold the same number on both days?