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Year 6 Mathematics · Interpreting data displays

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which of these is numerical data?
- ☐ (a) Favourite colour
- ☐ (b) Type of pet
- ☐ (c) Number of siblings
- ☐ (d) Eye colour
2. Which of these is categorical data?
- ☐ (a) Height in centimetres
- ☐ (b) Favourite fruit
- ☐ (c) Number of pets
- ☐ (d) Age in years
3. Books read in a month: Ava 6, Ben 9, Chloe 4, Dev 9, Eli 7. Who read the fewest books?
- ☐ (a) Ava
- ☐ (b) Ben
- ☐ (c) Chloe
- ☐ (d) Eli
4. Books read in a month: Ava 6, Ben 9, Chloe 4, Dev 9, Eli 7. How many books did they read altogether?
5. Books read in a month: Ava 6, Ben 9, Chloe 4, Dev 9, Eli 7. How many more books did Ben read than Chloe?
6. Which display is best for showing how the temperature changes during one day?
- ☐ (a) A line graph
- ☐ (b) A tally chart
- ☐ (c) A picture graph of favourite fruits
- ☐ (d) A list of names
7. Here are the numbers of goals scored in 7 games: 3, 5, 5, 6, 7, 5, 2. Which number of goals appears most often?
8. The scale on a column graph goes up in 2s. A column stops exactly halfway between 8 and 10. What value does it show?

Answer sheet

1. Number of siblings — Number of siblings is a count, so it is numerical. The others sort people into groups, so they are categorical.
2. Favourite fruit — Favourite fruit sorts people into groups such as apple or banana. The others are numbers.
3. Chloe — Chloe read 4 books, which is fewer than everyone else.
4. 35 — 6 + 9 + 4 + 9 + 7 = 35 books.
5. 5 — 9 − 4 = 5, so Ben read 5 more books than Chloe.
6. A line graph — A line graph shows how something changes over time, so it is best for temperatures through a day.
7. 5 — 5 appears three times, more than any other value.
8. 9 — Halfway between 8 and 10 is 9.