Table of shapes

Table of shapes

Pencil and paper
Overview
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about creating a tally chart.

 
a)
Tally all of the above shapes into the table.
 
 
The first one ( ) has been done for you. 
 
Table of the shapes on the page
 
 

Shaded

Unshaded

Circle

I

 

Square

 

 
 
b)
Which of these is most common?
 

(A )         (B )         (C )         (D )   

Levels:
3, 4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
bi-variate data, table construction, tally charts
Description of task: 
Students complete an array to show the number of shaded and unshaded shapes. Students identify the most common shape.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 4
Statistical investigations, set 5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (03/2001)

a)

 

Uses tally format correctly, i.e., accept , but not IIIIII.

All correct – easy

1-2 errors – very easy

b)

D [accept if consistent with tallies in a)]

very easy
 
Diagnostic and formative information: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to complete a two-by-two frequency table.