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in people's last names.

He made a tally chart ... ... and then drew a bar-line graph.

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of name?

How many people had names
with eight letters?

Use RM25 or RM26 to make a tally
chart and a bar-line graph to show
the number of letters in the last name
of about 80 people. Choose a scale
for your bar-line graph.

Write six facts.about your graph.
Ask someone to check your facts.

CHALLENGE

Choose a topic to collect data on.
Draw a tally chart and a bar-line graph to show your results.