Reading Tables

There are different ways that numbers can be presented and/or organized.  One of these ways is to organize WHOLE NUMBERS in a table.  

 In the image below we see WHOLE numbers that have been placed on a table (LOL).

Whole Numbers ON A table

The purpose of a math TABLE is to organize numbers relative to different types of criteria.  

For example the TABLE shown below has organized the ice cream cone sales by day and also by flavor.

The reason for this type of ORGANIZATION is so that the whole numbers can be ANALYZED to determine things like . . . which flavor sales better . . . which day are the most cones sold . . . 

Using this type of ANALYSIS  the ice cream person can decide to reduce his inventory and no longer offer the LEAST popular item such as THE CRUNCH BAR.

Another determination can also be made regarding sales on a particular day . . . After ANALYZING the data on this table it can be determined that sales on Monday total 316 cones, sales on Tuesday total 213 cones and sales on Wednesday total 327 cones.

Using this data the ice cream seller can choose to close his stand on the least popular day and hire extra help on the busiest days.

In the table shown below you will notice how whole numbers are used to organize the amount of ice cream cones that were sold by flavor and day.

Obviously - numbers can be organized to represent an endless number of facts about an endless list of topics.

Use this table to answer the following questions.


1)  How many Sundae Cones were sold on Tuesday? 
2) How many Crunch Bars were sold on Wednesday?
3) What was the total number of ice creams sold on Wednesday?
4) How many more Chocolate Éclair Bars were sold on Wednesday than on Monday?
5) What was the total number of Crunch Bars sold on the 3 days?
6) What was the total number of ice creams sold on Monday?
7) On which day were the most Sundae Cones sold?
8) On which day were the least Crunch Bars sold? 
9) How many more Strawberry Shortcakes were sold on Monday than on Wednesday?
10)  What was the total number of Ice Cream Sandwiches sold on the 3 days?

Now that we understand about place value and how to read and write whole numbers we will move to the next step which is a way to ORGANIZE these whole numbers so that we can ANALYZE what these numbers are showing us.

Tables like the one shown below are often used to ORGANIZE and display facts that involve numbers.  If you will recall the ice cream table above, you can see how the numbers were organized so that we could easily analyze them to determine the most popular flavor etc) . . .

Analyze the table below to SEE what the numbers are showing us as indicated in this example . . . by reading from left to right along the row marked “ United States,” we find that the United States has 68 Chemistry, 54 Economics, 11 Literature, 22 Peace, 90 Physics, and 97 Physiology and Medicine Nobel Prize winners.

Use the table below to ANALYZE the data given and answer questions 1 through 4.

1) How many total Nobel Prize winners are from Sweden? 
2) Which countries shown have fewer Nobel Prize winners than Russia?
3) How many Nobel Prize winners in Literature come from France? 
4) Which countries shown have more than 60 Nobel Prize winners?

Solution to "table" questions:
1) Find “ Sweden” in the left column. Then read from left to right until the “ Total” column is reached. We find that Sweden has 32 Nobel Prize winners.
2) Russia has 20 Nobel Prize winners. Japan has 17, Netherlands has 16, and Italy has 15, so they have fewer Nobel Prize winners than Russia.
3) 15
4) United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.











Answers

1. 23

2. 17

3. 327

4. 59

5. 48

6. 316

7. Monday

8. Tuesday

9. 9

10. 856

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