Art class marks

Art class marks

Pencil and paper
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This task is about creating a tally chart with frequencies.

Below are the marks each student in whāea Brooke's art class got for their end of term project.  

 

14 3 23 28 11

 
9 8 21 18 23
12 16 26 17 11
2 17 19 24 13
16 16 18 26 14

 

Use this data to complete the table.  

 

a)
Fill in the 'Number of Marks' column.
Group the marks into 6 categories, the first 2 have been done for you.
 
b)
Fill in the 'Tally' and 'Frequency' columns.
 
Number of Marks Tally Frequency
1-5    
6-10    
     
     
     
     
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
tally charts, table construction
Description of task: 
Students construct a tally chart of project marks by grouping the marks, tallying and then totalling each group of marks..
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to construct frequency tables.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y9 (04/1999)
a) all data groupings correct as shown in column 1 easy
b) Correct tally consistent with data groupings given.

Correct frequencies consistent with tally.
[Accept if all correct frequencies are written in the tally column.]

 All correct –
moderate

1-2 errors –
easy

easy