Q1. Jim draws a graph to show how high two rockets go during their flight.
Estimate how much higher rocket A reaches than rocket B.
metres
1 mark
Estimate the time after the start when the two rockets are at the same height.
seconds
1 mark
Jim says,
“The graph shows that rocket A was more than 200 m above the
ground for about 23 seconds.”
Explain how the graph shows this.
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1 mark
Q2. Kelly chooses a section of a newspaper.
It has 50 words in it.
She draws a bar chart of the number of letters in each word.
What fraction of the 50 words have more than 6 letters?
1 mark
Kelly says,
23 of the 50 words have less than 5 letters.
This shows that nearly half of all the words used in the newspaper
have less than 5 letters in them.
Explain why she could be wrong.
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1 mark
Q3. Three children do a sponsored silence.
This is a chart of the money they collected.
Estimate how much Sheena collected.
1 mark
Together Gary and Pip collected more than £60.
Explain how the chart shows this.
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1 mark
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
Q5. A hot liquid is left to cool in a science experiment.
This graph shows how the temperature of the liquid changes as it cools.
Read from the graph how many minutes it takes for the temperature to
reach 40°C
minutes
1 mark
Read from the graph how many minutes the temperature is above 60°C
minutes
1 mark
Q6.
This chart shows the amount of money spent in a toy shop in three months.
How much more money was spent in the shop in December than in
November?
1 mark
Stepan says,
‘In November there was a 100% increase on the money spent in
October’.
Is he correct?
Circle Yes or No. Yes /
No
Explain how you can tell from the chart.
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1 mark
Q7. This graph shows how the weight of a baby changed over twelve months.
From the graph, what was the weight of the baby at 10 months?
kg
1 mark
How much more did the baby weigh at 5 months than at birth?
kg
1 mark
Q8. Some children take part in the long jump.
The graph shows the distances the children jumped.
Estimate how much further Lucy jumped than Nicola.
cm
1 mark
Q9. The pie charts show the results of a school’s netball and football matches.
The netball team played 30 games.
The football team played 24 games.
Estimate the percentage of games that the netball team lost.
1 mark
David says,
‘The two teams won the same number of games’.
Is he correct?
Circle Yes or No. Yes / No
Explain how you know.
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1 mark
Q10. On Monday all the children at Grange School each play one sport.
They choose either hockey or rounders.
There are 103 children altogether in the school.
27 girls choose hockey.
Write all this information in the table.
Then complete the table.
hockey rounders Total
boys 22
girls 53
Total
2 marks
Q11. All the children at Park School chose their favourite soup.
The graph shows the results.
How many more children chose chicken soup than mushroom soup?
1 mark
Robbie says,
‘More than half of the children chose tomato soup’.
Is he correct?
Circle Yes or No.
Yes / No
Explain how you can tell from the graph.
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1 mark
Q12. 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
Q13. This graph shows the temperature in a greenhouse.
Use the graph to find the time when the temperature was 25°C.
1 mark
Use the graph to find the difference between the temperature at 2 pm
and the temperature at 4 pm.
degrees
1 mark
Q14. Class 6 did a survey of the number of trees in a country park.
This pie chart shows their results.
Estimate the fraction of trees in the survey that are oak trees.
1 mark
The children counted 60 ash trees.
Use the pie chart to estimate the number of beech trees they counted.
1 mark
Q15. This chart shows the number of books some children read last month.
How many children altogether read more than 9 books?
1 mark
7 children read 4 books.
1 child read 5 books.
Lin says,
‘That means 2 children read 6 books’.
Explain how she can work this out from the chart.
1 mark
Q16. Here are two spinners, A and B.
A B
Hassan spins the pointer on each spinner.
He adds his two scores together.
For each statement put a tick ( ) to show if it is certain, possible or
impossible.
One has been done for you.
certain possible impossible
The total
will be more than 15
The total will be
an even number
The total will be less than 6
The score on A will be less
than the score on B.
2 marks
Q17. This graph shows the number of people living in a town.
Look at the graph.
How many people lived in the town in 1985?
1 mark
In which year was the number of people the same as in 1950?
1 mark
Find the year when the number of people first went below 20 000
1 mark
Q18. The London Eye is a big wheel with pods to carry passengers.
It takes 30 minutes for the wheel to make a complete turn.
This graph shows the height of a pod above the ground as the wheel turns.
How long from the start does it take the pod to reach a height of 75 metres?
minutes
1 mark
How many metres above the ground is the pod at its highest point?
1 mark
Q19. 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
Q20. This graph shows the outside temperature from 4pm to 10pm on a day in
winter.
At what time was the temperature –2°C?
1 mark
How many degrees did the temperature drop from 5pm to 7pm?
degrees
1 mark
