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Statistics means the collection, organisation and understanding
of different types of data.
StatisticsData is information about
something. This information can be in numbers, words or pictures.
We can show data in many different ways.Here are some examples.
Pie Charts
Line Graphs
Shopping List5 apples,4 bananas,1 loaf of bread,1 tube of toothpaste,2 bottles of water.
Lists
Teams PointsDugby 6
Samville 9
Emlin 8
Ozzly 5
Favourite Fruit
Apples Bananas
Grapes Oranges01020304050
Jan
Feb
Mar Ap
r
May Jun
Rainfall in Deal
Ways of Showing DataTables
Months of the Year
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Lions Elephants Monkeys
Favourite AnimalsPictograms
Num
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Animals
Bar Charts
020406080
Mon
Tues
Wed
s
Thur
s Fri
Sat
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Toy Shop Sales
Days of the Week
Num
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f sal
es
Pictograms are a type of graph.
They use pictures to show data. Some pictograms have a key.
This tells you if the pictures stand for more than one item.
Pictograms
Lions Elephants Monkeys
Favourite Animals
Num
ber o
f vot
es
Animals
A group of children were asked to vote for their favourite animal.
This pictogram shows the results.
How many children voted for ‘elephants’?
Sandwiches CakesPizza
Café Food Sales
Num
ber o
f mea
ls
Types of Food
This pictogram shows the meals sold in a cafe.
How many pizzas were sold?
Burgers
= 10 meals
Key
A pie chart shows data by dividing a
circle into sections.Looking at the sizes of the sections lets
us compare different amounts.
Pie Charts
You may needto use your
knowledge of angles,
fractions and percentages
when you answer
questions about pie
charts.
Favourite Fruit
Apples BananasGrapes Oranges
Twenty-four people were asked to vote for their favourite fruit.
We can see that half of the people voted for apples and
one quarter of the peoplevoted for bananas.
J.K. RowlingJohn GreenNeil Gaiman
David WalliamsMichael Rosen
Favourite AuthorsTwenty people voted for their favourite author.
What percentage of peoplevoted for David Walliams?
We can see that six people voted for him.
620
310 = 30%=
30% of the people voted for David Walliams.
Venn diagrams
are used to sort groups (or sets) of
things.
Venn DiagramsMultiple of 2 Multiple of 5
Numbers here are multiplesof 2 (but NOT
multiples of 5).
Numbers hereare multiplesof 2 AND 5.
Numbers outside the circles are NOT multiples of 2 or 5.
Numbers hereare multiples of 5
(but NOT multiples of 2)
4
12
24 8
14
10
40
20
155
2545
317
11
9
Remember to look carefully at the titles in each set.
The box below shows the number of animals at a zoo.
Use this data to make a pictogram. Remember to add
some labels to the axes.
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Lion Elephant Zebra Monkey
Animal Survey
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Lifespans The information below shows the average lifespan of different animals.
Animal Average Lifespan (years)
Deer 7Giant Tortoise 150Shrew 2Lemur 14Red Panda 20Horse 30Rabbit 12Killer Whale 90Dog 13Chimpanzee 50
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Podcast Downloads The table below shows the numbers of downloads of different podcasts last year.
Month Number of downloads
News Today
Comedy Hour Tech Time Gamer
ZoneSports
Jam
January 726,331 76,453 10,738 173,623 57,493
February 849,374 54,738 14,894 171,627 58,038
March 759,473 75,869 15,948 175,839 59,382
April 960,684 83,958 17,493 193,748 61,837
May 869,058 84,638 18,593 193,839 62,947
June 739,258 89,305 21,858 203,849 60,473
July 849,739 53,748 20,584 194,829 58,392
August 869,063 83,756 22,957 192,038 52,859
September 759,375 90,583 25,993 274,484 59,295
October 683,058 75,374 28,493 222,937 60,483
November 960,853 75,839 29,843 245,983 75,003
December 1,086,947 93,859 31,584 233,948 71,973
1. How many people voted for Captain Cool? ________________________________
2. How many people voted for Mysterio? ____________________________________
3. Who was the most popular character in the survey? ________________________
4. Who was the least popular character? ____________________________________
5. How many more people voted for Laser Guy than The Swift? ________________
6. How many people voted for a female superhero? __________________________
7. How many people voted for a male superhero? __________________________
8. How many people voted in the survey altogether? ________________________
The readers of ‘Superhero’ magazine were asked to vote for their favourite characters. This chart shows the results.
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2
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Laser Guy The Swift Ice Girl Mysterio Captain Cool
Superheroes!
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Superheroes
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Glozzom Trealop
4160
3.59
507
9.510
Callie works in an alien travel agency. Use the
conversion graph to help her convert the alien
currencies below.
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Martian Money
Average A number that represents
a set of numbers.
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Axes The horizontal and vertical lines
along the edges of a chart or graph.
Bar-Line Graph A bar chart that uses lines
instead of rectangles.
Bar Chart A chart which uses rectangles
to represent numbers.
Block Graph A graph that uses squares (or 'blocks') to
show the number of items.
5, 7, 10, 3, 5
The averageof this set of numbers is 6.
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101214161820
Car Motorbike Van
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Winley Chelville Hamlin Norton
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Rabbit Foxes Sheep Cows
Dave Bob Stuart John
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Names
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