Favourite All Black

Favourite All Black

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about reading information from a chart.

100 people were asked to name their favourite All Black.
 

Name Votes
Richard Kahui 5
Ma'a Nonu 5
Dan Carter 40
Richie McCaw 30
Kieran Read 20
 
Choose one name from the chart above to finish each of these sentences.
 
a) 3 out of 10 voted for ________________________________________
 

b)

4 out of 10 voted for ________________________________________
 

c)

8 out of 10 did not vote for ________________________________________
 

d)

7 out of 10 did not vote for ________________________________________
 

Choose two names to finish each of these sentences.
 
e)
 1 out of 10 voted for either ____________________ or ____________________
 

f)

6 out of 10 voted for either ____________________ or ____________________
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Probability
Keywords: 
probability, frequency tables, table interpretation
Description of task: 
Students view a table of children's votes for their favourite All Black and answer questions interpreting the data.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of recognising likelihoods of outcomes for situations involving chance.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Interpreting statistical and chance situations, sets 3-4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
a) Richie McCaw easy
b) Dan Carter easy
c) Kieran Reid moderate
d) Richie Mc Caw moderate
e) Richard Kahui and Ma'a Nonu difficult
f) Dan Carter and Kieran Reid easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common errors Likely reason

f)

Can Carter and Richie McCaw.
Richard Kahui and Ma'a Nonu.
Richie McCaw and Kieran Reid.

Chose people whose names are together on the list.