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Rubbish Data Dot Plots

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Rubbish Data Dot Plots

Read the dot plot, answer the questions, then use the tally data to make your own plot.

Read the Dot Plot

Each dot represents one rubbish item collected beside the moana.

Rubbish type

Items collected

Drink cans

● ● ● ● ● ●

Plastic lids

● ● ●

Paper cartons

● ● ● ● ●

Snack packets

● ●

Glass pieces

● ● ● ●

1.Which kind of rubbish has the greatest number of dots?
  • Drink cans
  • Plastic lids
  • Paper cartons
  • Snack packets
2.Which kind of rubbish has the fewest dots?
  • Drink cans
  • Plastic lids
  • Snack packets
  • Glass pieces
3.How many paper cartons are listed in the data table?
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
4.How many more items are in the category with the greatest count than in the plastic lids category?
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
5.How many rubbish items are listed altogether? Show how you worked it out.
6.A group collected 4 rubbish items each day for 3 days. Write a multiplication sentence and find the total number of items.
7.Suggest one reason why one type of rubbish might be found more often than the other types.
8.Name one action people could take to stop small pieces of food packaging reaching the moana.

Make a Dot Plot

The tally marks show rubbish collected at a different beach. Use one dot for each item.

Rubbish type

Tally

Bottle tops

||||/

Straws

|||

Food wrappers

||||/ ||

Plastic bottles

||||

Label each rubbish type and add the correct number of dots.
9.Write one question that another student could answer by looking at your dot plot.

3 printable pages

  • A Year 3–4 maths worksheet introducing a dot plot about rubbish collected beside the coast.

    Page 1

  • Students read a categorical rubbish dot plot and answer comparison and total questions.

    Page 2

  • Students create their own dot plot from collection totals and write a question about it.

    Page 3

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