1. Name _______________________________ Date ____________________
Mrs. Labuski & Mrs. Portsmore Period ____ Unit 12 Lesson 3 Frequency
Tables & Histograms
TB 6-5/ OC 177
VOCABULARY DEFINITION EXAMPLE
FREQUENCY
TABLE
Tells the number of
times an event,
category, or group
occurs
TYPES OF FRUIT
Fruit Frequency
Cumulative
Frequency
apple 5 5
banana 4 9
strawberry 2 11
CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
This column shows a
running total of all
frequencies.
Mr. Allen said that his students could choose one day a week to not have homework
assigned. He recorded their votes in the box below.
Make a tally table to organize Use your tally table from Exercise 1 to
the data. make a cumulative frequency table.
Tally Table for Homework Votes Day Frequency
Cumulative
Frequency
Monday  Monday 4 4
Tuesday  Tuesday 2 6
Wednesday  Wednesday 2 8
Thursday  Thursday 1 9
Friday   Friday 6 15
Which day got the most votes? How many students voted in all?
_____Friday________________ ___________15_____________

2. Students listed the number of days they spent on vacation in one year.
Make a tally table with intervals of 5.
2, 18, 5, 15, 7, 10, 1, 10, 4, 16,
7, 11, 17, 3, 8, 14, 13, 10
Number of Vacation Days
1-5 
6-10  
11-15 
16-20 
HISTOGRAM
A bar graph that
shows the
number of data
itmes that occur
within each
interval
1. Choose an appropriate scale and
interval.
2. Draw a bar for the number of days
in each interval.
3. Title the graph and label the axes.
Number of Days spent on Vacation in one Year
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

3. 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20
Number of Vacation Days
Name _______________________________ Date ____________________
Mrs. Labuski & Mrs. Portsmore Period ____ Unit 12 Lesson 3 Frequency
Tables & Histograms
TB 6-5/ OC 177
VOCABULARY DEFINITION EXAMPLE
FREQUENCY
TABLE
TYPES OF FRUIT
Fruit Frequency
Cumulative
Frequency
CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
Mr. Allen said that his students could choose one day a week to not have homework assigned.
He recorded their votes in the box below.
Make a tally table to organize Use your tally table from Exercise 1 to
the data. make a cumulative frequency table.
Tally Table for Homework Votes Day Frequency
Cumulative
Frequency

4. Monday Monday
Tuesday Tuesday
Wednesday Wednesday
Thursday Thursday
Friday Friday
Which day got the most votes? How many students voted in all?
________________________ ________________________
Students listed the number of days they spent on vacation in one year.
Make a tally table with intervals of 5.
2, 18, 5, 15, 7, 10, 1, 10, 4, 16,
7, 11, 17, 3, 8, 14, 13, 10
HISTOGRAM
1. Choose an appropriate scale and
interval.
2. Draw a bar for the number of days
in each interval.
3. Title the graph and label the axes.