Sorting, processing and representing data

Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?

If Tom wants to learn to cook his favourite supper, he needs to make a schedule so that everything is ready at the same time.

When Charlie retires, he's looking forward to the quiet life, whereas Alison wants a busy and exciting retirement. Can you advise them on where they should go?

Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?

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?'.

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?

Take a look at these data collected by children in 1986 as part of the Domesday Project. What do they tell you? What do you think about the way they are presented?

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?