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Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource. The options may go beyong the scope of this level of the Functional Skills requirements.

• Histograms Practise drawing and reading information from histograms displaying grouped data
• Cumulative Frequency Online exercises on cumulative frequency for discrete and grouped data with exam-style questions.

Here are some exam-style questions on this statement:

• "This Cumulative Frequency graph shows the heights of 58 Scouts. Work out an estimate for the number of these Scouts with a height greater than 160cm." ... more
• "The grouped frequency table gives information about the times, in minutes, that 90 commuters take to get home from work." ... more
• "The table shows information about the heights of 85 stalagmites." ... more
• "(a) The list shows 18 temperatures, in degrees Celsius, at 2pm on different days in Honeyville." ... more
• "The distance walked by each of 68 hikers was recorded. The results are shown in the cumulative frequency curve." ... more
• "The table shows the marks earned by 200 students taking a Maths exam." ... more
• "The table shows the amount of time, in months, taken to sell houses on the Happyland housing estate." ... more
• "This histogram shows information about the ages of 317 people attending a charity concert. The cost of tickets for children under 15 years of age are half price. If a full price ticket was £18, estimate the total income of all 317 ticket sales." ... more
• "The histogram gives information about the times 475 kittens took to get over an obstacle." ... more
• "A TV company surveyed 88 of its employees to find out how much time they spend travelling to work on a given day. The results of the survey are shown in the following cumulative frequency diagram." ... more
• "This cumulative frequency graph shows the speeds in kmh^-1 of cyclists passing a certain point on a race track." ... more
• "Gringe Hull Secondary School has students from Year 7 to Year 13. A group of 138 students in Year 9 were randomly selected and surveyed to find out how long it takes them to travel to school each morning. Their results are represented by the following cumulative frequency graph." ... more

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Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Statistics Statistics is the study of the collection, organisation, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. It deals with all aspects of data, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. It also includes describing mathematical relationships between variables and presenting these to an audience in a way that best conveys meaning. See also the topics called Data Handling, Probability and Averages.