These problems are different.
They use the same math you already know — but wrapped in ways you haven't seen before. There's no rush. Think slowly. Write your reasoning. The answer matters less than HOW you got there.
🎨 Unfamiliar Territory
Asha is making a roti chart! She asked everyone in her family their favourite roti topping: butter, ghee, or sugar. After asking, she drew a smiley face for each person's choice. But she spilled chai all over her paper! Now you can only see 3 butter smiley faces, 2 ghee smiley faces, and 1 sugar smiley face. Draw a bar graph using her data, and guess how many people might be in Asha's family.
Your thinking space:
🔗 Chain Reaction
1. The school planted 20 trees. The class recorded how many birds they saw in each tree, creating a tally chart. 2. Convert the tally marks into numbers. 3. Create a bar graph to show how many birds were in each tree. 4. Which tree had the MOST birds? 5. How many more birds were in the tree with the most birds than the tree with the fewest birds?
Show each step:
💬 Explain Your Thinking
Imagine you surveyed your class to find out their favourite fruit. You create a bar graph. Your friend says, 'Everyone likes apples!' But your graph shows bananas are more popular. How would you use your graph to explain to your friend that bananas are actually more liked than apples in your class?
Explain in your own words:
🏆 Olympiad Teaser
Three friends, Rohan, Priya, and Sam, are collecting stickers. Rohan has twice as many stickers as Priya. Sam has 5 fewer stickers than Rohan. If Priya has 3 stickers, how many stickers do they have altogether?
Think about what constraints the problem gives you. Write down what you KNOW for sure, then work from there. Often, trying small numbers first reveals a pattern.
Your answer and reasoning: