GCSE Exam Questions on Pie Charts (Grade D)

1. In a survey, some students were asked what their favourite leisure activity was.
Their answers were used to draw this pie chart.

Music
Sport
140º

100º
30º
Television
Reading

(a) Write down the fraction of the students who answered “Television”.
Write your answer in its simplest form.

……………………………
(2)

18 students answered “Music”.

(b) Work out the number of students who took part in the survey.

……………………………
(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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2. Sandra carries out a survey of 90 Year 11 students.
She asks them their favourite snack.

She draws this accurate pie chart.

Favourite snack in
Year 11

Diagram accurately
drawn

Kebab
Burger

Hot dog

Chips

Use the pie chart to complete the table.

Favourite snack
in Year 11 Frequency Angle
Burger 20
Chips 45 180°
Hot dog
Kebab
Total 90
(Total 4 marks)

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3. Sam recorded the colours of cars parked at his school yesterday.
The table shows his results.

Colour Frequency
Blue 20
Red 22
Green 6
White 12

Complete an accurate pie chart to show this information.

Use the circle given below.

(Total 4 marks)

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4. Bhavana asked some people which region their favourite football team came from.
The table shows her results.

Region Frequency
Midlands 22
London 36
Southern England 8
Northern England 24

(a) Complete the accurate pie chart to show these results.

Use the circle given below.

Midlands

(3)

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 Four teams, City, Rovers, Town and United play a competition to win a cup. Only one team can
win the cup.

The table below shows the probabilities of City or Rovers or Town winning the cup.

City Rovers Town United

0.38 0.27 0.15 x

(b) Work out the value of x

.........................
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

5. The table gives information about the lunch arrangements of 900 students.

Choice Frequency Angle

Full meal 200
Hot snack 290
Cold snack 260
Packed lunch 150
Total 900

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.

(Total 4 marks)

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6. The table gives information about the medals won by Austria in the 2002 Winter Olympic
Games.

Medal Frequency
Gold 3
Silver 4
Bronze 11

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information

(Total 4 marks)

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A,SWERS

5
1. (a) 2
18

100
360
100
M1 for oe fraction
360
A1

(b) 72 2

1
= 18pupils
4
Total = 18 × 4
M1 for ¼ oe = 18 pupils OR 18 × 4
A1
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2. 4
80
10 40
15 60

Each student 4º
B1 for 80 (± 2°)
B1 for measuring 40º and 60º (± 2°)
B1ft for 10
B1 ft for 15
(SC B1for 360 – 90 or 180 – 45 or 4 seen, if B0 awarded)
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3. Correct pie chart drawn and labelled 4

∑ f = 60 so 1 car = 360° ÷60 = 6°

Angles Blue…120°; Red…132°; Green…36°; White ...72°
B1 for 360° ÷ 60 oe seen (or if 1 correct sector angle)
If 4 sectors
B2 if 4 sectors correct within guidelines
(B1 if 2 sectors correct within guidelines)
B1(dep on B2 gained from previous 3 marks) if labelled
correctly
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4. (a) Angles drawn, labelled 3

∑f = 90

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 (88), 144, 32, 96
M1 for 1 person = 4°or one angle correct in table or pie chart
A1 any 2 angles correctly drawn in pie chart
A1 fully correct chart labelled

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 (b) 0.20 2

0.38 + 0.27 + 0.15

M1 1 − sum
A1 cao
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5. 80°
116°
104°
60° 4

200 ÷ 900 × 360 =

M1 for evidence of correct method (e.g. one angle correct)
B2 all angles correctly drawn ±2°
(B1 for 2 angles correctly drawn or all angles correctly
calculated)
B1 for labels (not just angles) dep on at least one sector of 4
correct.
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6. Angles drawn, labelled 4

360° ÷ 18 (= 20)
Sector angles: G = 60; S = 80; B = 220;
Correct sectors labelled correctly
Use angle measurer
B4 for fully correct and labelled pie chart
(B3 for all angles correct or for a labelled pie chart with 2
correct angles)
(B2 for labelled pie chart with 1 correct angle drawn)
(B1 for 360° ÷ 18 or 20 seen or implied)
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