Truck stop

Truck stop

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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 weigh station one Friday.

Question 1Change answer

a)  How many trucks passed through the checkpoint
i)  between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.?  
ii)  between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.?  
iii)  after 6:00 p.m.?  

Question

b)  During which one-hour period did most trucks pass through the checkpoint?
    • 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 or online (WITH automarking).
Level:
3
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.
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This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with 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 (4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) 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.