Choosing a sport

Choosing a sport

Pencil and paper
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This task is about constructing a bar graph.

The children in Room 8 were each asked what sport they would like to play next term.

The table shows the numbers.  

 


Tennis Swimming Basketball Softball Volleyball
4 6 3 7 8


Draw a bar graph below using the numbers in the table.

Remember to give the graph a title.


             Title: ________________________________________________

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
bar graphs, graph construction
Description of task: 
Students construct a bar graph from the information about what sports Room 8 children would like to play next term.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of constructing a bar graph.
 
Key competencies
This resource involves completing a graph.This relates to the Key Competency: Using language, symbols and text.
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: 
  Y4 (07/1999)
Bar graph with the bars not touching and evenly spaced.

Title mentions at least two of: "sports", "want to play", "next term" or "Room 8".
[Accept words with similar meanings.]

Title mentions one of: "sports", "want to play", "next term" or "Room 8".
[Accept words with similar meanings.]

Sports the children of Room 8 want to play next term.

 1 mark – moderate

2 marks – difficult

 

1 mark –  easy

2 marks (all bars drawn correctly) –very easy

1 mark (4 bars drawn correctly) – 
very easy