Data Handling Worksheets

Worksheet 1 - Frequency tables for Ungrouped Discrete Data

1. The pupils in Mr. Mifsud’s class take a Maths test and get score out of 10, which are
listed below:

3 7 6 2 5 9 10 8 7 1
8 4 3 5 6 7 8 7 6 5
3 6 9 8 7 5 9 6 7 8

a) The pupils are asked to use the above data to fill in the following frequency
table.

Score Tally Frequency

10

b) How many students got 8 in the test? _________________

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2. Fifty Primary School children join a Hobbies Club. Their ages are recorded below:

8 10 10 10 7 11 10 10 11 7
9 7 11 8 9 8 9 7 8 10
10 8 9 7 10 7 8 10 8 9
11 11 10 9 11 8 9 9 7 11
9 11 9 10 10 10 9 10 11 8

Arrange this information in the following frequency table:

Age Tally Frequency

7
8
9
10
11
Total

3. The following are the goals scored by a team in 40 football games:

2 1 3 0 3 5 1 0 2 1
3 3 2 1 2 1 4 0 1 2
2 1 0 4 3 0 2 3 4 1
5 2 1 3 2 4 1 0 1 5

Arrange this information in the following frequency table:

Goals Tally Frequency

0
1
2
3
4
5
Total

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Worksheet 2 - Frequency tables for Grouped Discrete Data

1. Here are the marks for an English test for Class 9T.

41 72 35 81 52 37 28 41 48 59 17 43
67 72 26 52 49 63 76 80 44 32 19 51

a) Complete this grouped tally chart to show their results.

Marks Tally Frequency

0–9

10 - 19

20 - 29

b) Which group is the most common? _________________

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2. The following are the ages of a group of people attending a gymnasium:

16 18 18 20 18 25 16 28 30 32
35 42 24 19 31 29 21 48 38 34
22 24 18 22 26 25 15 46 23 24
20 46 28 45 39 19 28 17 39 29

Copy and complete the frequency table:

Ages Tally Frequency

11 – 20
21 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 50

Total

3. The following are the marks obtained by 25 students in a Mathematics test. The test
carried a total of 50 marks.

9 13 25 10 25
29 19 5 31 20
20 39 37 42 45
36 14 42 24 26
38 45 21 34 30

Copy and complete the following table:

Mark Range Tally Frequency

0 – 10
11 – 20
21 – 30
31 – 40
41 - 50

Total

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Worksheet 3 - Frequency tables for Continuous Data

1. James does a survey to find out about the lengths of TV programmes. He writes
down the lengths of all the programmes, in hours and minutes, on all channels one
evening.

0:30 0:45 0:10 1:30 0:30 0:26 2:10 1:20

0:20 0:30 0:40 1:00 0:10 0:15 0:50 0:25

0:30 1:10 0:50 0:45 1:25 0:20 0:40 1:20

1:45 0:30 0:50 0:30 0:25

a) Complete the following grouped frequency table.

Time
Tally Frequency
(hours:minutes)

0:00 to 0:29

0:30 to 0:59

1:00 to 1:29

b) Which group is the least common? ____________________

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2. The members of Avonford Youth Club did a sponsored walk for charity. Here are the
amounts they collected.

€5.32 €16.74 €19.50 €25.30 €40 €45 €62.50 €8.40 €9.10 €24.50

€15.38 €26.90 €31.72 €60 €23.50 €9.82 €7.21 €17.20 €8.62 €26.40

€16.70 €14.82 €25.30 €4.61 €18.70 €20 €10 €5.80 €16.20 €35

a) Complete this grouped tally chart to show the data.

Money collected Tally Frequency

€0 - €9.99
€10 - €19.99
€20 - €29.99

b) How many people collected between €30 and €39.99? _____________

c) How many people raised €40 or more? ____________

3. At the health centre, some babies were weighed one afternoon. Their weights, in
kilograms, were recorded by the nurse as tally marks in this frequency table.

Weight , w in kg 4  w<8 8  w < 12 12  w < 16

Tally

Frequency

a) The next two babies were weighed at just under 12kg and just over 12 kg. Add
these weights to the frequency table and then complete the table.

b) Draw a bar chart to illustrate this information.

