Question

Study the tally chart showing the number of votes given to the favorite name for pet cats and answer the questions.


(i) How many more votes did Whiskers get than Nibbles?
(ii) How many votes were there altogether?

• A. $16;71$
• B. $8;71$
• C. $9;72$
• D. $24;40$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $8;71$

Say: Let’s look at the given tally chart and read the data to answer the question.

Steps:
The given tally chart shows the favorite names of pets.
Each
means $1$ and each mean $5.$
On reading the data,
Bubbles $=5+5+5+3=18$
Cuddles $=5+5+3=13$
Nibbles $=5+5+5+1=16$
Whiskers $=5+5+5+5+4=24$
To find how many more votes did Whiskers got than Nibbles, we will subtract the number of votes Nibbles got, i.e., $16$ from the number of votes Whiskers got, i.e., $24.$
So, $24–16=8$
Therefore, Whiskers got 8 more votes than Nibbles.
Now, to find the number of votes received altogether, we will add the number of votes received by each name.
So, $18+13+16+24=71$
Therefore, $71$ votes were received altogether.
Hence, Option A is the answer.

Probing Q. What is the difference between the name that got the most votes and the name that got the least votes?
A. The name that got the most votes is Whiskers with $24$ votes, and the name with the least votes is Cuddles with $13$ votes.
So, $24–13=11.$