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Data Discovery Adventures

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Data Discovery Adventures

Help Cooper, Matilda and Tahnee discover what the football tournament data tells us. Read each question carefully. You can write words or numbers.

Gathering and sorting data

Data is information we collect. A question helps us decide what information to gather.

1.The tournament helpers want to find out which fruit players chose for their snack. Which question would collect useful data?
  • Which fruit did you choose: apple, banana, or orange?
  • Can you run quickly?
  • What colour is the oval?
2.Cooper asks, “How many goals did each team score?” Is this a question that can collect data?
3.Matilda asks players which team colour they like best. Write one possible answer a player could give.

Reading a tally chart

Tahnee counted the footballs used at the tournament. Each tally mark stands for one football.

Ball type

Tally

Size 3

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Size 4

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Size 5

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4.Look at the football tally chart. How many size 4 footballs did Tahnee count?
5.Look at the football tally chart. Which ball size was counted the most?
  • Size 3
  • Size 4
  • Size 5
6.Look at the football tally chart. How many footballs were counted altogether?
7.Look at the football tally chart. How many more size 4 footballs than size 5 footballs were counted?

Make your own data

Now you are the tournament data detective. Choose a simple question and plan how to record the answers.

8.Which question would be easiest to answer by counting? Choose one.
  • How many players are wearing red socks?
  • Why is football fun?
  • What is the best match ever?
9.Write a data question about the football tournament. It should have answers that you can count or sort.
10.Imagine you asked three players which fruit they chose: apple, banana, or orange. Give one way to record their answers.

3 printable pages

  • Data Discovery Adventures, page 1 of 3: Gathering and sorting data

    Page 1

  • Data Discovery Adventures, page 2 of 3: Reading a tally chart

    Page 2

  • Data Discovery Adventures, page 3 of 3: Make your own data

    Page 3

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