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Favourite flavour of crisps
Complete a survey on people’s favourite crisp flavour and display the results in a pictogram. Complete a survey on people’s favourite crisp flavour and display the results in a chart or graph. Discussion points
- What do you notice?
- Which is the most popular flavour?
- Which is the least popular flavour?
- Could you sort the flavours by quantity?
- How many more people like ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people like ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between flavour A and B?
- What is the sum of flavours A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- How many more people like ___ than ___?
- How many fewer people like ___ than ___?
- What is the difference between flavour A and B?
- What is the sum of flavours A, B and C?
- What does the data tell us?
- What is the mean score?
Teaching tips:
Maths: After asking children their preferences, spend time interpreting the graph (see discussion points). They could discuss why some crisps might be more or less popular than others.
Children could choose 2 flavour of crisps in order to work with more data.
There are many more food related graph activities, such as ‘Favourite ice cream flavour’ and ‘Which is your favourite sweet?’
Children could choose 2 flavour of crisps in order to work with more data.
There are many more food related graph activities, such as ‘Favourite ice cream flavour’ and ‘Which is your favourite sweet?’
After filling in the information, spend time interpreting the graph and what is shows. Present children with a range of comparison, sum and difference problems to support work on interpreting information in a variety of graphs (see discussion points).
Show how simple scaling works, for example, by representing 2 people with each line of the chart.
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
There are many more food related graph activities, such as ‘Favourite ice cream flavour’ and ‘Which is your favourite sweet?’
Show how simple scaling works, for example, by representing 2 people with each line of the chart.
Older children could convert between pie and line graphs and have a go at finding the mean (average) score.
There are many more food related graph activities, such as ‘Favourite ice cream flavour’ and ‘Which is your favourite sweet?’
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