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Year 8 · Maths

Construct Interpret Appropriate Representations For Data

Year 8 learners practise reading pie charts bar charts and histograms.

The activities include Construct and Read Frequency Polygons, Construct Histograms for Data with Equal Class Widths, Construct Histograms for Data with Unequal Widths, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Construct and Read Frequency Polygons
  • Construct Histograms for Data with Equal Class Widths
  • Construct Histograms for Data with Unequal Widths
  • Find Angles To Construct Pie Charts
  • Interpret Pie Charts
  • Interpret Time Series Graphs
  • Organise Data into Frequency Tables and Frequency Trees
  • Read and Interpret Bar Charts
  • Read and Interpret Pictograms
  • Read and Predict from Scatter Graphs
  • Understand Stem and Leaf Diagrams

Checked learning resources

  • Oak video: Interpreting Pie Charts

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can interpret pie charts. Knowing the angle size for a sector allows calculation of the frequency. By knowing the total, statements can be made comparing the data. Different pie charts may have different totals even th

  • Plotting and interpreting time-series graphs video

    YouTube - TLMaths · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Caption-checked lesson reads and plots time-series graphs, identifies highest and lowest values and explains time intervals and broken axes.

  • Oak video: Interpreting Scatter Graphs

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    I can interpret scatter graphs using the data points shown. Scatter graphs can be used to find a second value when the first value is known. A general trend may be observed from a scatter graph. Extrapolation may not be

  • Oak lesson slides: Interpreting Pie Charts

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    I can interpret pie charts. Knowing the angle size for a sector allows calculation of the frequency. By knowing the total, statements can be made comparing the data. Different pie charts may have different totals even th

  • Time-series line graph practice questions

    Corbettmaths · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Line-graph questions practise plotting values over time and interpreting changes, trends, highest values and lowest values.

  • Oak worksheet: Interpreting Scatter Graphs

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    I can interpret scatter graphs using the data points shown. Scatter graphs can be used to find a second value when the first value is known. A general trend may be observed from a scatter graph. Extrapolation may not be

  • Oak lesson slides: Interpreting Scatter Graphs

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    I can interpret scatter graphs using the data points shown. Scatter graphs can be used to find a second value when the first value is known. A general trend may be observed from a scatter graph. Extrapolation may not be

  • Graphical representations of data

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Current Oak teacher unit support for Construct Interpret Appropriate Representations For Data; selected after reading the full activity context: In this worksheet, students will construct histograms from frequency tables