Statistical investigations resources

This task requires students to read and interpret a pictograph which shows the number of planes landing each day at an airport. This pictograph has a key.

Students interpret a tally chart showing the number of times the phone rang each day for one week.

Students complete a bar graph from information in a tally chart about the ages of students and interpret the data by answering questions.

This task requires students to answer questions about a bar graph showing hours of sunshine over a week.

Students complete a line graph to show the daily height of a lettuce plant, giving their graph a title and labelling both axes.

Students construct and label a strip graph from a table of data about favourite lunchtime foods.

Students study a dot plot of the months students' were born and answer questions interpreting the data.

Students complete a dot plot of animals seen at the zoo using data provided.

Students complete qualitative scales to describe feelings about homework, lunch, and assembly behaviour.

Each student designs a question and an associated scale to record other students' attitudes to mathematics.