Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
What is the total number of goals each team scored over the fifteen
matches?
You could try comparing any two of the charts to start with. For example, do you think the pie chart and the pictogram represent the same team's goals? Why or why not?
How about comparing the pictogram and the tally chart?
You could try comparing any two of the charts to start with. For example, do you think the pie chart and the pictogram represent the same team's goals? Why or why not?
How about comparing the pictogram and the tally chart?
Handling data. Measures of spread. Data collection. Investigations. Mean. Interpreting data. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Processing and representing data. Selecting and using information. Averages.
Published June 2006,June 2011.
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