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• Making sense of pie charts • •

The pie charts an this page show the different Mrs Shorma's class carried out 3 surveys.
Key . car percentage pie charts.
ways children in four classes come to school. The results were recorded in
bus
•
bike
foot •
•Write the percentage of children
For Ms Ramsey's class, write the fraction who preferred:
of children coming ta school:
rn a by car b by bus c on foot.
Now do the some for Mr Cherry's class.
at b l_ For Miss Fisher's class, list the ways used
to get to school and the fraction of children
4
using each one.
Now do the some for Mrs Shormo's class.
Copy and complete this database.
number of children number troveltlng to school by:
teacher
incloss bus. :,:Im m!1!DI
c l_ Ms Ramsey 28
6
Mr Cherry
Miss Fisher 30
Mrs Sharma 32
Miss Ling 27
by bike: 1 on foot: fu
10 What percentage of children travelled by bus in
these classes?
0
by bus: t {or 2 ) by car: t {or t ) a Ms Ramsey's b Mr Cherry's • Write the percentage of children
who preferred:
10 c Miss Fisher's d Mrs Shormo's
a red t-shirts b white I-shirts
CHALLENGE c blue I-shirts d black t-shirts.
~ Construct a pie chart for Miss Ling's class. • How many children preferred
each colour?
by bike: t on foot: i lsta>s5:11 J
by bus: t {or f) by car: t {or f)
a 52% b 11% d 8%
52 children preferred crisps, 11 children preferred nuts, 2q children
teacher number of children number travelling to school by:
in class preferred raisins, 8 children preferred an apple.
by car by bus on foot by bike
Ms Ramsey 28 7 7 14 0
Mr Cherry 30 10 15 5 0
Miss Fisher 30 12 6 q 3 a 22% b 34% c 34% d 10%
Mrs Sharma 32 8 8 12 4 11 children preferred the zoo, 17 children preferred the adventure park,
Miss Ling 27 q 3 q 6 17 children preferred the seaside, 5 children preferred the science museum.
[ID Challenge

Practical: constructing a a 42% b 8% c 18% d 32%
a 25%
pie chart for Miss Ling's
b 50% class. Possible solution: 84 children preferred red, 16 children preferred white, 36 children preferred
blue, 64 children preferred black.
c 20%
d 25%