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Organising Data: Creating Graphs

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Organising Data: Creating Graphs

Bar graph and pie chart illustration

📊 Part 1: Understanding Graphs

1. Which type of graph uses bars to show data?

Pie chart

Bar graph

Line graph

2. What does each segment in a pie chart represent?

A part of the whole data

The total number of people

Only the largest group

3. When creating a bar graph, what should you always include? (Tick all that apply)

Labels on both axes

A title

Coloured bars

Numbers showing frequency

4. Look at this data about favourite school subjects in Year 5:

Maths: 8 students, English: 5 students, Science: 7 students, Art: 4 students

Which subject is the most popular? _______________

How many students were surveyed in total? _______________

✏️ Part 2: Creating Your Bar Graph

5. Use the data below to create a bar graph in the space provided:

Favourite Sports in Our Class:

Rugby: 6 students | Netball: 4 students | Swimming: 8 students | Cricket: 3 students

6. Complete these labels for your bar graph:

Title: ________________________________

X-axis (horizontal) label: ________________________________

Y-axis (vertical) label: ________________________________

7. Looking at your bar graph, answer these questions:

a) Which sport is most popular? _______________

b) Which sport is least popular? _______________

c) How many more students prefer swimming than cricket? _______________

🥧 Part 3: Pie Chart Challenge

8. A pie chart shows how 20 students travel to school. If 10 students walk, what fraction of the pie chart should show walking?

1/4 (quarter)

1/2 (half)

3/4 (three quarters)

9. Plan a pie chart for this data about favourite colours:

Red: 4 students | Blue: 8 students | Green: 4 students | Yellow: 4 students

Total students: _____ Which colour would have the biggest segment? _______________

10. Reflection: Which type of graph do you think shows this data better - bar graph or pie chart? Explain your thinking.
11. Group Discussion Question: How do graphs help us understand the diversity in our class? Write one idea below:

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