Zoo animals

Zoo animals

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
Further Resources
This task is about reading information from a bar graph.

This bar graph shows the numbers of animals at the Zoo.

a) Which animal are there the most of? _______________
 
b) Which animal are there 6 of? _______________
 
c)
Which two animals are there the same number of?
 
_______________ and _______________
 
d) Altogether, how many tigers and lions are there? _______________
 
e) How many more birds than snakes are there? _______________
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
bar graphs, graph interpretation
Description of task: 
Students answer questions about a bar graph which shows the number of different types of animals at the zoo.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' understanding of  interpreting a bar graph.
 
Key competencies
This resource involves interpreting a graph. This relates to the Key Competency: Using language, symbols and text.
For more information see http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Key-competencies
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 (08/1999)
a) birds very easy
b) lions very easy
c)
  • bears
  • zebras
 very easy
d) 8 very easy
e) 3 easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error Likely reason
e) 4 Incorrect subtraction or reads the number of snakes as 6.