Interpretation of Graphs, Tables & Maps
 : Ice cream
Approach: Stations
52k
Resources: Incomplete table, text, space to draw graph

Questions / instructions:
Part I When on holiday Maria had 3 icecreams,
John had 2 and Tui had 4.
They made this chart.

Bob had 5 icecreams.
Put this in the chart.
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Part II Year 8 version
People in different countries eat different amounts of icecream in a year. On average, each person in USA eats 22 litres a year, in Australia each person eats 18 litres, in Sweden 14 litres, in Denmark 9 litres, and in Britain 5 litres of icecream. Make a chart to show this information.

Year 4 version
Over one year Maria had 30 icecreams, John had 37, Tui had 24 and Bob had 60.

Make a chart to show the number of icecreams they each had in one year.
y4
y8
Part I
80
98
Part II data
80
95
headings & labels
42
45
Commentary:
The majority of students at both levels made a table, following the model from Part I. A majority of students at both levels neglected to provide complete headings and labels for their chart.

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