Boxplots, Pie Charts, Frequency Tables, Quartiles, Mode and Median

This resource is for KS4 students, who have already covered boxplots, pie charts, quartiles, mode and median and analysing frequency tables to find them. The resource is labeled as an ‘activity’, but would cover most of a lesson.

There is a lengthy introduction revising frequency tables, boxplots, pie charts and how to extract quartiles, modes and medians from them. Students are also prepared for comparing two of the same sort of chart or table. Use of whiteboards at this stage is possible.

Students are then asked to match each Frequency Table to the corresponding Analysis Table, Pie Chart and Boxplot. To do this, students need to complete the Frequency Tables by calculating the Cumulative Frequencies. After matching the tables and diagrams, students are expected to complete each Analysis Table by finding the Modal Class, Shortest Height, Tallest Height and Range of Heights.