Creating a Survey

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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You could take a survey to figure out how many cupcakes to make in each flavor.

A survey is a question or list of questions used to gather information about an individual or group.

1. To survey your friends about their favorite cupcake flavor, you could make a chart.
2. Then, you would label the chart with the question and the choices of flavors.
3. Next, you will ask your friends which flavor each person prefers.
4. To record the answers, you could write down their names in each column or you could make tally marks.
5. When you make your tally marks, you draw one line down in the column for each person who makes the choice. When you get to the number 5, you cross four lines. Look at the picture to see how to cross tally marks when you make a group of five:

Once you have surveyed all your guests, you can add up the responses, and then you are ready to make your cupcakes. See the charts below for an example of a survey for favorite flavor of cupcakes:

What flavor cupcake do you like?

What flavor cupcake do you like?

Making surveys can be a fun way to get to know your friends and family!

Move to the Got It? section to learn more about surveys.