Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 6.

2 | Categorical and numerical data

Name: Date:

1 Complete the statements.

data is usually described using words.

data is usually described using numbers.

2 For each question:

• write four possible answers
• decide whether the question collects categorical or numerical data.

a What is your favourite animal? b How many siblings do you have?

Possible answers: Possible answers:

• •

• •

• •

• •

This question collects This question collects

data. data.

c How long does it take you to travel d What type of pet do you have?
to school in minutes?
Possible answers: Possible answers:

• •

• •

• •

• •

This question collects This question collects

data. data.

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 6.2 | Categorical and numerical data

Name: Date:

1 Describe the difference between categorical and numerical data in your own words.

2 Which of the questions would collect categorical data (C) and which would
collect numerical data (N)?

a What is your favourite breed of dog?

b How many dogs do you have?

c What is the mass of your dog in kilograms?

d What colour is your dog?

e How old is your dog?

3 Five people were asked the same two questions. Read the responses and write
possible questions to match the data.
Data for question 1: Data for question 2:
March, May, June, August, November 30 kg, 38 kg, 42 kg, 46 kg, 54 kg
Possible question: Possible question:

4 Write three survey questions that collect categorical data and three survey questions
that collect numerical data.

Categorical data Numerical data

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 8.2 | Dot plots

Name: Date:

Carter has six number cards: two 1s, two 2s and two 3s.
He lists all the possible pairs of number cards, then adds
the numbers in each pair to find totals.
1 1 2 2 33
1 Add the numbers in each pair to find totals.

1 1 1 2 1 3
2 1 2 2 2 3
3 1 3 2 3 3
a What is the smallest total? b What is the greatest total?

2 Graph the data on the dot plot using these steps:

• use the smallest and greatest total to pick a suitable scale for the dot plot
• plot the data, where each dot represents the total of one pair.

Total of pair

3 Use the completed dot plot to answer the questions.

a Which total was the most common?

b Which totals were the least common?

c How many totals were 5 or greater?

d How many totals were 4 or greater?

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 8.2 | Dot plots

Name: Date:

Here is some data collected from Class 5C about the number of people in
each student’s family. Each represents one family.

1 Add these values to the dot plot:

a Jody: 4 family members
b Dan: 5 family members
c Ethan: 3 family members
d Katy: 7 family members
e Eva: 5 family members
f Sophie: 4 family members
g Howie: 4 family members
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
h Cate: 8 family members or more
Family size

2 Use the completed dot plot from question 1 to answer the questions.

a What family size was most frequent?

b What family size was least frequent?

c How many students belong to families of 5?

d How many students belong to families with more than 6 members?

e How many students belong to families with less than 5 members?

3 Survey your classmates about the number of mobile phones in their family.
Record your results in a data table, then plot the data on a dot plot.

Number of
mobile phones Tally
in the family
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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 8.3 | Column graphs

Name: Date:

1 Complete the table by reading the heights on the column graph.

Student Height (cm)

Heights of students
180
1
160
2 140
120
3
Height (cm)
100
4 80
60
5
40
6 20
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Student

2 Display the information from the table as a column graph.

Student Height (cm)
Heights of students
180
1 120
160
2 140 140
120
3 140
Height (cm)

100
4 130 80
60
5 150
40
6 160 20
0
1 2 3 4 5 6
Student

3 Use the data and graph in question 2 to answer the questions.

a Which height was the most common?

b Which student is the tallest?

c Which student is the shortest?

d Which student is the second tallest?

e Which student is closest in height to student 1?

f One student is 40 cm taller than another. Who are the two students?

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 8.3 | Column graphs

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1 Use the information on the graph to work out the heights of all eight seedlings.

Seedling number Height (cm)

Height of seedlings
1

2 14
3

4 Height (cm)

5
8
6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Seedling number

2 Display the information from the table as a column graph.

Longest river by State/Territory
Longest river by State/Territory
Length
Name State/Territory
(km)
Murray River New South Wales 1808
Flinders River Queensland 1004
Gascoyne River Western Australia 834
River Murray South Australia 700
Goulburn River Victoria 654
Victoria River Northern Territory 510
Length (km)

South Esk River Tasmania 245

Murrumbidgee Australian Capital
59
River Territory

NSW Qld WA SA Vic NT Tas ACT

State/Territory

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 6.1 | Line graphs

Name: Date:

1 Graph the temperature at Misty Lake over 24 hours.

a Write a title for the graph.

b Work out a suitable scale on the vertical axis.
c Label both axes on the graph.
d Display the temperatures as a line graph. The first one is done for you.

Temperature
Time
(°C)
6 am 10
20
9 am 13
12 pm 17
3 pm 15
6 pm 12
9 pm 8
12 am 6
3 am 5 0 6 am 9 am 12 pm 3 pm 6 pm 9 pm 12 am 3 am 6 am
6 am 8

2 Use the line graph in question 1 to answer the questions. Reminder

Include a unit of measure with
a At what time of the day was the temperature 12°C? your answers as needed.

b What was the temperature at 9 am?

c At what time of the day was the highest temperature at Misty Lake?

d What time of the day was the coldest?

e In which 3-hour interval was the greatest rise in temperature recorded?

to

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Differentiation task Maths Trek 5 | Unit 6.1 | Line graphs

Name: Date:

1 Graph the average weight of boys and girls from birth to 36 months.

a Write a title for the graph.

b Label both axes on the graph.
c Display the weights as a line graph, using different colours for boys and girls.

