Being collaborative

A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?

You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?

Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?

Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

Can you use the information to find out which cards I have used?

Can you find a way of counting the spheres in these arrangements?

15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?