Frequency tables and bar 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?'.

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?

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

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

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

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?

Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?

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