Frequency Table

and Presenting
Graph
What is a Frequency Distribution
Table?
Frequency tells you how often something
happened.
The frequency of an observation tells you the number
of times the observation occurs in the data. For
example, in the following list of numbers:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 9, 8, 5, 1, 1, 9, 9, 0, 6, 9.
The frequency of the number 9 is 5 (because it occurs
5 times).
How to make a Frequency
Distribution Table:
Tally marks are often used to make a frequency
distribution table. 
For example, let’s say you survey a number of
households and find out how many pets they own.
The results are 3, 0, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 0, 1, 3,
1, 2, 1, 1, 3.
A frequency distribution table will make the data
easier to understand.
Step-1:
To make the frequency distribution table, first write
the categories in one column (number of pets):
Step-2:
Next, tally the numbers in each category (from the
results above). For example, the number zero appears
four times in the list, so put four tally marks “||||”:
Step-3:
Finally, count up the tally marks and write the
frequency in the final column. The frequency is just
the total. You have four tally marks for “0”, so put 4
in the last column:
Presenting a Graph
A graph is a diagram (as a series of one or more
points, lines, line segments, curves, or areas) that
represents the variation of a variable in comparison
with that of one or more other variables. 
How to Draw a Graph
1. Draw the x axis
 Make a horizontal line on the paper. You may draw
arrows on the ends of the line to indicate it is a
number line that continues past your data sample.
 Put the label "X" to the right of the line to indicate
the x axis.
 Mark the center of the line with a vertical tick
mark and label it 0. This is the origin of the graph.
How to Draw a Graph
2. Draw the y axis.
 Make a vertical line
that passes through the
origin of the x axis.
 Put the label "Y" above
the line.
How to Draw a Graph
Make equally spaced tick
marks on the rest of the x
axis. Mention the type
(day, colour, time).

Make equally spaced tick

marks on the y axis.
Mention the number of
variable (day, colour, time).
 Task
You survey a number of households and find out colour of the
car they own. The results are:
B, R, W, Y, Y, R, W, B, R, R, Y, R, W, W, B, W, R, W, W, B.
B=Blue
R=Red
W=White
Y=Yellow
1. Make a frequency distribution table
2. Draw a graph to represent the data.