A number of students were asked about their favourite holiday activities. Working with a classmate, decide if each of the statements1–6 is clearly shown on the bar chart, pie chart, both or neither. Favourite school holiday activities
Favourite school holiday activities
25 30 35 40 45
20 5
10 15
Holiday with family Playing computer games Going to holiday camps Playing with friends
1. 40% said their favourite activity was going on holiday with family. 2. Going to holiday camps was a more popular choice than playing computer games. 3. A quarter of the students said their favourite activity was playing with friends. 4. The most popular activity was going on holiday with family.
5. Twice as many people picked going on holiday with their family than picked going to holiday camps.
6. Which chart do you think is easiest to interpret the data? Justify your answer. Practice questions 1.2
1. The table shows various types of fish caught in a lake on a certain day.
Type of fi sh Number in the lake Trout Pike
10 5
Bream Carp
Salmon
30 18 9
(i) How many fi sh were caught in total?
(ii) Represent each type of fi sh as a fraction of the total number of fi sh caught.
(iii) Calculate the angle needed to represent each type of fi sh in a pie chart.
(iv) Draw a pie chart to represent the various types of fi sh in the lake.
(v)
If a fi sh is caught at random from the lake, what is the probability that it will be a carp?
10 Linking Thinking 2
2. Draw a pie chart to represent the data in each of the following tables.
(i) Car colour Red Blue White Black Silver Frequency 120 6 14 160 60
(ii) Favourite subject
No. of students
(iii) Favourite music
No. of people
Maths Science Art French PE 8 10 5 3 4 Rock Country R&B Jazz Dance 4 10 7 6 3