Sun hats

Sun hats

Pencil and paper
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This task ask you to interpret a strip graph.

The colour of the pōtae of the students in Room 7 is shown on the strip graph below.


      Red                    Green                          Yellow                                 Blue                   Black 

 

a) What is the most common pōtae colour? __________________
 
b) What is the least common pōtae colour? __________________
 
c)
Finish the sentence:
 
Twice as many students have yellow pōtae as have __________________ pōtae.
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
strip graphs, graph interpretation
Description of task: 
Students interpret a strip graph and relationships within the graph.
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
Statistical investigations, set 4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  Y7 (03/2001)
a) Blue very easy
b) Black very easy
c) Red easy