Sunshine hours

Sunshine hours

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This task is about intepreting information from a bar graph.
The graph above shows the number of sunshine hours each day in Oamaru over one week in December.

Question

a)  Which day had the most sunshine hours?

    • Monday

    • Tuesday

    • Wednesday

    • Thursday

    • Friday

Question

b)  The average number of sunshine hours over this week was approximately

    • 5

    • 7

    • 10

    • 13

    • 15

Question

c)  The average number of sunshine hours from Monday to Friday was approximately

    • 3

    • 6

    • 9

    • 12

    • 15

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
bar graphs, graph interpretation, mean
Description of task: 
Students interpret information presented in a bar graph to answer questions and calculate averages.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a bar graph, including an understanding of the mean (average).
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (11/1997)
a) E (Friday) very easy
b) C (10) difficult
c) C (9) difficult