Graph interpretation resources

Students answer questions by interpreting a line graph of a snail's progress as it climbed up a wall.

Students complete a bar graph from details about paua diving and answer questions interpreting the data, including finding an average.

Students interpret a back-to-back bar graph about apples picked by comparing and identifying patterns.

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

Students interpret a graph of a bike trip to answer questions about time and distance.

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

Students are required to compare sales represented on line graphs of the total sales and the pattern of sales over time.

Students interpret a bar graph of account balances and respond to questions about the data.

Students describe the shape of two distinctive dot plots showing different data.

Students are required to construct a composite bar graph based on Statistics New Zealand Time Use Survey data and are then required to make comparative statements based on gender.

For this practical task students construct a composite strip graph of the nutrient groups found in three different food products.

Students display data on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph to show the times taken to complete two walks. The longer of the two walks is then identified.

Students complete a bar graph from information in a tally chart about the ages of students and interpret the data by answering questions.

Students conduct a practical, statistical investigation. They decide on a Topic and question, conduct the survey, complete the tally chart, construct a bar graph of the major ideas and make statements about the results.

Students use raw data to construct a table and then a bar graph of the number of runs scored in softball games. Students are also required to make a statement about the results.

Students construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph for heights of trees. They then answer a question on range and make a statement comparing the heights of akeake and kōhūhū.

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

Students interpret a bar chart that shows the stopping distance of cars and are asked which car is safe and why.

Students compare a data table and a line graph and identify features that are missing or incorrect in the graph.

Students are required to explain the misleading aspects of two graphs found in newspaper articles.

Students interpret a scatterplot and identify statements about both details and overall information.

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

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

Students decide which statement about a dot plot is incorrect and explain their reasoning.

Students answer questions about a bar graph showing favourite ice-cream flavours. No calculation needed.