This document discusses organizing data in easy to read ways to solve problems and answer questions. It provides examples of tally charts and frequency tables as two methods for organizing collected data on favorite snacks and pets. Students are tasked with using the frequency table to ask and answer questions, and creating a pictogram to display additional collected data on favorite pets. The lesson aims to teach students how to organize data to make it easier to understand and solve problems.

2. We are learning how
to solve a problem by
collecting data and
organising it in a way
which is easy to read
and understand.
W.A.L.T.

3. What is Data?
Data is Information,
It can be in the form of numbers, words,
pictures, digits.
It provides us with the facts.
By organising this information in different
ways we can make it easier to read and
answer questions and solve problems.

4. Success criteria for Today.
By the end of the lesson
you will have learnt
how to organise data
in two different ways,
which make the data
easy to read and will
help you solve
problems and answer
questions quickly and
easily.

5. How can we collect data?
Salt & Vinegar
Ready Salted
Cheese & Onion
Smoky Bacon
Barbecue
Other
Tally Chart / Frequency Table.
Favourite Crisps.

6. What can we find out?
What problems can we solve?
?
?
?
Who else might collect data?

7. Your first task.
Using the information on the
frequency table:
Working in pairs, come up with
three questions you could ask your
partner and get your partner to
give you the answers by reading
the data.

8. Favourite Pets.
Dog
Rabbit
Cat
Hamster
Fish
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9. Another way to organise data?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
PICTOGRAM

10. Your next task.
From the animals
given, select
which animal you
like best and
draw it on a post
it note.

11. What did we learn today?
How does this help us?
Have you been successful?
Well Done!