Frequency tables and bar charts

  • A population survey
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    A population survey

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    A geographical survey: answer the tiny questionnaire and then analyse all the collected responses...

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    Growing families

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What do these statistics about family size mean?
  • Where are you flying?
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    Where are you flying?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
  • 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?
  • Sticky Data
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    Sticky data

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    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?'.
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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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    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?

  • If the World Were a Village
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    If the world were a village

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Who's the best?
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    Who's the best?

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?