Pictograms – Demonstration

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Mike recorded the goals scored by players on the school’s football teams.
Tim scored 4 goals, Dwayne scored 3 goals, Sandra scored 5 goals,
Bo scored 2 goals & Helen scored 3 goals.
Mike wants to show this data in the school newsletter.
How could we represent this data?
Mike recorded the goals scored by players on the school’s football teams.
Tim scored 4 goals, Dwayne scored 3 goals, Sandra scored 5 goals,
Bo scored 2 goals & Helen scored 3 goals.

Tim

Dwayne

Sandra

Bo
We represent data with diagrams
to make it quick & easy to read.

Helen

This is a pictogram.
Why might we want to represent data this way?
 Mike makes a pictogram for the goals scored by
players on the Year 9 boys football team.
Tim scored 8 goals, Dwayne scored 12 goals,
Mark scored 4 goals & Jay scored 8 goals.

Tim

Dwayne

Mark

Jay

How could we make the pictogram easier to draw?

 Mike makes a pictogram for the goals scored by
players on the Year 9 boys football team.
KEY:
Tim scored 8 goals, Dwayne scored 12 goals,
Mark scored 4 goals & Jay scored 8 goals.
= 4 goals

Tim

Dwayne

Mark

Jay

We must have a key to tell us the value of one symbol.

 Goals scored by Year 9 girls.

Who scored the most goals?

Hannah
Aisha (16)

Max
How many goals did Jess score?

Jess 8

Aisha
How many more goals did
Max score compared with Hannah?
KEY:
8 more
= 4 goals
 Goals scored by Year 8 boys.
How many goals did each player score?

2
Greg
=4
Dave 9

=2
Mo 8

Todd 15 =1

KEY:

= 4 goals =3
 Pets Owned by Class 9Y2

Fish 6

Rabbit 4
Which pet is most popular?

Cat 4 Dog

Dog 8
Does this pictogram
represent the data fairly?
Parrot 2
6 fish looks bigger than 8 dogs.

KEY:
=2
 Student’s Lunch Choices

Salad

Sandwich
How many students had
a sandwich?
12
Pasta

What is wrong with this pictogram?

Pie

You can’t have 1.5 of a person!

KEY:
=3
 Cars Sold Year 7s Favourite Subjects

Maths 32
Monday
English 28
Tuesday
Science 14
Wednesday
Geography 18
Thursday
Other 30
KEY: =2
KEY: =8

A) How many car were sold on Tuesday? A) How many students chose each subject?
5 cars

B) How many cars were sold over the 4 days? B) What is the problem with using a square
14 cars for every 8 students?
It is difficult to represent 1, 3, 5 & 7.
Hours in a Week Playing Computer Games Hours per Day Tim did Homework

Mon.
Joe
Tues.
Kirk
Weds.
Lisa
Thurs.
Dee
Fri.
KEY: = 1 hour
KEY: = 1 hour

A) How many hours did Kirk play for?
3 hours
B) Together, how many hours did
Lisa and Dee play computer games for?
4 hours
A) How long did Tim do homework
on Wednesday?
1 hour 15 minutes
B) How many hours did Tim spend
on homework over the whole week?
13 hours 30 minutes
 What’s missing?

Spaceships Spotted Sandwiches Sold

Mon.
2001
Tues.
2000
Weds.
1999
Thurs.
1998

KEY: =2 Fri.

9 spaceships were spotted in 1999. KEY: =4

How many spaceships were spotted in total? 17 sandwiches were sold on Thursday.
26 How many sandwiches were sold over
the 5 days?
44
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