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4. The table below lists the weight of ten students correct to the nearest kilogram:

Male Students Weight Female Students Weight

Paul 55 kg Tanya 49 kg
Gabriel 49 kg Larisa 48 kg
Patrick 60 kg Claire 39 kg
Jeremy 57 kg Pamela 50 kg
Ray 59 kg Celine 54 kg

a) Complete the frequency table:

Weight , w , in kg Frequency

30 < w  40

40 < w  50

50 < w  60

Total 10

b) Draw a bar chart from the frequency table. Use a graph paper.

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Worksheet 4 - Interpreting bar charts

Bar chart Questions

a) What is the most popular favourite
colour? _________________
12
10
b) How many people chose it? ______
Frequency

8
6
4 c) How many people did NOT say
2 green? _______
0
Blue Red Green Orange Brown
Favourite Colour

Fill in the blanks of the frequency table

below to match the information from
the bar line chart:

Eye Colour Tally Frequency

Blue
Hazel
Brown
Green
Total

How many adults were asked? _______

2 more adults with blue eyes were

added to the data. Would the most
popular eye colour change? ________

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Extension questions:
a) Which number was thrown most
8 often? ________
7
6
b) How many times was the dice
Frequency

5
4 thrown? ________
3
2
1
c) If you get a prize of 50c every time
0 you throw a number greater than 4,
1 2 3 4 5 6 how much money would you have
Number thrown on dice after these throws?
_________

Write whether it is True or False:

Favourite Subject
a) Girls’ favourite subject is Maths.
8
______
7
6
b) More boys than girls chose science.
Frequency

5
4
Girls
______
3
2 Boys
1
c) Maths is the most popular subject in
0 the class. ______

d) How many girls are there? ______

e) How many students chose ‘other’?

______

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Worksheet 5 - Drawing bar charts

1. The table shows pupils favourite subject in year 7.

a) Complete the missing information in the pictogram.

Favourite Frequenc Key:

Pictogram
Subject y = 4 people
Maths

English

Science

Art 12

PE 14

b) Draw the bar chart using the above information.

14

12

10

c) Which subject was most popular? _________________

d) Work out the difference between PE and Science. ___________________

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2. The table shows pupils favourite pet animal in year 9.

a) Complete the missing information in the frequency chart.

Favourite Animal Tally Frequency

Dog

Cat

Rabbit 4

Hamster 13

Other 6

b) Draw the bar chart using the above information.

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3. The information in the table shows the sports boys and girls in year 7 enjoy the most.

Favourite
Football Netball Basketball Tennis Other
Sport
Boys 8 2 5 3 2
Girls 3 10 2 4 3

a) Draw a bar chart.

b) Using the bar chart, work out the difference between the boy’s favourite sport and
the girl’s favourite sport.

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4. Tim's class collected information about all their pets. They have six different kinds of
pets between them.

This is the block graph they are making to show how many of each pet the class has
altogether.

The children have not yet put in the animal names under each column. Can you do this for
them using the information below?
There are two less cats than dogs.
Only one child has a parrot at home.
The number of fish added to the number of gerbils is equal to the number of dogs.
There are twice as many fish as hamsters.
There are half the number of gerbils as there are cats.

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Worksheet 6 – Interpreting Pie Charts

1. The pie chart shows the colours of 32 beads.

How many green beads are there?

2. The pie chart shows the colours of cars in a car park.

a) What is the most common colour in the car park?

b) What is the least common colour in the car park?

3. A group of rugby fans were asked who they supported.

The pie chart and table show information about who they
supported.

Use the pie chart to complete the table.

Team Angle of sector Number of fans

England 120°
Scotland
Wales 45
France 45
Ireland 90 12

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4. The pie charts show information about the results of chess matches that two players
have played in over the course of a year.

Andre drew 5 matches.

a) How many matches did Andre win?

Edward says, “The pie charts show that Pete won more matches than Andre.”
b) Is Edward correct?
You must explain your answer.

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