Frequency tables and bar charts

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What does it say to you?

Written for teachers, this article discusses mathematical representations and takes, in the second part of the article, examples of reception children's own representations.
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Challenging data tasks: the making of 'Where are you flying?'

How was the data for this problem compiled? A guided tour through the process.
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Sticky data

Age

5 to 7

Challenge level

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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If the world were a village

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

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?
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The pet graph

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Tim's class collected data about all their pets. Can you put the animal names under each column in the block graph using the information?
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How big are classes 5, 6 and 7?

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Use the two sets of data to find out how many children there are in Classes 5, 6 and 7.
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Real statistics

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?
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Birdwatch

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

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

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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It's a scrabble

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Letters have different values in Scrabble - how are they decided upon? And would the values be the same for other languages?