Sports on TV

Sports on TV

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This task is about reading information from a pie graph.
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Pahai asked the children in his class what winter sport they liked watching best on TV.
He recorded answers from 32 children in this pie chart.

Question

a)  Which sport did the most children like watching best?
    • Soccer

    • Rugby

    • Golf

    • Netball

    • League

Question

b) What sport did \(1 \over 4\) of the children choose?
    • Soccer

    • Rugby

    • Golf

    • Netball

    • League

Question

c)  How many children liked watching Netball best?
    • 2

    • 4

    • 6

    • 8

    • 12

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking.
Level:
3
Description of task: 
This task requires students to interpret a pie graph about sports watched on TV and answer multiple choice questions.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a pie graph.
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This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
  Y6 (09/1997)
a) Rubgy (B) very easy
b) League (E) very easy
c) 4 (B) moderate