DATA HANDLING (CHARTS & GRAPHS) LEVEL 5 Q1. This chart shows the number of books some children read last month. How many children altogether read more than 9 books? 7 children read 4 books. 1 child read 5 books. Lin says, That means 2 children read 6 books. Explain how she can work this out from the chart. Page 1
Q2. Kirsty measured the length of her shadow every hour on one sunny day. She plotted her results on this graph. Look at the graph. Estimate the length of Kirsty s shadow at 3:30 pm. cm Estimate a time when her shadow was 180 centimetres long. : Page 2
Q3. 500 children started a 20 kilometre sponsored cycle ride. This graph shows how far they cycled. At what distance were exactly half of the children still cycling? km Estimate how many children completed the 20 kilometre cycle ride. Page 3
Q4. A shop sells books, CDs and DVDs. This pie chart shows the sales of each in one week. Estimate the fraction of the total sales that were DVDs. In this week, 200 CDs were sold. Estimate how many books were sold. Page 4
Q5. This graph shows the outside temperature from 4pm to 10pm on a day in winter. At what time was the temperature 2 C? How many degrees did the temperature drop from 5pm to 7pm? degrees Page 5
Q6. 40 children predicted who would win the boys race at sports day. This pie chart shows their predictions. What percentage of the children predicted that Stefan would win? % 10 children predicted the winner of the race correctly. Who won the race?... Explain how you know. Page 6
Q7. The London Eye is a big wheel with pods to carry passengers. It takes 30 minutes for the wheel to make a complete turn. This graph shows the height of a pod above the ground as the wheel turns. How long from the start does it take the pod to reach a height of 75 metres? minutes How many metres above the ground is the pod at its highest point? m Page 7
Q8. All the children at Park School chose their favourite soup. The graph shows the results. How many more children chose chicken soup than mushroom soup? Robbie says, More than half of the children chose tomato soup. Is he correct? Circle Yes or No. Yes / No Explain how you can tell from the graph.... Page 8
Q9. Some children take part in the long jump. The graph shows the distances the children jumped. Estimate how much further Lucy jumped than Nicola. cm Page 9
Q10. This pie chart shows how the children in Class 6 best like their potatoes cooked. 32 children took part in the survey. Look at the four statements below. For each statement put a tick ( ) if it is correct. Put a cross ( ) if it is not correct. 10 children like chips best. 25% of the children like mashed potatoes best. of the children like roast potatoes best. 12 children like jacket potatoes best. 2 marks Page 10
Q11. This graph shows the temperature in a greenhouse. Use the graph to find the time when the temperature was 25 C. Use the graph to find the difference between the temperature at 2 pm and the temperature at 4 pm. degrees Page 11
Q12. This graph shows the number of people living in a town. Look at the graph. How many people lived in the town in 1985? In which year was the number of people the same as in 1950? Find the year when the number of people first went below 20 000 Page 12
Q13. Three children do a sponsored silence. This is a chart of the money they collected. Estimate how much Sheena collected. Together Gary and Pip collected more than 60. Explain how the chart shows this. Page 13
Q14. This graph shows the height of a balloon at different times. From the graph, find the height of the balloon at 50 seconds. m Use the graph to find out how long it took the balloon to rise from 30 metres to 60 metres. seconds Page 14
Q15. Tony and Gemma looked for snails, worms, slugs and beetles in their gardens. They each made a pie chart of what they found. Estimate the number of worms that Tony found. Who found more snails? Circle Tony or Gemma. Tony / Gemma Explain how you know. Page 15
Q16. This graph shows the height of a candle as it burns. Look at the graph. What is the height of the candle after 2 hours? cm How long does the candle take to burn down from 16cm to 4cm? Page 16
Q17. This graph shows how the weight of a baby changed over twelve months. From the graph, what was the weight of the baby at 10 months? kg How much more did the baby weigh at 5 months than at birth? kg Page 17
Q18. A hot liquid is left to cool in a science experiment. This graph shows how the temperature of the liquid changes as it cools. Read from the graph how many minutes it takes for the temperature to reach 40 C minutes Read from the graph how many minutes the temperature is above 60 C minutes Page 18
Q19. Here is a bar chart showing rainfall. Kim draws a dotted line on the bar chart. She says, The dotted line on the chart shows the mean rainfall for the four months. Use the chart to explain why Kim cannot be correct. What is the mean rainfall for the four months? mm Page 19
Q20. Class 6 did a survey of the number of trees in a country park. This pie chart shows their results. Estimate the fraction of trees in the survey that are oak trees. The children counted 60 ash trees. Use the pie chart to estimate the number of beech trees they counted. Page 20
Q21. The Year 6 children in a school were asked to choose a musical instrument. This is a pie chart of their choices. International School of Madrid Estimate what fraction of the children chose a drum. There are 80 children in Year 6. Estimate the number of children who chose a violin. Explain how you decided. 15% of the 80 children chose a guitar. How many children is this? 2 marks Page 21
Q22. Kelly chooses a section of a newspaper. It has 50 words in it. She draws a bar chart of the number of letters in each word. What fraction of the 50 words have more than 6 letters? Kelly says, 23 of the 50 words have less than 5 letters. This shows that nearly half of all the words used in the newspaper have less than 5 letters in them. Explain why she could be wrong. Page 22
Q23. This chart shows the amount of money spent in a toy shop in three months. How much more money was spent in the shop in December than in November? Stepan says, In November there was a 100% increase on the money spent in October. Is he correct? Circle Yes or No. Yes / No Explain how you can tell from the chart. Page 23