Airport departures

Airport departures

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This task is about reading tally information from a table.
The table shows the number of planes taking off from an airport one Friday evening.
 
TIME PERIOD NO. OF PLANES
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Question 1Change answer

a)  During which half-hour period did the least number of planes take off? 

Question 1Change answer

b)  Between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., how many planes in total took off? 

Question

 c)  During which 1-hour period did the greatest number of planes take off?

    • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    • 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

    • 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    • 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    • 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper and online (WITH automarking).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
tally charts, table interpretation
Description of task: 
This task requires students to answer questions about a tally chart of the number of planes taking off from an airport.
Curriculum Links: 
 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a frequency table.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  Y6 (09/1997)
a) 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. very easy
b) 37 moderate
c) B (3:30 – 4:30 p.m) difficult

 

Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common errors Likely reason
b) 43 Interprets question as "take-offs after 4:00 p.m." (i.e., includes 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.)
c) C Interprets "hour periods" to start on the hour (i.e., rejects 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., etc.