Mother’s Day Gift Data Investigation

I can interpret and compare data displays. (ACMSP070)

Evie collected data from her classmates on what presents they gave their mums for Mother’s
Day this year.

1. Write the tally totals for each of the gifts.

Box of Bunch of Homemade A hug A book A mug

chocolates flowers card

Tally
Total

2. Show Evie’s collected data on the graph.

10
3. Use Evie’s collected data to help you complete
these questions:
9
a. How many children are in Evie’s class?
8
b. What was the most popular gift?
7
c. What was the least popular gift?
6
d. How many children gave their mum either
5 a book or a hug?

4
e. How many more children gave their mum a
mug than a box of chocolates?
3

2 f. How many children gave their mum either

flowers, a card or a mug?
1
g. What title could you give the graph?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6
 Mother’s Day Gift Data Investigation Answers
I can interpret and compare data displays. (ACMSP070)

Evie collected data from her classmates on what presents they gave their mums for Mother’s
Day this year.

1. Write the tally totals for each of the gifts.

Box of Bunch of Homemade A hug A book A mug

chocolates flowers card

Tally
Total 2 4 3 7 5 5

2. Show Evie’s collected data on the graph.

10 3. Use Evie’s collected data to help you complete

these questions:
9
a. How many children are in Evie’s class?
26 (or 27 including Evie)
8
b. What was the most popular gift?
a hug
7
c. What was the least popular gift?

6
chocolates
d. How many children gave their mum either
5 a book or a hug?
12
4 e. How many more children gave their mum a
mug than a box of chocolates?
3 3
f. How many children gave their mum either
2
flowers, a card or a mug?
12
1
g. What title could you give the graph?
Answers will vary. E.g, ‘Most popular
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mother’s Day gifts’