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1. Statistics means the collection,
organisation and understanding
of different types of data.
Statistics
Data is information about
something. This information can be
in numbers, words or pictures.

2. We can show data in many different ways.
Here are some examples.
Pie Charts
Line Graphs
Shopping List
5 apples,
4 bananas,
1 loaf of bread,
1 tube of toothpaste,
2 bottles of water.
Lists
Teams Points
Dugby 6
Samville 9
Emlin 8
Ozzly 5
Favourite Fruit
Apples Bananas
Grapes Oranges0
10
20
30
40
50
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Rainfall in Deal
Ways of Showing Data
Tables
Months of the Year
Rainfall(mm)
Lions Elephants Monkeys
Favourite Animals
Pictograms
Numberofvotes
Animals
Bar Charts
0
20
40
60
80
Mon
Tues
Weds
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Sun
Toy Shop Sales
Days of the Week
Numberofsales

3. Pictograms are a
type of graph.
They use pictures
to show data.
Some pictograms have a key.
This tells you if the pictures
stand for more than one item.
Pictograms
Lions Elephants Monkeys
Favourite Animals
Numberofvotes
Animals
A group of children were asked to
vote for their favourite animal.
This pictogram shows the results.
How many children
voted for ‘elephants’?
Sandwiches CakesPizza
Café Food Sales
Numberofmeals
Types of Food
This pictogram shows
the meals sold in a cafe.
How many pizzas were sold?
Burgers
= 10 meals
Key

4. A pie chart shows
data by dividing a
circle into sections.
Looking at the sizes
of the sections lets
us compare
different amounts.
Pie Charts
You may need
to use your
knowledge of
angles,
fractions and
percentages
when you
answer
questions
about pie
charts.
Favourite Fruit
Apples Bananas
Grapes Oranges
Twenty-four people were asked
to vote for their favourite fruit.
We can see that half of the
people voted for apples and
one quarter of the people
voted for bananas.
J.K. Rowling
John Green
Neil Gaiman
David Walliams
Michael Rosen
Favourite Authors
Twenty people voted for their favourite author.
What percentage of people
voted for David Walliams?
We can see that six people voted for him.
6
20
3
10
= 30%=
30% of the people voted
for David Walliams.

5. Venn
diagrams
are used to
sort groups
(or sets) of
things.
Venn Diagrams
Multiple of 2 Multiple of 5
Numbers here
are multiples
of 2 (but NOT
multiples of 5).
Numbers here
are multiples
of 2 AND 5.
Numbers outside
the circles are NOT
multiples of 2 or 5.
Numbers here
are multiples of 5
(but NOT multiples of 2)
4
12
24 8
14
10
40
20
15
5
25
45
317
11
9
Remember to look carefully at the titles in each set.

6.
The box below shows the
number of animals at a zoo.
Use this data to make a
pictogram. Remember to add
some labels to the axes.
0
1
2
3
4
5
Lion Elephant Zebra Monkey
Animal Survey
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Lifespans
The information below shows the average lifespan of different
animals.
Animal
Average Lifespan
(years)
Deer 7
Giant Tortoise 150
Shrew 2
Lemur 14
Red Panda 20
Horse 30
Rabbit 12
Killer Whale 90
Dog 13
Chimpanzee 50

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Podcast Downloads
The table below shows the numbers of downloads of different
podcasts last year.
Month Number of downloads
News
Today
Comedy
Hour
Tech Time
Gamer
Zone
Sports
Jam
January 726,331 76,453 10,738 173,623 57,493
February 849,374 54,738 14,894 171,627 58,038
March 759,473 75,869 15,948 175,839 59,382
April 960,684 83,958 17,493 193,748 61,837
May 869,058 84,638 18,593 193,839 62,947
June 739,258 89,305 21,858 203,849 60,473
July 849,739 53,748 20,584 194,829 58,392
August 869,063 83,756 22,957 192,038 52,859
September 759,375 90,583 25,993 274,484 59,295
October 683,058 75,374 28,493 222,937 60,483
November 960,853 75,839 29,843 245,983 75,003
December 1,086,947 93,859 31,584 233,948 71,973

9. 1. How many people voted for Captain Cool? ________________________________
2. How many people voted for Mysterio? ____________________________________
3. Who was the most popular character in the survey? ________________________
4. Who was the least popular character? ____________________________________
5. How many more people voted for Laser Guy than The Swift? ________________
6. How many people voted for a female superhero? __________________________
7. How many people voted for a male superhero? __________________________
8. How many people voted in the survey altogether? ________________________
The readers of ‘Superhero’ magazine were asked to vote
for their favourite characters. This chart shows the results.
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Laser Guy The Swift Ice Girl Mysterio Captain Cool
Superheroes!
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Superheroes
Numberofvotes

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Glozzom Trealop
4
160
3.5
9
50
7
9.5
10
Callie works in an alien
travel agency. Use the
conversion graph to help
her convert the alien
currencies below.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Glozzom
Trealop
Martian Money

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13. Average
A number that represents
a set of numbers.
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Axes
The horizontal and vertical lines
along the edges of a chart or graph.
Bar-Line Graph
A bar chart that uses lines
instead of rectangles.
Bar Chart
A chart which uses rectangles
to represent numbers.
Block Graph
A graph that uses squares (or 'blocks') to
show the number of items.
5, 7, 10, 3, 5
The average
of this set of
numbers is 6.
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Car Motorbike Van
0
20
40
60
80
100
Winley Chelville Hamlin Norton
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Rabbit Foxes Sheep Cows
Dave Bob Stuart John
NumberofVotes
Names

14.
Shape Tallies
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