Tamariki ages

Tamariki ages

Pencil and paper
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This task is about interpreting a bar graph.
 
Susan and Marie wanted to find out the ages of all the children at Ormond School.
This is what they found out:
 

  5 year olds

6

  6 year olds

12

  7 year olds

10

  8 year olds

15

  9 year olds

9

10 year olds

13

a)

Put this information on the graph below.
The first bar has been done for you.
 

Ages of Children at Ormond School

 
b)
What is the most common age of the children at Ormond School? __________
 
c) Altogether how many children are either 5 or 6 years old? __________
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
bar graphs, tally charts, graph construction, graph interpretation
Description of task: 
Students complete a bar graph from information in a tally chart about the ages of students and interpret the data by answering questions.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of constructing and interpreting a bar graph from information in a tally chart.
 
Key competencies
This resource involves completing and interpreting graph.This relates to the Key Competency: Using language, symbols and text.
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 (09/2000)

2 marks
(all bars correct height)
or
1 mark
(1 error in height of bars)

a)

Ages of Children at Ormond School

[Accept if single lines rather than bars are drawn.]

all correct – easy

1 error – very easy

1 mark

b)

8

moderate

1 mark

c)

18

moderate