Data tables, bar/pie/time-series charts and frequency polygons
8 exam-style questions, grades 2 to 6. Worked solutions and the marks are on the last page.
- Question 1
(a) A club asks 60 members to choose one activity. Fifteen choose climbing. The club plans to display the results in a pie chart. Work out the angle of the sector for climbing.
- Question 2
(a) A gardener measures the water level in a tank at noon on each of ten consecutive days. Which diagram is most suitable for showing how the water level changes over these days?
- Question 3
60 people chose their favourite fruit: apples 15, bananas 20, cherries 10, grapes 15. The results are to be shown in a pie chart.
(a) Work out the angle of the sector for bananas.
(b) Work out the angle of the sector for apples.
- Question 4
A pie chart shows how some students travel to school. The sector for bus has an angle of and represents 18 students. The sector for car has an angle of .
(a) Work out how many students travel by car.
(b) Work out the total number of students in the survey.
- Question 5
A shop’s sales over four successive weeks are 36, 45, 33 and 54.
(a) Find the percentage increase from week 1 to week 4.
(b) Explain why a time-series line graph is more suitable than a pie chart for showing the trend.
- Question 6
Journey times are grouped as 0 to 10, 10 to 20 and 20 to 40 minutes, with frequencies 6, 9 and 5. A frequency polygon is to use class midpoints.
(a) Write the coordinates of the middle plotted point.
(b) Find the total number of journeys.
- Question 7
A two-way table shows how 80 students travel to school. Boys: walk 14, bus 18, car 8. Girls: walk 20, bus 12, car 8.
(a) Work out the percentage of all the students who travel by bus.
(b) A pie chart is drawn for the girls only. Work out the angle of the sector for walking.
(c) Ali says a greater proportion of girls than boys walk to school. Is Ali correct? Show how you decide.
- Question 8
Two pie charts show the favourite sports of two classes. Class has 30 students; its football sector is . Class has 45 students; its football sector is . Jo says, "More students chose football in class , because its sector is bigger."
(a) Is Jo correct? You must show how you get your answer.
Worked solutions and marks
Question 1
(a) °
- A full pie chart represents
- Climbing accounts for 15/60 = 1/4 of the members.
- The sector angle is 360 4 =
- P1 Establishing or an equivalent valid method.
- A1 Correct answer: °
Question 2
(a) A line graph with day on the horizontal axis
- The measurements form a time series.
- A line graph with day on the horizontal axis shows how the level changes over time.
- B1 Correct answer: A line graph with day on the horizontal axis
Question 3
(a)
- Each person is .
- M1 or .
- A1 Correct answer: .
(b)
- . Check all four: .
- B1 Correct answer: .
Question 4
(a) 25
- is 18 students, so each student is .
- P1 Degrees per student, 4 (or students per degree, 0.25).
- P1 Using it on the sector.
- A1 Correct answer: 25.
(b) 90
- .
- B1 Correct answer: 90.
Question 5
(a) %
- Compare the change with the first week’s sales.
- Therefore %.
- M1 Compare the change with the first week’s sales.
- A1 Correct answer: %
(b) A time-series line graph keeps weeks in order and shows the rise and fall over time. A pie chart shows shares of a whole.
- A time-series line graph keeps weeks in order and shows the rise and fall over time. A pie chart shows shares of a whole.
- C1 Correct conclusion with supporting reasoning: A time-series line graph keeps weeks in order and shows the rise and fall over time. A pie chart shows shares of a whole.
Question 6
(a)
- Use the midpoint of the second class for the horizontal coordinate.
- Therefore .
- M1 Use the midpoint of the second class for the horizontal coordinate.
- A1 Correct answer:
(b)
- Add all class frequencies.
- Therefore .
- M1 Add all class frequencies.
- A1 Correct answer:
Question 7
(a) %
- Add both bus entries and divide by the total.
- Therefore %.
- M1 Add both bus entries and divide by the total.
- A1 Correct answer: %
(b) °
- Divide by the 40 girls and multiply by 360°.
- Therefore °.
- M1 Divide by the 40 girls and multiply by 360°.
- A1 Correct answer: °
(c) Yes: 20 of 40 girls (50%) walk, compared with 14 of 40 boys (35%).
- Find the proportion of boys who walk.
- Yes: 20 of 40 girls (50%) walk, compared with 14 of 40 boys (35%).
- P1 Find the proportion of boys who walk.
- C1 Correct conclusion with supporting reasoning: Yes: 20 of 40 girls (50%) walk, compared with 14 of 40 boys (35%).
Question 8
(a) No: 10 students in class and 12 in class .
- Class .
- Class .
- 12 is more than 10, so Jo is wrong: a pie chart shows proportions, not numbers.
- P1 Football in class : 10.
- P1 Football in class : 12.
- C1 "No", with both numbers, 10 and 12, compared.