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Checking understanding of pictograms and bar charts

I can interpret both pictograms and bar charts.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Pictograms represent data through images.
  2. Bar charts represent data using the heights of bars.
  3. A key and/or labelled axes are important for interpreting the representation.

Keywords

  • Frequency - The number of times an event occurs; or the number of individuals (people, animals etc.) with some specific property.

Common misconception

Pupils may forget the key with a pictogram or mislabel the vertical scale for bar charts.

By asking the pupils how they know there are 'x things', to highlight the need for the key.

If your pupils have shown any need for further work on pictograms and/or bar charts then you may wish to use lesson 2 and 3 of this unit. Real data collected within class is always nice to use when creating their own pictograms and bar charts.
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6 Questions

Q1.
$${4 + 4 + 4 + 2 =}$$
Correct Answer: 14, fourteen
Q2.
Which of these have an answer of 24?
Correct answer: $${3\times 8}$$
$${2\times 4}$$
Correct answer: $${6\times 4}$$
Correct answer: $${2.4\times 10}$$
$${12\times 3}$$
Q3.
What is $${{{1}\over{2}} \text{ of 6}}$$?
Correct Answer: 3, three
Q4.
How many times is the word 'star' in this list? $$\text{moon, star, moon, star, star,}$$$$\text{planet, planet, moon, star,}$$$$\text{planet, asteroid, star, asteroid,}$$$$\text{planet, moon, star}$$
Correct Answer: 6, six
Q5.
This is an example of a chart.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: tally, Tally, TALLY
Q6.
How many giraffes are represented in this frequency table?
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Correct Answer: 5, five

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6 Questions

Q1.
The is the number of times an event occurs; or the number of individuals (people, animals etc.) with some specific property.
Correct Answer: frequency
Q2.
Put the stages of a data investigation in order.
1 - Plan the investigation
2 - Collect the data
3 - Organise and present the data
4 - Analyse the data
5 - Make interpretations of the data
6 - Decide on outcomes and actions
Q3.
Which pictogram matches this frequency table?
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An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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Q4.
Which table matches the bar chart?
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An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
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An image in a quiz
Q5.
Which statements are true?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: The most time spent reading was in month 1.
The least amount of time spent reading was in month 3.
In month 1 half as much time was spent reading as in month 3.
Correct answer: In month 3 twice as much time was spent reading as in month 2.
Correct answer: Over the three months there was 70 hours of reading.
Q6.
This bar chart shows that has visited the most countries out of the four pupils.
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: Laura, laura