Comparing Favorite Sports

Last week in class, we created a class graph of our favorite sports to compete in. Here is our graph:

Scholastic.com has sponsored an identical survey for their project: Kids USA Survey: The math project where kids’ votes count. Here, students from around the country have voted for their favorite sports to compete in. View the graph online at: http://teacher.scholastic.com/kidusasu/favsport/resfsc.htm. When you are finished viewing the online graph, compare it to our own third grade team graph and answer the following questions: (You can print this page and write directly on it!)

1. How many students participated in each survey?

________ Scholastic _________ Third graders

2. How many third graders liked gymnastics the best? What ratio would show this?

3. What ratio of Scholastic survey students liked basketball the best?

4. What percentage of third graders chose soccer as their favorite sport to participate in?

5. What percentage of Scholastic survey participants chose soccer as their favorite sport to participate in?

6. Which survey produced more student responses as soccer being their favorite sport?

7. Which sport did you vote for? What percent of students in your grade, including yourself, voted for that sport?