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

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Feb

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Rainfall in Deal

Ways of Showing DataTables

Months of the Year

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Bar Charts

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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

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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

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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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1

2

3

4

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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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Callie works in an alien travel agency. Use the

conversion graph to help her convert the alien

currencies below.

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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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Car Motorbike Van

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Rabbit Foxes Sheep Cows

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Shape Tallies

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