Birth months II

Birth months II

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
Practical Task
The children in Room 6 wrote down the days of the month their birthdays were on. Here are the results:
 

12, 6, 30, 19, 25, 14, 25, 9, 10, 20, 19, 23, 8, 19, 10

 
Finish the stem-and-leaf graph below by cutting out the numbers you need from the next page and gluing them in the right places. You will not need to use all the numbers.
 
Birth Dates of the Children in Room 6
 
0  
  
1  
  
2  
  
3  
 
Numbers
 

0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
 
Equipment: Scissors; glue; sheet of numbers.]
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
stem-and-leaf graphs, graph construction
Description of task: 
For this practical task students display given data in a stem-and-leaf graph to show what days of the month Room 6 children had their birthdays.
Curriculum Links: 

This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to construct a stem-and-leaf graph.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

Scoring:

  

4 marks
or
 
 
 
 
3 marks
or
2 marks
or
1 mark
All leaves completed and in numerical order.
  0 | 6 8 9
  1 | 0 0 2 4 9 9 9
  2 | 0 3 5 5
  3 | 0
 
All leaves completed, but not in numerical order, e.g., in order as dates
are listed.
In order but incomplete (1-2 errors including missing out, or transposing
numbers).
Leaves not in order and incomplete (1-2 errors including missing out, or transposing numbers).