What data-organizing skill is being used when students take data gathered about the weekly allowances of their classmates and tally it by how many students receive each of the following allowances: seventy-five cents, one dollar, one dollar and fifty cents, two dollars?
A) Classifying
B) Ordering observations
C) Finding patterns
D) Inferring

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Classifying involves organizing data into categories. In this case, students are categorizing their classmates' allowances into specific amounts, which is a form of classifying.

What Data-Organizing Skill Is Being Used When Students Take Data