Maths Challenge Monday

Which of the following is an example of data you could collect using a survey?

• The height of a mountain

• The favourite colours of students in your class

• The distance from Earth to the Moon

• The temperature of boiling water

A class surveyed their favourite fruits. The results showed: Apple = 8, Banana = 5, Orange = 3, Mango = 4. Which fruit was the most popular?

• Banana

• Orange

• Apple

• Mango

In a bar chart showing pets owned by students, the bar for "dogs" reaches the number 10. How many students own dogs?

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 100

A survey asked 20 children what their favourite sport was. Football got 9 votes, swimming got 6 votes, and tennis got 5 votes. How many more children preferred football over tennis?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

A bar chart shows the number of books read by students in one month. Class A read 15 books, Class B read 22 books, and Class C read 18 books. Which class read the fewest books?

• Class A

• Class B

• Class C

• All classes read the same number

A student wants to find out the most popular school lunch option. Which method would be best to collect this data?

• Measuring the weight of each lunch

• Asking each student in the school which lunch they prefer using a survey

• Counting the number of tables in the canteen

• Drawing a picture of the canteen

A bar chart shows the number of rainy days each month. January has 12 rainy days, February has 9, March has 7, and April has 5. What is the total number of rainy days across all four months?

• 30

• 31

• 33

• 35

Two classes were surveyed about their favourite season. Class 1: Summer = 10, Winter = 6. Class 2: Summer = 7, Winter = 9. Which class had more students who preferred Winter?

• Class 1

• Class 2

• Both classes had the same number

• Neither class liked Winter

A bar chart shows how many goals a football team scored each week for 4 weeks: Week 1 = 2, Week 2 = 4, Week 3 = 6, Week 4 = 8. What pattern do you notice in the data?

• The number of goals is decreasing each week

• The number of goals stays the same each week

• The number of goals is increasing by 2 each week

• The number of goals doubles every week

A survey collected data on how students travel to school. The results were: Walk = 12, Bus = 8, Car = 6, Cycle = 4. If you were to create a bar chart, which bar would be the tallest?

• Bus

• Car

• Walk

• Cycle