Comparing and interpreting data

  • Real Statistics
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    Real statistics

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?

  • Three Spinners
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    Three spinners

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    These red, yellow and blue spinners were each spun 45 times in total. Can you work out which numbers are on each spinner?
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    The car that passes

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?

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    The Domesday Project

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Take a look at these data collected by children in 1986 as part of the Domesday Project. What do they tell you? What do you think about the way they are presented?

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    Birdwatch

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?

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    Class 5's names

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?

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    Our sports

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This problem explores the range of events in a sports day and which ones are the most popular and attract the most entries.

  • Going for Gold
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    Going for gold

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Looking at the Olympic Medal table, can you see how the data is organised? Could the results be presented differently to give another nation the top place?

  • It's a scrabble
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    It's a scrabble

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Letters have different values in Scrabble - how are they decided upon? And would the values be the same for other languages?

  • Data Duos
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    Data duos

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you match the Venn diagram with the Carroll diagram that shows the same information?