6. Representing and Interpreting Data 1 Talk About
Data can be collected, organised and represented in a variety of ways. You are already familiar with pictograms, bar charts and multiple bar charts.
1. Carry out an investigation into the pets your classmates have. What questions will you ask? How will you record your information? Display your results on a pictogram.
Dog Cat
Fish Bird
2. Choose 5 school subjects and interview your class to see which subject is their favourite. Use a tally sheet to record your results and then present your results on a bar chart.
3. Examine this multiple bar chart representing the number of boys and girls in each class from 1st to 6th. Answer the questions that follow.
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class 4th Class 5th Class 6th Class Strand: Data 48
Curriculum Objectives: Collect, organise and represent data using trend graphs; read and interpret trend graphs.