Truck stop

Truck stop

Pencil and paper
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This task is about reading information from a tally chart.
TIME PERIOD NUMBER OF TRUCKS
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.   
 

The table shows the number of trucks that passed a Police Checkpoint one Friday.

 

a)
How many trucks passed through the checkpoint
 
 
i)
 
ii)
 
iii)
between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.? ___________
 
between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.? ___________
 
after 6:00 p.m.? ___________
 
b)
During which one-hour period did most trucks pass through the checkpoint?
 
  (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)		 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
tally charts, table interpretation, distribution
Description of task: 
This task requires students to interpret and answer questions about a tally chart showing the number of trucks passing a given point.
Curriculum Links: 
 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to interpret a frequency table.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
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Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (06/1998)
a) i)
ii)
iii)		 8
23
17		 very easy
easy
easy
b)   B difficult

 

Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely reason
a)ii) 13
10		 Number between 5:00 and 5:30.
Number between 5:30 and 6:00.
a)iii) 6
13
7		 Number between 6:00 and 6:30.
Number between 6:00 and 7:00.
Number between 6:30 and 7:00.