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This topic is chapter 1 of KS2 Maths: Statistics Practice Book.

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9.2 Statistics: Bar Charts and Tables

Calculators not allowed · about 30 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Here is a table showing the number of apples picked by each child.
NameApples
Amelia4
Noah2
Priya5
Kwame3
Write the number of apples picked by Priya.
(1)
2
The tally chart for pets shows: |||| (4) for cats, ||||| || (7) for dogs, ||| (3) for rabbits. How many more dogs than cats are there?
(1)
3
A pictogram uses one star to mean 4 stickers. The pictogram shows 5 stars for Lily and 2 stars for Omar. How many more stickers does Lily have than Omar?
(1)
4
Here is a table of the number of pupils who walked, cycled or came by car to school one day.
Walked 9, Cycled 3, Car 6.
What is the total number of pupils recorded?
(1)
5
The bar chart shows the number of cups of juice sold each hour:
9am 2, 10am 4, 11am 7, 12pm 5.
Which hour had the second highest sales?
(1)
6
A table shows the count of pets: Cats 5, Dogs 8, Fish 2. If two more fish are added, write the new total for fish and the new overall total.
(a)New number of fish after adding two more.(1)
(b)New overall total of pets after the two fish are added.(1)
7
A pictogram uses one circle to mean 2 pencils. The pictogram shows 4 circles for Sam and 1 circle for Mia. How many pencils does Sam have?
(1)
8
A small bar chart shows counts for colours of ribbons: Red 3, Blue 5, Yellow 2. Which colour has the least ribbons?
(1)
9
Here is a table of toys sold at a sale:
Cars 6, Dolls 6, Blocks 6.
Explain which toy was the most popular and why.
(2)
10
A pictogram uses one square to mean 3 stickers. The pictogram shows 2 squares for Aisha and 3 squares for Ben. Who has more stickers and by how many? Explain your answer.
(2)
11
A pictogram uses one apple symbol to mean 2 apples. The pictogram shows 3 apples for Erin and 4 apples for Yusuf. How many apples did Yusuf pick?
(1)
12
Complete the missing entry in the table.
ItemCount
Stickers7
Badges?
If there are 12 items in total and 7 are stickers, how many badges are there?
(1)
13
A bar chart shows how many pets each child has. The bars show: Amelia 2, Noah 3, Priya 1, Kwame 4. Which child has the most pets?
(1)
14
Look at this frequency table for coloured cars on a street.
ColourNumber
Red6
Blue4
Green3
How many cars are blue or green altogether?
(1)
15
A pictogram uses one circle to mean 3 children. The pictogram shows 2 circles for football, 1 circle for tennis and 3 circles for swimming. How many children chose swimming?
(1)
16
Draw a bar to show 5 for the value 'Books' on this blank bar chart grid. (Write how tall the bar should be in number of squares.)
(1)
17
Here is a table showing how many biscuits were eaten each day.
DayBiscuits
Mon3
Tue5
Wed4
Thu2
Fri6
How many biscuits were eaten from Mon to Wed inclusive?
(1)
18
A class recorded favourite fruit. The table shows:
Apple 8, Banana 6, Orange 4. Complete the bar chart using these counts. What height should the bar for Banana be?
(1)
Mark scheme · 9.2 Statistics: Bar Charts and Tables

Question 1

  • B1 5 cao
  • Answer: 5

Question 2

  • B1 3 cao
  • Answer: 3

Question 3

  • B1 12 cao
  • Answer: 12

Question 4

  • B1 18 cao
  • Answer: 18

Question 5

  • B1 12pm cao
  • Answer: 12pm

Question 6

  • (a) B1 4 cao
  • (a) Answer: 4
  • (b) B1 17 cao
  • (b) Answer: 17

Question 7

  • B1 8 cao
  • Answer: 8

Question 8

  • B1 Yellow cao
  • Answer: Yellow

Question 9

  • M1 States that all toys have the same number sold or gives correct equal counts (6, 6, 6) ft
  • A1 Concludes that no toy is most popular because they are all equal cao
  • Answer: No toy is most popular because cars, dolls and blocks each sold 6

Question 10

  • M1 Correctly converts squares to numbers, e.g. Aisha 6, Ben 9 or shows 2 x 3 and 3 x 3
  • A1 States Ben has 3 more stickers (9 - 6 = 3) cao
  • Answer: Ben by 3

Question 11

  • B1 8 cao
  • Answer: 8

Question 12

  • B1 5 cao
  • Answer: 5

Question 13

  • B1 Kwame cao
  • Answer: Kwame

Question 14

  • B1 7 cao
  • Answer: 7

Question 15

  • B1 9 cao
  • Answer: 9

Question 16

  • B1 5 squares cao
  • Answer: 5

Question 17

  • B1 12 cao
  • Answer: 12

Question 18

  • B1 6 squares cao
  • Answer: 6

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