Frequency tables and bar charts

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Data matching

Age

14 to 18

Challenge level

Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
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Substitution cipher

Age

11 to 14

Challenge level

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

Age

7 to 11

Challenge level

Have a look at all the information Class 5 have collected about themselves. Can you find out whose birthday it is today?
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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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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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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.