Data

Handling
GRADE 4 - MATHEMATICS
Learning
Objectiveslate
• Interpret Information From a
Bar Chart
• Create a Bar Chart
 Vocabulary

• Bar Chart
• Line Chart
• Tally
• Frequency
• Frequency Table
Types of Charts

Bar Chart Pie Chart Line Graph

Histogram

Pictogram
Tally Chart Frequency Table
 Other Types of Charts – Dot
Plot
1. Which were the most common
A S S
number
R CLof goals scored?
O U many times did the team
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2. How
LOT score 3 goals?
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1. How many minutes did most
people take to eat breakfast?
2. How many people took 3 minutes
to eat breakfast?
Other Types of Graph –
Waffle Chart
A S S
CL
O UR
FO R
LOT
OT P
A D
AT E
CRE

Maths Scores in Unit 8 Test (Grade 4)

Other Types of Charts – Frequency
Diagram
Types of Charts

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 Features of Bar Graph

• Chart Title
• Y-axis Title
• X-axis Title
• Scale (Evenly distributed)
• Units
• Even Column Width
Review
Reading Scales
Reading Scales
Christmas Carols
14
Students from 4B1 were asked for
12

10
their favourite Christmas songs.
8 Their results are shown in the bar
chart on the left.
Number of Students

4 1) How many said “All I Want For

2
Christmas Is You?”
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ish in total?
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 4B2 were surveyed about how
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they get to school. Their results
are shown in the bar chart on the
8
left.
Number of Students

6 a)How many come to school in a

car?
4
b)How many more students
come to school by bus than
cycle?
2
c)How many students take the
bus or walk?
0
Train Walk Car Bus Bike
d)How many students were
surveyed in total?
 Tutor Group A Tutor Group B
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14
14
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Number of Students
Number of Students

12
10
10
8 8
6 6

4 4

2
2
0
0 1 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60
1 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60

Two Year 7 tutor groups were challenged to do as many sit ups as they could in 1 minute. Their
results are shown in the bar charts above.

a) How many more students in tutor group B did 31-40 sit ups?
b) How many students in each tutor group managed to do more than 30 sit ups in a minute?
c) Could the range of the results be the same for each tutor group? Explain how you know.
d) Which tutor group is the fitter? Justify your answer.
 Sports Played by Primary School Students
Your
Turn
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Turn
Holiday Accommodation Chosen by British
Your
Turn
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Turn
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Learner’s
Book
Steps to Creating a
Bar Chart

• Creating a Survey
• Collecting Data
• Creating a Bar Chart
Vocabulary
• Bar Chart
• Line Chart
• Pictogram
• Histogram
• Tally
• Frequency
• Axis
Types of Charts

Bar Chart Pie Chart Line Graph

Histogram
Histogram

Pictogram
Tally Chart Frequency Table
 CHECKLIST

Chart Title
X-axis label
U se X- axis numbers
r ul a Y-axis Label
er Y-axis Numbers
Even interval space
Even Columns

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Bar Graph or Line Graph?

Bar Chart
 Comparing many different items
 Data is separated

Line Graph
 Tracks changes over time
 Data is continuous
Create a chart

Which type of
graph are you
going to use?
Why?
 Create a chart
Time (Mins) Temperature (oC)
Temperature of a Cup of Coffee 0 100
10 82
20 73
Which type of 30 63

graph are you 40

50
55
48
going to use? 60 32

Why?
Survey Questions
Which flavor ice cream do you prefer?
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Mango
Coconut
Cookies and Cream
Other
Survey Questions – Tally
Chart
Flavour Responses
Vanilla
Chocolate
Strawberry
Mango
Coconut
Cookies and Cream
Other
Creating the Scale
Number of Cars Seen from Window
 The scale needs to be even 14

 The scale must be uniform 12

 Always use a ruler 10

Number of Cars
8

Colour Car Number 4

Blue 6 2

Green 12 0
Red 8 Blue Green
Car Colour
Red Orange

Orange 3
Creating the Scale
 The scale needs to be even Student High Scores

 The scale must be uniform

100

90

 Always use a ruler 80

70

60

Score
50

Student High Score 40

Bill 28
30

20

Jenny 62 10

Elsa 88 0
Suri Jenny Elsa Edward

Edward 76 Student Name

 Survey Questions – Bar Chart

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Create a Survey and Bar
Chart

1. Create a survey
sheet and tally
chart to find out
each students
birthday month
2. Conduct the survey
3. Create a Bar Chart
with all of the
features
Learning Objectives
Template

• Interpret Information From a

Bar Chart
• Create a Bar Chart
Types of Charts

Bar Chart Pie Chart Line Graph

Histogram

Pictogram
Tally Chart Frequency Table
Vocabulary – Line Graph
• Continuous
• Estimate
• X-axis
• Y-axis
• Labels
• Title
• Interval
• Axis
Review