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Statistics Vocabulary Introduction

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Statistics Vocabulary Introduction

Statistics and data collection illustration

📊 Part 1: Understanding Statistics

1. What is statistics?

A way to collect, organise, and understand information

A type of maths problem

A computer game

A way to count money

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

Finding out the class's favourite ice cream flavour

Checking the weather temperature

Looking at sports scores

Brushing your teeth

3. Complete this sentence: Data is _______________.

information that we collect

a type of food

something we draw

a school subject

📝 Part 2: Key Vocabulary

4. Match each word to its meaning by drawing lines:
Mean
Median
Mode
Data
The middle value when numbers are in order
Information we collect
The average number
The most frequent (common) value
5. Fill in the blanks using the words: data, mean, median, mode

When we collect information about our class's favourite colours, we are collecting __________.

If most students choose blue as their favourite colour, then blue is the __________.

The __________ is found by adding all numbers and dividing by how many there are.

The __________ is the middle number when we put all numbers in order.

6. Give an example of data you could collect in your classroom:

🤔 Part 3: Think and Explain

7. Why is it important to learn about statistics? Write 1-2 sentences.
8. Look at this simple data: The number of pets students have: 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2

What do you think the mode (most common number) is? Circle your answer:

1

2

3

4

9. Create a question you could ask your classmates to collect data:

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