Problem
The grape column has 4 circles and one circle means one student, so 4 students like grapes.
Counting the drawn circles transfers the grape count into the table.
2.MD.D.10Organize Information In More WaysThe four fruit counts add to 18, so subtract the known ones: 18 - 5 - 3 - 4 = 6 students like tangerines.
Total minus the three known fruits leaves the tangerine count.
2.OA.A.1Identify SubproblemsThe number of tangerine students is the class total minus the three fruit counts we already know: .
To fill the blank tangerine cell we take the total of 18 and remove the counts we already have, and what is left is the tangerine count.
The whole class of 18 is exactly the four fruit counts added together, so the missing count is sitting inside that 18 next to the three we know.
The survey puts every student in exactly one fruit column, so the four groups cover the whole class with no one left out and no one counted twice.
Because the total of 18 was made by adding the four counts, taking the three known counts back out of 18 undoes that adding and leaves only the tangerine count.
Completed counts are apple 5, tangerine 6, banana 3, grape 4 (total 18); draw that many circles in each graph column.
Each table value becomes that many circles in its column, keeping the two views consistent.
2.MD.D.10Organize Information In More WaysThis only needs Grade 2 graph-reading and subtraction — let the table and graph fill in each other!