Favourites II

Favourites II

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about creating a bar graph.
a)
My question:
 

What is the favourite ____________________ of people in my class?

 
b)
Fill in the tally chart.
 
Favourites
Tally
Total
1.    
2.    
3.    
4.    
5. others    
 
c)
Draw a bar graph to show the data you have collected. Remember to fill in the title for your graph.

 

The Favourite __________ of people in my class

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
 
Read the instructions to the students and get them to fill in their responses on their separate pieces of paper.

Instructions
You are going to carry out an investigation. Choose a topic to ask all the people in your class about.  Here are some examples: favourite fast food, favourite sports, favourite pets, favourite soft-drink flavours, favourite ice-cream flavours, or your own favourite topic idea.

a) On your sheet of paper, complete the question with a topic you want to ask people about.
 
b) i) On the tally chart write down the four most popular answers that you think people will give, under the word "favourites."
  ii) Ask all the people in the class what their favourite things are, so you can answer your question. Put a tally mark next to the answer they give. If they don't say one of the answers you picked, put a tally mark next to "others."
  iii) When you have asked all the people in your class, write down the total number who liked each favourite on the chart.
 
c) Draw a bar graph to show the data you have collected. Remember to fill in the title for your graph.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Key Competencies: 
Relating to others, Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
investigation, data collection, tally charts, bar graphs, graph construction, planning investigations
Description of task: 
Students conduct a practical, statistical investigation. They decide on a question, categories, conduct the survey, tally and graph the results on a bar graph.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to decide on a statistical investigation topic, collect data in a tally chart, and construct a bar graph.
Key competencies
This resource involves:
  • Making a decision on a topic to investigate, which relates to the Key Competency: Thinking
  • Working collaboratively with other students, which relates to the Key Competencies: Relating to others
  • Communicating the findings by constructing a bar chart, which 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: 
 
a)   Chooses a topic to investigate.
b) i)
ii)

iii)

 Lists four appropriate options.
Tallies responses using the correct format,
i.e., not .
Tallies responses using an incorrect format.
Total column filled in correctly based on tally, or shows frequency count if tally is not filled in.
c)   Completes the title.
Draws a bar graph with the bars not touching and evenly spaced.
All the bars are drawn consistently with the tally chart totals.

Four of the bars are drawn consistently with the tally chart totals.