When you read a newspaper or a magazine, you are often shown diagrams and graphs that show interesting facts, e.g. the different types of pets that people have. In order to understand this information, you often have to know how to make the information understandable.
Many technical, scientific and other documentation involves data in the form of graphs and diagrams, along with text. If you aspire to get into the world of science, engineering, architecture or other similar careers, you will need to know all about data. Not only how to present data, but how to read and understand it too.
This 11-plus Maths quiz will help you in handling data in simple cases. Do it and learn how to understand reading simple facts, figures and diagrams. Once you have got full marks in our easy quizzes, move onto our difficult ones which are a little more challenging.
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What is meant by the word 'data'? |
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Calculations |
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Interesting graphs and pictures |
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Entertaining facts and figures |
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Information |
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What is meant by the phrase 'interpreting data'? |
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Trying to understand what the data means |
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Putting the data in order |
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Checking that the data is accurate |
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Displaying the information in the nicest way |
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Which one of the following is not a graphical means of showing data: bar charts, texts, graphs, pictograms? |
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Pictograms |
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Texts |
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Bar charts |
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Graphs |
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In a pie chart, what is the name given to the shapes that the circle is split up into for the purpose of representing the data? |
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Slice |
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Segment |
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Bit |
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Portion |
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60 children were asked whether they cycled to school. 20 children said no. What fraction of a pie chart would be taken up by those that didn't cycle to school? |
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2⁄3 |
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1⁄4 |
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1⁄20 |
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1⁄3 |
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Last month, The 'TOYS' toy shop sold 210 teddy bears. Using a pictogram, if 1 teddy bear head represents 20 teddy bears, how many teddy bear heads would you use to show this information? |
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10 |
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20 |
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10.5 |
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21 |
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7.
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Which of the following numbers is used to represent groups of tally marks? |
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10 |
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5 |
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15 |
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20 |
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Which of the following is not an important piece of information when looking at a bar chart: the vertical scale used for the bars, the title of the bar chart, the width of the bars, the height of the bars? |
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The title of the bar chart |
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The vertical scale used for the bars |
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The height of the bars |
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The width of the bars |
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In a class of 28 pupils, 7 pupils said that they could not swim and the rest said that they could. How would this information be shown on a pie chart? |
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3⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 1⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
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28⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 7⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
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1⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 3⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
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7⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 28⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
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Using a bar chart, Peter carefully recorded the number of different sightings of expensive cars in his town between 4 pm and 7 pm; however, there was no bar above the label for Ferrari cars. Why? |
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There are no Ferrari cars in his town |
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He had made a mistake in recording the cars |
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He hadn't observed any Ferrari cars during that time period |
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He didn't really understand what he was doing |
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1.
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What is meant by the word 'data'? |
|
[ ] |
Calculations |
[ ] |
Interesting graphs and pictures |
[ ] |
Entertaining facts and figures |
[x] |
Information |
|
|
2.
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What is meant by the phrase 'interpreting data'? |
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[x] |
Trying to understand what the data means |
[ ] |
Putting the data in order |
[ ] |
Checking that the data is accurate |
[ ] |
Displaying the information in the nicest way |
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3.
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Which one of the following is not a graphical means of showing data: bar charts, texts, graphs, pictograms? |
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[ ] |
Pictograms |
[x] |
Texts |
[ ] |
Bar charts |
[ ] |
Graphs |
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4.
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In a pie chart, what is the name given to the shapes that the circle is split up into for the purpose of representing the data? |
|
[ ] |
Slice |
[x] |
Segment |
[ ] |
Bit |
[ ] |
Portion |
|
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5.
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60 children were asked whether they cycled to school. 20 children said no. What fraction of a pie chart would be taken up by those that didn't cycle to school? |
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[ ] |
2⁄3 |
[ ] |
1⁄4 |
[ ] |
1⁄20 |
[x] |
1⁄3 |
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6.
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Last month, The 'TOYS' toy shop sold 210 teddy bears. Using a pictogram, if 1 teddy bear head represents 20 teddy bears, how many teddy bear heads would you use to show this information? |
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[ ] |
10 |
[ ] |
20 |
[x] |
10.5 |
[ ] |
21 |
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7.
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Which of the following numbers is used to represent groups of tally marks? |
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10 |
[x] |
5 |
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15 |
[ ] |
20 |
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8.
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Which of the following is not an important piece of information when looking at a bar chart: the vertical scale used for the bars, the title of the bar chart, the width of the bars, the height of the bars? |
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The title of the bar chart |
[ ] |
The vertical scale used for the bars |
[ ] |
The height of the bars |
[x] |
The width of the bars |
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9.
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In a class of 28 pupils, 7 pupils said that they could not swim and the rest said that they could. How would this information be shown on a pie chart? |
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[x] |
3⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 1⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
[ ] |
28⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 7⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
[ ] |
1⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 3⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
[ ] |
7⁄4 would be used by the swimmers; 28⁄4 would be used by the non swimmers |
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10.
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Using a bar chart, Peter carefully recorded the number of different sightings of expensive cars in his town between 4 pm and 7 pm; however, there was no bar above the label for Ferrari cars. Why? |
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[ ] |
There are no Ferrari cars in his town |
[ ] |
He had made a mistake in recording the cars |
[x] |
He hadn't observed any Ferrari cars during that time period |
[ ] |
He didn't really understand what he was doing |
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