Building colours

This task is about identifying whether statements about a graph are true or not.

Colours of office buildings seen in Wellington

Students at Swan Primary were doing a project on building colours. On a trip to Wellington they noted the colour of the office buildings they saw along two streets. They made the following comments about what they thought their graph showed.

Select "yes"next to each statement that is correctly based on the students' data. Select "no" if it isn't.

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a)  "We saw the same number of black and green buildings."  YesNo

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b)  "Not many people like black buildings."  YesNo

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c)  "We counted more grey than white buildings."  YesNo

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d)  "We saw six mirrored buildings."  YesNo

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e)  "Most Wellington buildings are grey."  YesNo

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f)  "We saw fewer green than mirrored buildings."  YesNo

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g)  "Blue was the third most common colour we saw."  YesNo

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h)  "We saw 13 buildings which were either black or white."  YesNo

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i)  "There were four more grey than white buildings."  YesNo

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j)  "Only four buildings in Wellington are blue."  YesNo