Graph interpretation resources

Task: Answer questions about the temperature and brightness of types of stars. Assessment focus: interpreting a graph.

Students to interpret pie graphs by answering questions about percentages and numerical values.

Students construct and label a bar graph of the colour of passing cars from data in a table and answer questions interpreting the results.

Students answer questions about a stem-and-leaf graph which shows the distances some students threw a netball.

Students show their understanding of a strip graph by answering questions about the hair colour of a class of students.

Students complete two strip graphs about the flavour of ice cream bought by girls and boys, and answer a question on interpreting the data.

Students complete a bar graph of a paper boy's earnings from data in a table and answer questions interpreting the data, finding the least, most, average and forecasting.

Students construct and label a pie graph of favourite drinks from data in a table. They also interpret results involving proportions.

Students interpret information presented in a composite histogram to answer questions involving percentages and comparisons.

Students interpret information presented on a strip graph and then present the same information in a pie graph.

This task requires students to interpret a stem-and-leaf graph made by a class showing estimates of jelly beans in a jar.

Students answer questions about data in a triple bar graph of medals won by four countries. Calculation is required.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph of Social Studies marks for 4 classes. They answer questions interpreting the data, and comparing, range and best performance.

Students answer questions about a line graph showing scores in a cricket game. An understanding of slope is needed.

Students show their interpretation of a box-and-whisker graph by answering questions about the data.

In this practical task students construct and label a pictograph by cutting, grouping, and gluing images of how the children in Room 1 get to school.

Students answer questions and calculate a percentage related to a bar graph of the ways students travel to school.

Task: Look for the similarities and differences in how students draw graphs to display information.

Students compare the overall distribution of two graphs and describe their reasons.

Students identify true and false statements, and provide a description of the most important features of a time series graph.

Students are given results from an investigation looking at light intensity and its effect on the rate of photosynthesis in two plants. Students are required to draw line graphs of this data and then answer a number of questions pertaining to this.

A bar graph showing the percentage of endangered species threatened by predation, competition, and/or habitat loss is given. Students use this graph to answer questions and explain the terms; predation, competition, and habitat loss.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph and answer questions on median, quartile and outliers.

Students construct a composite bar graph on areas of female employment in 1956 and 1996. They also answer questions interpreting and comparing the data.

Students redraw, and re-order, the numbers in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph and then answer questions about the new graph.