- Year 8
Constructing pie charts
I can construct pie charts from data.
- Year 8
Constructing pie charts
I can construct pie charts from data.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Data presented as a list can be represented as a pie chart.
- Data presented in a table can be represented as a pie chart.
- A larger data set requires considering the proportion of the total.
Keywords
Sector - A sector is the region formed between two radii and their connecting arc.
Common misconception
The frequencies on the frequency table are the angles you plot onto the pie chart.
Challenge the misconception by using an example with frequencies that clearly add to more or less than 360 e.g. {90, 90, 180, 90, 60)
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the descriptions for amounts of rotation with the number of degrees each is equivalent to.
an eighth of a turn -
45°
a quarter turn -
90°
a half turn -
180°
a three-quarter turn -
270°
a full turn -
360°
Q2.Find $${2}\over{5}$$ of 40
Q3.If 8 tennis balls cost £3, then how much would 24 tennis balls cost? Make sure to include units in your answer.
Q4.If 5 footballs cost £30, then how much would 8 footballs cost?
Q5.If 80 table tennis balls cost £16, then how many table tennis balls would cost £3?
Q6.Sofia and Lucas both purchase books at a secondhand bookstore to donate to their school. Each book costs the same amount. How much, in pounds, did Lucas spend on books?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.36 people were asked: "what do you drink whilst at work". The results will be placed in a pie chart with a total of 12 pre-defined sectors. How many sectors would represent water?
Q2.36 people were asked: "what do you drink whilst at work". The results will be placed in a pie chart with a total of 12 pre-defined sectors. How many people voted for milk?
Q3.A large set of information is collected and represented in a pie chart of 20 equally-sized sectors. Each one sector represents a frequency of 45. What is the total frequency of this dataset?
Q4.The incomplete ratio table shows a dataset being converted into angles to represent each subgroup as sectors on a pie chart. Match the letters to the correct missing values.
a -
60
b -
360
c -
6
d -
66
e -
108
Q5.Starting with the first step, put these steps for constructing a sector of a pie chart in order.
Q6.The incomplete ratio table shows a dataset being converted into angles to represent each subgroup as sectors on a pie chart. Find the value of angle a, in degrees.
