Marbles graph

Marbles graph

Pencil and paper
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This task is about reading information from a pictograph.
bag-of-marbles.png

Some children were playing a game of marbles.

This is how many marbles they each had.

 

   Number of marbles
Sarah 20
Bill 40
Jane 45
Lia 10
Tui 30
Max 15

 

Finish the pictograph below to show how many marbles Lia, Tui, and Max had.

Remember that each marble drawn  stands for 10 marbles.  

 

Number of marbles each person had:
(Each marble drawn stands for 10)
Sarah                
Bill                                     
Jane                                           
Lia
 
Tui
 
Max
 
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
pictographs, graph construction
Description of task: 
Students complete a pictograph for the number of marbles student have from data in a table. The pictograph has a key.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to construct a graph from information in a tally chart.
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 (08/1999)
Lia   

Tui         

Max     

 very easy


very easy


easy