VCAL Foundation Numeracy Mini Quiz

•Data could best be described as:

• Collecting darts from the dartboard at the end of a game.

• Finding useless information and saving it to your laptop.

• Data is a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or just descriptions of things.

• Counting the number of rain drops falling from the sky.

Numerical data is

• •information that is conveyed in numerical form (uses numbers to answer questions).

• data that is measurable, such as time, height, weight, amount, and so on.

• Both answers are correct.

Categorical data is

• information that is grouped into categories, such as the colour of cars or favourite ice cream flavours.

• cats choosing which mice to eat for breakfast.

• the only form of data that should be used.

Which image best represents the different types of data.

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Provide an example of a Numerical question related to the amount of time students spend on their laptops each day.

Provide an example of a Categorical question based on ice cream flavours.

Which graph best represents a Column graph?

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Which graph best represents a Pie graph?

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Which graph best represents a Line graph?

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A line graph is...

• used if you only have a pencil to draw your graph.

• a graph that only ever uses one line because using more than one line would be confusing.

• used to draw a line in the sand.

• used to graph data that changes over time and they can also be used to compare two or more lots of data.