Use understanding of angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts
I can use angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts.
Use understanding of angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts
I can use angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- A pie chart is a way of presenting data representing parts of a whole.
- Pie charts can be interpreted using knowledge of angles.
- Pie charts can be interpreted using knowledge of fractions and percentages.
Keywords
Pie chart - A pie chart is a circular graph where sectors represent different groups in proportion to each other.
Sector - A sector is a part, or ‘pie-slice’ part, of a pie chart.
Common misconception
Pupils may make mistakes converting an angle of a sector into a percentage.
Choose to work with angles that can easily be converted into percentages (e.g. 72° is equal to 20% of the whole chart). You could have these readily available in the classroom as part of a display to refer to throughout the lesson.
To help you plan your year 6 maths lesson on: Use understanding of angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 maths lesson on: Use understanding of angles, fractions and percentages to interpret pie charts, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
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