Average weight of children from birth to 36 months

Age (months)
0 6 12 18 24 30 36
Girls 3.5 kg 7 kg 9.5 kg 11 kg 12 kg 13 kg 14 kg
Boys 3.5 kg 7.5 kg 10 kg 11.5 kg 12.5 kg 13.5 kg 14.5 kg

16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Key
0 6 12 18 24 30 36
Boys:

Girls:

2 At what age did the average weight of boys reach 10 kg?

3 What was the average weight of girls at 18 months?

4 Which 6-month interval showed the greatest weight gain:

a for girls? to

b for boys? to

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Collecting and analysing data – mean

When we say we’re finding the ‘average’, we’re finding the mean. To do so, we add all the scores
then divide by the number of scores:

For example, the mean of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 = 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 4

5
So if the numbers above represented eggs found by 5 children in an Easter egg hunt, it’d be fairest
if each child received 4. Of course, in egg hunts, it’s usually every person for themselves!

1 Find the mean in each set of data by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores:

a 13, 4, 7, 11, 5 b 9, 13, 5 c 3, 5, 9, 2, 6

13 + 4 + 7 + 11 + 5
=
5
= 40 ÷ 5

= _______________

2 Look at the following diving scores:

Marita 7.2 Ben 9.4 Ari 4.6 Mia 7.6

a Calculate the mean.

b Who was closest to the mean?

3 The table below shows the number of goals scored over a 5 week period by 3 football teams:

6/3 13/3 20/3 27/3 3/4 Total Mean

Fantastic Footballers 2 0 2 8 16

Serious Socceroos 3 2 4 1 3

Dangerous Dribblers 0 0 0 0 15 3

a Complete the table by filling in the missing information.

b Which team has scored the most goals?

c Which team has the highest mean?

d You’re thinking of joining either the Serious Socerooos or the Dangerous Dribblers. They both have
a mean of 3 goals per game. Which team do you think would be more competitive and why?

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4 Emma has just moved into a new neighbourhood and wants to start babysitting. She asks the girls at
school what they charge and records this information in a graph:

Price Charged Per Hour of Babysitting a If Emma wants to undercut all the others, what
$ would you recommend she charge per hour?
5

4
b If Emma wants to position herself as an exclusive
(expensive) babysitter, what would you recommend
3
Price

she charge per hour?

1 c Emma decides to charge the mean price per hour.

What does she charge?
0
Jamila

Ruby

Leng

Claire

Imogen

Girls
d Ruby decides to add a booking fee of 50¢ per hour. She reckons if online booking agencies can get away
with it, so can she. How does this change the mean price charged by the group?

5 Here is a graph showing the temperature in London:

Temperature in London Over One Week in March

a Calculate the mean temperature
20 for the week:
18

16
Degrees in Celsius

14
b If you were travelling to London
12
for the week, what clothes would
10 you pack?
8

0
22 March

23 March

24 March

25 March

26 March

27 March

28 March

Dates

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 Whodunnit? solve

Getting Many crimes are solved by grunt work. Detectives

ready
spend countless hours sifting through data. It can
be one tiny fact that breaks a case open.

What Read this next part very carefully. A bank was robbed during the month of May.
to do
Since it was the bank with all your savings, you have a vested interest in tracking
down the offender.
An informant has told you that the crime was committed on the thief’s birthday.
They treated themselves to a shopping spree with your money! Apparently they
crept in during a busy weekday and quietly cracked a safe.
The next three pages contain data about criminals in your area. Use the information
to identify the thief and get your money back. You’ll need to flick between graphs
and clues to crack the case.

CLUE 1
MAY
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

CLUE 2
Birthdays of Local Criminals

EG
FF SK HC MH
NK EW PJ BJ LM CW
DC MC BT FC BB EK DK LL RB SM
J F M A M J J A S O N D
More clues on page 25.

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CLUE 3 CLUE 4

Birthdates by Gender Gender Breakdown of Local Criminals

Males Females
04.01.75 11.02.85 Female

23.02.86 14.02.78
17.02.66 03.03.80
02.04.73 13.05.84
Male
04.04.75 07.07.77
24.04.67 17.10.78
10.05.81 31.10.87
CLUE 5
23.05.82
Known Crims
18.07.81
09.08.67 Sam McNab Earl Wyatt
18.08.63 Master Criminal Frannie Fingers
26.09.66 Bobette Trimbole Emma Getaway
Ned Kelly Shifty Keys
13.10.72
Dan Kelly Betty Balaclava
24.12.65
Ellen Kelly Ron Biggs
Pretty-boy Jones Buster Jones
Harry Cracker Luke Moran
Mata Hari Dan Cuffme
Light-fingered Larry Carla Williams
You should know who
the criminal is by now! Fred Capone
Use the following data to
find out more about them.
CLUE 6
Distinguishing Features

Ta!oos SM EG BT Glasses
EK
LL
DC FF
EW
DK
BB MC SK MH
FC
NK BJ RB
PJ
HC CW
LM

Facial Hair More clues on page 26.

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CLUE 7
Hair Colour
SM DC BB EK EW FF MH DK FC CW BJ PJ HC

BT LL RB MC NK LM SK EG

black blonde brown red

CLUE 8
Height of Known Criminals

CW PJ
BJ EG NK LM
FF FC RB MC HC
EK MH DC EW DK
SM BB BT SK LL
150 - 159 cm 160 - 169 cm 170 - 179 cm 180 - 189 cm 190 - 199 cm
Height

Whodunnit? Give a name and a detailed description to the police superintendent:

What to Create a WANTED poster for the guilty party.

do next

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