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Spell Bee Word: Data


What does data mean?

Word: Data

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Data means facts and numbers collected so that they can be studied or used, often by a computer.

Synonyms: facts, figures

How do you spell data?

Syllables: da - ta

Tricky part: Students who spell by sound sometimes write deta or dayta, because the first a can sound like the a in day.

Watch out for: deta, dayta, dhata

Memory tip: Data sounds like day-ta, but there is no y: think of a table of data, where table also says ay with a plain a.

Data in a sentence

Example 1: We collected data on how many students walk to school.

Example 2: The weather satellite sends data back to Earth every hour.

Example 3: Save your work before you switch off the computer, or you may lose your data.

Fun Fact

Data began as the plural of the Latin word datum, meaning a thing given. Today most people treat data as one word that takes is.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

data

a) opinion
b) guess
c) information
d) story

Show answer

c) information. Data is information that has been collected, not someone's guess or opinion.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) average
b) daata
c) percentage
d) computer

Show answer

b) daata. Data has just one a after the d.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our group collected datta about the birds that visit the school garden.

a) datta
b) birds
c) garden
d) group

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a) datta. Data needs only one t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is an example of data?

a) a poem about all the students in a class
b) the heights of all the students in a class
c) a song sung by all the students in a class
d) a painting of all the students in a class

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b) the heights of all the students in a class

2. What is the best way to show data from a class survey?

a) a poem
b) a comic strip
c) a bar graph
d) a crossword

Show answer

c) a bar graph

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with d: disclose, develop, defy, delight, dependable, disrespect

More words from this list

environment, haste, manatee, plead, roadway, syllabus, withstand, believable

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