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If you wanted to find out what type of pets children in school have, you would need to carry out a survey.

Handling Data (Year 4)

In Year 4 Maths, pupils learn to handle data. They use tables, charts, and graphs to organise information and spot patterns that help them solve everyday problems.

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Fascinating Fact:

The Guinness World Records are a collection of data about the biggest, fastest, and longest achievements.

In KS2 Maths, Year 4 pupils practise gathering information, recording it in tally charts or tables, and showing it on bar charts or pictograms. These skills make data clear and easy to compare.

Key Terms

Tally Chart: A simple way of recording numbers using groups of five marks.
Bar Chart: A graph that uses rectangular bars to show amounts or comparisons.
Pictogram: A chart that uses pictures or symbols to represent numbers.

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What does handling data mean in Year 4 Maths?

Handling data means collecting information, organising it in tables or charts, and using graphs to spot patterns or answer questions.

What types of graphs do Year 4 pupils learn?

Pupils learn to use bar charts, pictograms, and simple line graphs to present data clearly and compare different sets of information.

Why is data handling important in everyday life?

Data handling helps people understand information, such as comparing shopping prices, reading weather charts, or checking sports scores.

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1 .

What is a tally?

Something we watch movies on

The most popular data

A count of the data using a single line for each unit counted

The least popular data

Small lines are used in the tally. Every fifth line crosses the other four for easy counting in 5s

2 .

In a frequency chart of favourite colours, the results were Blue 23, Red 62, Yellow 54 and Green 39. Which is the most popular colour?

Blue

Red

Yellow

Green

Red was most popular. Yellow was second, green third and blue came fourth

3 .

What is the name of the table where data is recorded so that it can be counted?

Dinner table

Frequency table

Pasting table

Bar table

Frequency tables help us to keep a record of how many times a piece of data is recorded - for example, how many people in the class have a pet dog

4 .

On a bar chart showing people's favourite colours, what does the lowest bar represent?

The most popular choice

The least popular choice

The average choice

The next to the least popular choice

The highest bar represents the most popular choice

5 .

What is the name of the diagram that uses pictures or symbols to represent data?

Pictogram

Venn diagram

Bar chart

Carroll diagram

If you were recording what pets people have you might make a pictogram which uses pictures of animals

6 .

If you wanted to find out what type of pets children in school have, what do you need to carry out?

A dog show

A survey

A competition

A party

In a survey people are asked questions, such as "Do you have any pets?" or "What kind of pet do you have?"

7 .

What is the name of the diagram that uses circles to sort data into groups?

Venn diagram

Bar chart

Pictogram

Carroll diagram

A Carroll diagram is similar to the Venn diagram but uses a grid rather than circles

8 .

On a bar chart of most popular drink, the results were tea 45, coffee 21, milk 14 and fruit juice 46. How many more people prefer tea to coffee?

45 - 21 = 24

9 .

In which type of chart would you find a horizontal axis and a vertical axis?

Bar chart

Weather chart

Rod chart

Pie chart

The vertical axis tells you the frequency or number whilst the horizontal axis tells you the things you are recording such as types of pet or favourite colour

10 .

What do people complete during a survey to answer the questions?

A quiz

An exam

A job

A questionnaire

Questionnaires are forms with lots of questions on them

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Tables, graphs and charts

Author: Amanda Swift (Primary School Teacher & Educational Content Developer)