Catherine threw a dice 40 times and noted the number appearing each time as shown below : Make a table and enter the data using tally marks. Find the number that appeared.(a) The minimum number of times (b) The maximum number of times(c) Find those numbers that appear an equal number of times

Explanation

To solve the problem step by step, we will first create a tally mark table based on the outcomes of Catherine's dice throws and then answer the questions regarding minimum and maximum occurrences, as well as identifying numbers that appeared an equal number of times.

### Step 1: Create the Tally Mark Table
1. **Identify the outcomes of the dice**: The possible outcomes when throwing a dice are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
2. **Count the occurrences**: Based on the provided data, we will count how many times each number appeared.
- Number 1 appeared 7 times
- Number 2 appeared 6 times
- Number 3 appeared 5 times
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