TV favourites

TV favourites

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
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Marking Student Responses
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This task is about creating a pie chart.

TV

Emma asked 18 students their favourite type of TV programme. Here are her results.

 

Type of programme

Frequency

Cartoon

3

Comedy

9

Drama

5

News

1

TOTAL

18

 

Draw Emma's results on a pie chart. The circle has been drawn for you and its centre is marked by the dot. You will need to use a protractor.

  

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
pie graphs, graph construction
Description of task: 
Students use a protractor to construct a pie chart to record the frequency of favourite TV programmes from the data provided in a table.
Curriculum Links: 
 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to complete a pie graph.
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 (03/2001)
Comedy has an angle of 180° (accept 175° to 185°)
News has an angle of 20° (accept 15° to 25°)
Cartoon has an angle of 60° (accept 55° to 65°)
Drama has an angle of 100° (accept 95° to 105°)

[Accept the segments in any order.]
[NOTE: mark using either a protractor or the template provided. Photocopy the answer template onto an OHP acetate.]

 very easy
easy
easy
easy
Sectors labelled or a key given very easy

Answer Template

Answer Template