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Starter: Rainfall

Total rainfall in 2017 (mm)


160

140

120

100
Rainfall (mm)

80

60

40

20

0
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Months of the year
Starter: Rainfall

Total rainfall in 2017 and January 2018 (mm)


180

160

140

120
Rainfall (mm)

100

80

60

40

20

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Months of the year
Ways of representing data

What ways do we know of representing data?


Are 3D pie charts a good way of representing data?

Packaging cost
Advertising cost

Profit Transportation cost

The costs
involved in
creating a
food product

Raw ingredients Staff costs


Are 3D pie charts a good way of representing data?

Packaging costs
Advertising costs
10% 20%

Profit Transportation cost


15% 10%

The costs
involved in
creating a 20% 25%
food product

Raw ingredients Staff costs


Drawing a pie chart

A short reminder on how to draw a pie chart…

Colour cars bought from a car dealer yesterday

Blue 58
Black 85
Red 37

What is the total amount of cars bought?

How can I covert these numbers into degrees?


Drawing a pie chart

What is the total number of cars bought?


180

How can I covert these numbers into degrees?


Multiply by 360

Blue Black Red

58 85 37
x 360 = 116° x 360 = 170° x 360 = 74°
180 180 180
Drawing a pie chart

Red
21%

Blue
32%

Blue Black Red

58 85 37
x 360 = 116° x 360 = 170° x 360 = 74°
180 180 180

Black
47%
Reminder: Reading a pie chart

I went shopping at the weekend and the pie chart shows how I spent my money.

I spent $100 in total.

How much did I spend on fuel?


How many degrees were allocated to
‘other items’?
80°
180°
How could I write this as a percentage?
Can you think of a better way to draw this
pie chart?
Example: Reading a Pie Chart

Food Fuel Clothes Other items

Other items
3%

Clothes
22%

Food
50%

Fuel
25%

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