The data below give the number of books checked out of the school library by 15 students during one month. Make a frequency table of the data.
0, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 5, 1, 2, 3, 1
Incorrect answer A. frequency table option AThe first column of the first row of the table reads Number of books. The remaining columns of the first row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The first column of the second row of the table reads Tally. The remaining columns of the second row show, in order from left to right, 2 tally marks, 5 tally marks, 3 tally marks, 3 tally marks, 1 tally mark, and 1 tally mark. The first column of the third row of the table reads Frequency. The remaining columns of the third row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 2, 5, 3, 3, 1, and 1.
Incorrect answer B. frequency table option BThe first column of the first row of the table reads Number of books. The remaining columns of the first row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The first column of the second row of the table reads Tally. The remaining columns of the second row show, in order from left to right, 2 tally marks, 4 tally marks, 3 tally marks, 3 tally marks, an empty cell, and 1 tally mark. The first column of the third row of the table reads Frequency. The remaining columns of the third row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 2, 4, 3, 3, 0, and 1.
Incorrect answer C. frequency table option CThe first column of the first row of the table reads Number of books. The remaining columns of the first row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The first column of the second row of the table reads Tally. The remaining columns of the second row show, in order from left to right, 2 tally marks, 4 tally marks, 4 tally marks, 3 tally marks, an empty cell, and 1 tally mark. The first column of the third row of the table reads Frequency. The remaining columns of the third row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 3, 4, 4, 3, 0, and 1.
Correct answer D. frequency table option DThe first column of the first row of the table reads Number of books. The remaining columns of the first row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The first column of the second row of the table reads Tally. The remaining columns of the second row show, in order from left to right, 2 tally marks, 5 tally marks, 4 tally marks, 3 tally marks, an empty cell, and 1 tally mark. The first column of the third row of the table reads Frequency. The remaining columns of the third row have, in order from left to right, the numbers 2, 5, 4, 3, 0, and 1.
Correct answer: D. frequency table option D
Explanation:
To make a frequency table, we need to count how many times each value appears in the data. We then organize the counts in a table format with rows and columns.
For this set of data, we have the following values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 5
To construct the frequency table, we need to count how many times each value appears in the data.
- The value 0 appears 2 times
- The value 1 appears 5 times
- The value 2 appears 4 times
- The value 3 appears 3 times
- The value 4 does not appear in the data
- The value 5 appears 1 time
Next, we organize these counts in a table format with rows and columns. We can use three rows: one for the variable name (Number of books), one for the tally marks (Tally), and one for the counts (Frequency).
The correct frequency table for this data is option D:
Number of books Tally Frequency
0 || 2
1 ||||| 5
2 |||| 4
3 ||| 3
4 0
5 | 1