HOOE PRIMARY SCHOOL

DATA HANDLING

PIE CHARTS

LEVEL 5/6

YEAR 6
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Q1.
This pie chart shows the ingredients to make a
food mixture for wild birds.

Estimate the percentage of mixture that is suet.

1 mark

Mina uses 100 grams of millet in the mixture.

Estimate how many grams of sunflower seeds she should use.

1 mark

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Q2. 40 children predicted who would win the boys’ race at sports day.

This pie chart shows their predictions.

What percentage of the children predicted that Stefan would win?

1 mark

10 children predicted the winner of the race correctly.

Who won the race? ...........................................

Explain how you know.

1 mark

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Q3. This pie chart shows how the children in Class 6 best like their potatoes cooked.

32 children took part in the survey.

Look at the four statements below.

For each statement put a tick ( ) if it is correct.

Put a cross ( ) if it is not correct.

10 children like chips best.

25% of the children like mashed potatoes best.

of the children like roast potatoes best.

12 children like jacket potatoes best.

2 marks

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Q4. Tony and Gemma looked for snails, worms, slugs and beetles in their gardens.

They each made a pie chart of what they found.

Estimate the number of worms that Tony found.

1 mark

Who found more snails?

Circle Tony or Gemma. Tony / Gemma

Explain how you know.

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1 mark

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Q5.

People in a village were asked if they shopin the

village, or in the town, or in both.

The bar chart shows the results.

Altogether 246 people took part in the survey.

How many people shop in both the village and the town?

2 marks

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Q6. Look at the information in these two pie charts.

Pupils in class 6K
Key:

Girls

Boys

Girls in class 6K
Key:

11 years old

Not 11 years old

Use the informaion in the two pie charts to complete the pie chart below.

Pupils in class 6K

Key:

11 year-old girls

All other pupils in

the class

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1 mark

Q7. This table shows the number of things to eat in five children’s lunch boxes.

sandwiches apples bananas fruit bars

Lisa 1 2 0 2

Jack 2 0 2 1

Kemi 1 1 0 2

Nik 1 2 1 0

Ben 2 1 2 1

Here is a graph of the information for four of the children.

Which child’s information is missing from the graph?

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Explain how you know.

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1 mark

Q8. Sarah makes a pie chart to show the proportion of boys and girls in her class.

Number Size of angle

in class on pie chart
Boys 14 144°
Girls 21 216°

The next day another boy joins Sarah's class.

She makes a new pie chart.

Calculate the angle for boys on the new pie chart.

2 marks

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Q9.

This pie chart shows the lunch choices of year 6 children at a school.

28 children in year 6 have a school meal.

How many go home for lunch?

2 marks

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Q10. The pie chart below shows the different kinds of homes in Lamton village.

Altogether there are 550 homes in Lamton.

Use an angle measurer (protractor) to help you calculate how many flats there
are.

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2 marks

Q11. Paul is making a pie chart of land use in Great Britain using these survey results.

Calculate the angle of the sector for farms.

2 marks

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Q12. This pie chart shows the different ways that wood is used in the world.

Use the pie chart to estimate the percentage of wood that is used for paper.

1 mark

54% of the wood is used for fuel.

Calculate the angle for the fuel sector on the pie chart.

Do not use an angle measurer.

You must show how you worked out your answer.

2 marks

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