Bar graphs
Interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs
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Can your child choose the right type of chart for some data — for example, a bar chart for favourite colours or a line graph for temperature over a week — and draw it correctly?
Interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs
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Check understanding
- Read a time graph showing temperature changes over a day
- Present data about plant growth over weeks as a time graph
- Explain the difference between a bar chart (discrete) and a time graph (continuous)
“Can your child choose the right type of chart for some data — for example, a bar chart for favourite colours or a line graph for temperature over a week — and draw it correctly?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Representational
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Data & Statistics
- Age range
- Ages 8–9