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Problem A
Ice Cream Party!

The Grade \(3\) and Grade \(4\) classes of Wapella Public School are having an ice cream party. Each student gets one scoop of ice cream. The teachers conducted a survey to find out what ice cream flavours the students wanted.

  1. Fill in the missing vote tallies and frequencies in the following tables.

    Grade \(3\): \(78\) students polled

    Flavour Vote Tally Frequency
    chocolate Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 2
    vanilla Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 3
    strawberry Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 3
    butterscotch
    mint chip Tally of 5Tally of 4
    bubble gum Tally of 5Tally of 4Tally of 2

    Grade \(4\): \(82\) students polled

    Flavour Vote Tally Frequency
    chocolate Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 1
    vanilla Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5
    strawberry
    butterscotch Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 4
    mint chip Tally of 3
    bubble gum Tally of 5Tally of 5Tally of 3

  2. How many scoops of strawberry ice cream are needed for the party?

  3. A tub of ice cream contains enough for \(6\) scoops. How many tubs of each flavour of ice cream will the teachers need to buy?

  4. If each tub of ice cream costs \(\$4\), how much will the ice cream for this party cost?


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