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Statistics Diagnostic Assessment

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Statistics Diagnostic Assessment

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Statistics

1. What is statistics? Choose the best answer:

A way to collect and understand information

A type of mathematics only used by teachers

A computer game

A way to count money

2. Which of these are examples of statistics being used in everyday life? (Tick all that apply)

Weather forecast showing 25°C tomorrow

Survey asking your favourite sport

Counting how many students are in your class

Reading a story book

3. Match each category to the correct examples. Draw lines to connect them:
Pets
School subjects
Colours
Red, blue, green, yellow
Dog, cat, bird, fish
Maths, English, Science, Art

🥇 Part 2: Ordinal Numbers and Ordering

4. Write the correct ordinal number (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) for each position in a race:

The winner came _______ place.

The runner who came after the winner was in _______ place.

The person who came last in a race of 5 people was in _______ place.

5. Put these heights in order from shortest to tallest using ordinal numbers:

Students: Amy (145cm), Ben (152cm), Chloe (138cm), David (149cm)

1st (shortest): _____________

2nd: _____________

3rd: _____________

4th (tallest): _____________

6. Which type of data can be put in order from smallest to largest?

Favourite colours (red, blue, green)

Test scores (85%, 92%, 78%)

Types of pets (dog, cat, bird)

Names of students (Sarah, Tom, Lisa)

✏️ Part 3: Your Understanding

7. Give one example of how you or your family use statistics at home:
8. Look at this data about favourite fruits in a class:

Apples: 8 students, Bananas: 5 students, Oranges: 4 students

Which fruit is the most popular? _____________

How many students chose bananas? _____________

9. Challenge: Create your own list of 4 things that could be put in order (like heights, ages, or scores):

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