The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Interpreting pie charts”, from the unit “Graphical representations of data” (Year 8 Maths) by Oak National Academy.
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12 questions
120 people were asked: "what do you most frequently drink whilst at work". The results will be placed in a pie chart with a total of 20 pre-defined sectors. How many sectors would represent water?
120 people were asked: "what do you most frequently drink whilst at work". The results will be placed in a pie chart with a total of 20 pre-defined sectors. How many people voted for milk?
A large set of information is collected and represented in a pie chart of 30 equally-sized sectors. Each sector represents a frequency of 40. What is the total frequency of this dataset?
Which of these words is not an essential feature of a pie chart or the calculations required to construct a pie chart?
The incomplete ratio table shows a dataset being converted into angles to represent each subgroup as sectors on a pie chart. Match the letters to the correct missing values.
The incomplete ratio table shows a dataset being converted into angles to represent each subgroup as sectors on a pie chart. Find the value of angle a, in degrees.
The table shows the number of people at Location 1 and their preferred cooking style for potatoes. By choosing an appropriate row to perform calculations on, find the value of the unknown multiplier.
The table shows the number of people at Location 2 and their preferred cooking style for potatoes. Find the multiplier linking frequency and angle.
Find the number of people who preferred boiled potatoes.
Match the missing number (labelled by a letter) in the ratio table with its correct value.
Below are correctly drawn pie charts showing the preferred cooking methods for potatoes for people at Locations 4 and 5. Select the statements that are always true.
75 people voted for roasted in Location 4. By using a protractor and this information, calculate the total frequency of the people who voted in Location 4.
