GRADE 6
Grade 6 Term 3 Mathematics: Data handling
Data handling
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1. Record the answers to the following questions in your class workbook:
a) A pie chart is a ____________ representation of data.
b) A pie chart shows clear _______________ or ____________ between items in a data set.
c) ___________________ is a list of questions used in a survey.
d) The government conducts a ____________ as a survey between the people in the country.
e) The information that one gathers through a survey is called ______________ .
f ) The middlemost score of data in ascending or descending numerical order is
the ________.
g) The score or data value that occurs the most often is called the ___________ .
2. Look at the pie chart and answer the questions that follow in your class workbook:
Walk
Bic
ycl
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Transport taken to school by Grade 6 learners
r
Ca
Bus
Taxi
a) Which transport do most learners take? __________________________________
b) Which mode(s) of transport do the least number of learners make use of?
___________________________________________________________________
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c) What percentage of the learners walks to school? ___________________________
d) What fraction of learners take the bus to come to school? ____________________
e) If the number of learners in Grade 6 is 108, calculate how many learners come to school by bus and how many learners come to school by bicycle:
(i) Learners travelling by bus = _________________________________________
(ii) Learners cycling to school = _________________________________________
3. Find the mode and the median for each of the following data set:
a) Temperatures for two weeks of the summer in Johannesburg (in degrees Celsius):
32
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___________________________________________________________________
(i) The mode = ____________________________________________________
(ii) The median = ___________________________________________________
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Grade 6 Term 3 Mathematics: Data handling
Data handling
GRADE 6
1. a) A pie chart is a visual representation of data.
b) A pie chart shows clear comparisons or ratios between items in a data set.
c)
Questionnaire is a list of questions used in a survey.
d) The government conducts a census as a survey between the people in the country.
e) The information that one gather s through a survey is called data.
f ) The middlemost score of data in ascending or descending numerical order is the median.
g) The score or data value that occurs the most often is called the mode.
2. Look at the pie chart and answer the questions that follow:
a) Which transport do most learners take? Taxi
b) Which mode(s) of transport do the least number of learners make use of?
Bicycle and Car
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c) What percentage of the learners walks to school? 12 = 4 = 25%
d) What fraction of learners take the bus to come to school? 12 = 6
e)If the number of learners in Grade 6 is 108, calculate how many learners come
to school.
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with the bus and how many learners come to school by bicycle:
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(i)Learners using the bus = 6 of 108 = 108 ÷ 6 × 1 = 18 learners
(ii)Learners cycling to school = 12 of 108 = 108 ÷ 12 × 1 = 9 learners
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3. Find the mode and the median for each of the following data set:
a) Temperatures for two weeks of the summer in Johannesburg (in degrees Celsius):
32
302829313027
27
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(i) The mode = 30°C
(ii) The median = 30°C
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Grade 6 Term 3 Mathematics: Data handling
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