Eyes and hair colour

Eyes and hair colour

Pencil and paper
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This task is about reading information from a data table.

Table of the hair and eye colour of students at Tasman School

 

 

This table shows the hair and eye colour of all the students at Tasman School.

 
a)
i)
 
ii)
 
iii)
 
How many students have black hair and brown eyes?   __________
 
How many students have red hair?   __________
 
How many students have green eyes?   __________
 
b) How many students are there at Tasman School?   __________
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
table interpretation, bi-variate data
Description of task: 
Students answer questions about a table showing hair and eye colour of students. Calculation is required.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a two-way frequency table.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  Y8 (03/2001)
a) i)
ii)
iii)		 16
9
12		 very easy
easy
very easy
b) 122 very easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely calculation Likely reason
a) iii) 24 0 + 7 + 1 + 4 + 12 = 24 Includes adding 'Total' in calculation.
b) 244 52 + 46 + 15 + 9 + 122 = 244