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1. Sian asked her friends to write down their favourite colour.

The results are shown below.

Silver Purple Pink Purple Silver Blue

Silver Blue Purple Green Silver Purple

Purple Silver Pink Pink Green Silver

a. Complete the tally chart to show her results.

Colour Tally Total

Blue 2

Green

Pink

Purple

Silver
2

b. How many people did Sian ask in total?

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c. Which colour is the most popular?

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2. This pictogram
shows the number of Super Marko
computer games a
shop sells in one day. Rally Racers
Key:
Future Builder = 2 games
Soccer Scorer

a. How many games were sold in total?

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b. Draw the bars on this bar chart to show how many
of each computer game the shop sold.

14

12
Number of Games sold

10

6
4

0
Super
Marko
Rally
Racers
Future
Builder
Soccer
Scorer
1

c. How many more copies of Super Marko were sold than Soccer Scorer?

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7
Total

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1. Sian asked her friends to write down their favourite colour.
The results are shown below.

Silver Purple Pink Purple Silver Blue

Silver Blue Purple Green Silver Purple

Purple Silver Pink Pink Green Silver

a. Complete the tally chart to show her results.

Colour Tally Total

Blue 2

Green 2
Pink 3
Award 2 marks for
Purple 5 all rows filled in
correctly, or 1 mark
for any two rows
Silver 6 filled in correctly.
2

b. How many people did Sian ask in total?

2 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 6 = 18
Pupils can either count up the raw data or add up
the numbers in the total column of the tally chart.
18
............................................ 1

c. Which colour is the most popular?

Silver
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2. This pictogram
shows the number of Super Marko
computer games a
shop sells in one day. Rally Racers
Key:
Future Builder = 2 games
Soccer Scorer

a. How many games were sold in total?

There are 15 whole symbols (worth 2 each)
and 3 half symbols (worth 1 each).
(15 × 2) + (3 × 1) = 30 + 3 = 33 33
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b. Draw the bars on this bar chart to show how many

of each computer game the shop sold.

14

12
Number of Games sold

10

6
4

0
Super
Marko
Rally
Racers
Future
Builder
Soccer
Scorer
1

c. How many more copies of Super Marko were sold than Soccer Scorer?

11 – 7 = 4 4
............................................. 1
Pupils can either use the pictogram
or the bar chart to work this out.
7
Total

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