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Statistics, NAP-F1-35 SA

Brett made a graph showing all the coins in his money box.

How much money does Brett have in coins?

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`$8.30`

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`text(Total of Brett’s money)`

`= 2 xx $1 + 8 xx 50¢ + 6 xx 20¢ + 4 xx 10¢ + 14 xx 5¢`

`= $2 + $4 + $1.20 + 40¢ + 70¢`

`= $8.30`

Statistics, NAP-C1-16

Some students at a country school were asked to name their favourite animal.

The four most popular choices were put on the graph below.

  • Dogs were the most popular.
  • Sheep were more popular than cats.
  • Horses were less popular than sheep.

Which column shows sheep on the graph?
 

 

`text(A)` `text(B)` `text(C)` `text(D)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(B)`

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`text(Column D is dogs.)`

`text(S)text(ince horses are less popular than sheep)`

`text(and sheep are more popular than cats.)`

`=>\ text(Sheep are more popular than horses and cats.)`

`=>\ text(Column B is sheep.)`

Statistics, NAP-E1-22

4 friends practiced taking soccer penalty goals.

They took 8 penalty with their right foot and another 8 penalty goals with their left foot.

The results are shown in the graph below.

Who scored the most penalty goals?

`text(Lionel)` `text(Kane)` `text(Tim)` `text(Pele)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(Pele)`

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`text(Consider each player:)`

`text(Lionel = 3 + 7 = 10)`

`text(Kane = 6 + 4 = 10)`

`text(Tim = 7 + 2 = 9)`

`text(Pele = 6 + 5 = 11)`

`:.\ text(Pele scored the mosh penalty goals.)`

Statistics, NAP-G1-24

Anne went for a walk everyday.

This graph shows how far Anne went on her walk each day in a week.

On how many days in the week did Anne walk at least 5 kilometres?

`3` `4` `5` `6`
 
 
 
 
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`4`

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`text(Anne walked 5 km or more on Monday, Wednesday,)`

`text(Thursday and Saturday.)`

`=> 4\ text(days)`

Statistics, NAP-F2-22

Camilla asked each student in four year 5 classes if they played soccer.

She recorded the results in the graph below. 
 

 
Which class had the highest number of students that played soccer?

`text(Class A)` `text(Class B)` `text(Class C)` `text(Class D)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(Class A)`

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`text(Consider each option:)`

`text(Class A): 8+6=14`

`text(Class B): 10+3=13`

`text(Class C): 4+9=13`

`text(Class D): 11+2=13`

`:.\ text(Class A has the most soccer players.)`

Statistics, NAP-G2-30

Rory is captain of the chess club and keeps a record of the number of students in the club at the end of each week.
 

 

 
If no students have left the club, how many joined in Week 3?

`3` `4` `5` `13` `17`
 
 
 
 
 
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`4`

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`text(New members in Week 3)`

`=\ text(Members at end Week 3 – Members at end Week 2)`

`= 17 – 13`

`= 4`

Statistics, NAP-H2-08

Virat had a stall that sold hats at the cricket.

The table below shows the number of hats of each size that he sold.

  • Large size were the most popular.
  • Small were less popular than extra large.
  • Medium were more popular than extra large.
     

 

 
Which column on the graph represents extra large?

`text(A)`   `text(B)`  `text(C)`  `text(D)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(B)`

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`text{Large sold 15 (highest column).}`

`text(Extra large sold more than small and less)`

`text(than medium.)`

`:.\ text(Column B must be extra large.)`