Hair colour

Hair colour

Pencil and paper
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This task is about reading information from a strip graph.

The hair colour of the students in Room 9 is shown on a strip graph below.

 


 Red                 Brown                            Blonde                                 Black                  

a)

What is the most common hair colour? _______________

b)

Very few students in Room 9 have which colour hair? _______________

c)

There are twice as many students with black hair as students with which colour hair? 
 
_______________
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
3
Description of task: 
Students show their understanding of a strip graph by answering questions about the hair colour of a class of students.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a strip graph.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (06/1998)

a) Black very easy
b) Red very easy
c) Blonde easy