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Simple Surveys and Observations

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Simple Surveys and Observations

Students conducting a survey

📊 Part 1: Understanding Surveys

1. What is a survey?

A way to ask people questions to collect information

A type of maths problem

A way to draw pictures

2. Which of these are good survey questions? (Tick all that apply)

What is your favourite colour: red, blue, or green?

Do you like pizza? Yes or No

Tell me everything about yourself

How do you get to school: walk, car, or bus?

3. When we collect data, we should be:

Respectful and polite

Loud and pushy

Quick and careless

✏️ Part 2: Design Your Own Survey

4. Write a good survey question about favourite pets. Give 3 choices for answers.

Question: What is your favourite pet?

Choice 1: _______________

Choice 2: _______________

Choice 3: _______________

5. Look at this tally chart showing favourite sports in a class:

Football: |||| ||||

Swimming: |||| ||

Basketball: ||||

a) How many students chose football? _______

b) Which sport was least popular? _______________

c) How many students were surveyed in total? _______

🎯 Part 3: Practice Recording Data

6. You are observing students in the playground. Record your observations using tally marks:

Students wearing hats: _______________

Students playing with balls: _______________

Students sitting down: _______________

7. Design a simple Yes/No survey question about school.

My question: Do you _________________________________?

8. Why is it important to collect data respectfully?

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