IXL | Interpret frequency tables: multi-step problems

Irma was away all summer and wants to know what her classmates did. She asked them what their favorite activities were and recorded their answers in a frequency table.

Favorite summertime activity
Activity	Frequency
bike riding	46
rock climbing	32
beach trip	52
camping	58
swimming	67

Of the two most popular activities, how many more students said the most popular activity was their favorite?

more students

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question

A bubble tea shop records how many of each flavor tea they sell. The number of each flavor sold on Saturday is shown in the frequency table.

Bubble tea sold on Saturday
Flavor	Frequency
classic	31
green	15
strawberry	10
mango	14
coffee	22

The shop sold another 70 bubble teas on Sunday. How many bubble teas did the shop sell over the weekend?

bubble teas

solution

Step 1: Find how many bubble teas the shop sold on Saturday.

Add all of the frequencies.

So, the shop sold 92 bubble teas on Saturday.

Step 2: Find how many bubble teas the shop sold over the weekend.

Add the number of bubble teas sold on Saturday and the number of bubble teas sold on Sunday.

162

So, the shop sold 162 bubble teas over the weekend.

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