15.

1 Bar charts, dot plots, waffle diagrams and pie charts

15.1 Bar charts, dot plots,

waffle diagrams and pie charts
We are going to …
• interpret and represent data in bar charts, dot plots, waffle diagrams
and pie charts
• plan and carry out investigations using data in categories and with
whole numbers
• predict the outcome of an investigation, look for patterns and
check predictions.

The data in this section are all whole numbers or

can be put into categories. We can represent this bar chart  data  dot plot
kind of data using bar charts, pictograms, waffle pie chart   waffle diagram
diagrams and pie charts.

Exercise 15.1
1 This dot plot shows how many marks children Dot plot showing how many
scored in a test. marks children scored in a test

a How many children scored 7 marks? 10

Frequency

8
b How many children scored more than 6
5 marks? 4
2
c How many children took the test? 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
d What is the highest score that children Number of marks
scored on the test?

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2 Ken and Ben record how many goals they Ken’s goals Ben’s goals
score for the school hockey team in each 16 16
match they play. 14 14
These dot plots show the results. 12 12

Frequency

Frequency
10 10
a In how many games did Ken score 2 goals? 8 8
b In how many games did Ben score 2 goals? 6 6
4 4
c How many matches did each player play? 2 2
0 0
d Describe the pattern in the number of 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
goals scored in each graph. Number of Number of
goals scored goals scored
e Give a possible explanation for the
differences in the numbers of goals Ken
and Ben scored.
3 This bar chart shows the number
of roses in bloom on the rose 14
bushes in a park.
12
a Which group shows the most
common numbers of roses 10
on the bushes?
Frequency

8
b Which group has the least
common number of roses? 6
c How many bushes had the
4
range 7 to 9 roses?
d How many bushes had the 2
range 13 to 15 roses?
0
e How many more plants 1‒3 4‒6 7‒9 10‒12 13‒15
were in the range 4 to 6 than Number of roses
1 to 3?
f How many more bushes were in the range 13 to 15 than 10 to 12?
g How many bushes were looked at in total?

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4 A farmer carried out a survey to find out how many peas grew in
the pea pods.
These are the peas found in the pods that were surveyed:
4, 8, 12, 5, 9, 7, 15, 11, 13, 8, 5, 18, 14, 12, 7, 3, 8, 9, 17,
13, 6, 14, 10, 8, 5, 4, 13, 10, 11, 20, 15, 14, 12, 15, 12, 9,
7, 18, 15, 16, 4, 9, 7, 12, 15, 13, 7, 4, 7, 9, 13, 10, 11, 13,
6, 9, 10, 13, 7, 8, 13, 12, 10, 14, 8, 5, 7, 4, 11, 14, 12, 10.
a What was the highest number of peas found in one pod?
b Choose a sensible group size and draw a tally chart to record
the number of pods in each group.
c Draw a bar chart to represent the information.
d Describe what the farmer would have found out from this data.
5 A group of 20 children each chose their favourite sport.
Their choices are represented in this 100 square waffle diagram.

Key

football

basketball

table tennis

volleyball

cricket

a What was the most popular sport?

b What was the least popular sport?
c What percentage of the children
chose table tennis?
d How many children chose table tennis?
e What percentage of the children did not choose football?
f How many children did not choose football?

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6 A different group of 20 children chose these sports.

a Copy and complete the table.

Sport Frequency Percentage

Football 5

Basketball 9

Table tennis 3

Volleyball 5%

Cricket 2

b Draw a 100 square waffle diagram to show the proportion

of each sport chosen by this group of children.
Don’t forget to include a key.
c If you were organising a sporting event for both groups to
take part in together, which sport would you choose?
Explain your choice using the data from questions 4 and 5.
d Read your partner’s choice and explanation for part c).
Assess whether they use the data accurately to make a
convincing argument.

Worked example 1

Represent the data in the table in a pie chart.

Favourite animal Frequency

Elephant 1

Tiger 2

Giraffe 2

1+2+2=5 Find the total frequency.

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Continued

Draw a circle and divide it into 5 equal

sections. This is an empty pie chart.

Key Choose three colours, one for each animal.

Elephant Draw a key.

Tiger

Giraffe
Colour the sections of the pie chart
according to the key and the table.

The lines within coloured sections do not

need to be visible.

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