Data Handling

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Data Handling Starters:

Average Smile: Calculate the mean, median and range of the given scores.

Pie Chart: An exercise in estimating what the sectors of a pie chart represent.

Pot of Colours: The pot contains 10 counters which are being randomly removed and replaced. How many of each colour do you think are in the pot?

Tran's Hats: In how many different ways might Tran decide to wear his hats in one week?

Weather Maths: Eight mathematical questions about the current weather and times in four cities around the world.

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Hi-Low Predict

Similar to the 'Play Your Cards' right game.

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See also the topics called Statistics and Averages.

The English National Curriculum states that at level 6 "Pupils collect and record continuous data, choosing appropriate equal class intervals over a sensible range to create frequency tables. They construct and interpret frequency diagrams. They construct pie charts. They draw conclusions from scatter diagrams, and have a basic understanding of correlation. When dealing with a combination of two experiments, they identify all the outcomes. When solving problems, they use their knowledge that the total probability of all the mutually exclusive outcomes of an experiment is 1."

Data Handling Teacher Resources:

A Show Of Hands: Produce a number of graphs and charts from a quick show of hands.

Human Scatter Graphs: Pupils move to positions in the room according to their data relative to the walls as axes.

Data Handling Activities:

Pie Charts: Estimate what the pie chart sectors represent.

Pin Drop: Estimate the probability of a drawing pin landing point up from experimental data.

Data Handling Videos:

Scatter Graphs: Maths teachers from England construct a scatter graph from their heights and shoe sizes.

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