Statistics resources

Students calculate the probability of randomly choosing certain scrabble letters, or combinations of letters.

Students match verbal statements about a class with graphic scales which represent their statements.

Students show probabilities by shading a spinner.

Students explain why one set of data is discrete and another is continuous.

Students are required to compare sales represented on line graphs of the total sales and the pattern of sales over time.

Students are required to explain the misleading aspects of two graphs found in newspaper articles.

Students carry out an investigation to determine the frequency and percentage of different numbers resulting from 100 dice throws. They construct a table to record the results.

Students predict the outcome of 100 coin tosses, then carry out a test of their prediction, recording their results.

Students are asked four short questions that require them to use a table that contains a count of the kind of books borrowed from a library for a month.

Students calculate how many possible combinations there are when given different numbers of menu items.

Students calculate the number of different combinations of ties and socks that could be worn.

Students construct a bar graph by categorising a range food items.

This task requires students to interpret and answer questions from a time-series line graph.

Students interpret information presented in a table, and calculate averages.

Students interpret a bar graph which shows the number of cats taken to a veterinarian in one week.

Students interpret a dot plot showing the number of books read by a class of students.

Students interpret data presented in a frequency table to calculate percentages and make comparisons.

Students interpret information presented in a bar graph to answer questions.

Students interpret information presented in a bar graph to answer questions and calculate averages.

This task requires students to answer questions about a tally chart of the number of planes taking off from an airport.

Students design a qualitative scale for measuring how hard their school work is, then use it to record their opinions throughout the day.

This practical task requires students to record data, which is read out to them, on a stem-and-leaf graph. The leaves are then ordered into a second graph and the graph interpreted.

In this practical task, students design a tally chart to record the number of different coloured ice-block sticks in an envelope. Students use the sticks as tally marks.

Students present data on birth dates in a stem-and-leaf graph. The data is then ordered into a second graph.

Students pose a question for an investigation about favourite sports. They then construct a table that could record the results.