Starter Cards

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Starter Cards HANDLING DATA
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Introduction

• These cards are designed to be used as mental and
  oral starters at Key Stages 2 to 4
• Ideally they should be laminated with the sample
  key questions on the back
• Please add key questions of your own and adapt
  the cards to reflect the ability of your
  students

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HD1
4
HD1
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• There were 18 people in the survey. How many are
  represented by the red bar?
• The yellow bar represents 150 people. How many in
  the survey altogether?

This bar chart shows hours of sunshine for two
days this week. If the red bar shows 3.5 hours,
how many hours of sunshine were there in
total?

• In my survey there were 6 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the yellow bar? The red bar?
• The red bar shows 3 people. How many were in my
  survey altogether?
• The yellow bar represents 12 students. How many
  .

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HD2
6
HD2
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• There were 15 people in the survey. How many are
  represented by the red bar?
• The green bar represents 30 people. How many in
  the survey altogether?

This bar chart shows hours of sunshine for two
days this week. If the green bar shows 3.5 hours,
how many hours of sunshine were there in
total?

• In my survey there were 5 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the green bar? The red bar?
• The red bar shows 8 people. How many were in my
  survey altogether?
• The green bar represents 3 students. How many .

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HD3
8
HD3
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• There were 20 people in the survey. How many are
  represented by the red bar?
• The green bar represents 30 people. How many in
  the survey altogether?

This bar chart shows hours of sunshine for three
days this week. If the green bar shows 3.5 hours,
how many hours of sunshine were there in
total?

• In my survey there were 4 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the green bar? The yellow bar?
• The red bar shows 2 people. How many were in my
  survey altogether?
• The green bar represents 3 students. How many .

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HD4
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HD4
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• There were 21 people in the survey. How many are
  represented by the red bar?
• The green bar represents 30 people. How many in
  the survey altogether?

This bar chart shows hours of sunshine for three
days this week. If the green bar shows 2.1 hours,
how many hours of sunshine were there in
total?

• In my survey there were 7 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the green bar? The yellow bar?
• The blue bar shows 4 people. How many were in my
  survey altogether?
• The green bar represents 3 students. How many .

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HD5
12
HD5
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• In my survey there were 8 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the red slice of the pie? The
  yellow slice?
• The blue slice shows 4 people. How many were in
  my survey altogether?
• The red slice represents 3 students. How many .

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HD6
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HD6
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• In my survey there were 8 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the red slice of the pie? The
  yellow slice?
• The blue slice shows 4 people. How many were in
  my survey altogether?
• The red slice represents 3 students. How many .

• There are 15 pupils represented by the blue part
  of the pie chart.How many people are in the
  survey altogether?
• The yellow sector represents 40 people. How many
  in the blue sector?
• .

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HD7
16
HD7
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• In my survey there were 8 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the red slice of the pie? The
  yellow slice?
• The blue slice shows 4 people. How many were in
  my survey altogether?
• The red slice represents 3 students. How many .

• There are 10 pupils represented by the blue part
  of the pie chart.How many people are in the
  survey altogether?
• The yellow sector represents 30 people. How many
  in the blue sector?
• .

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HD8
18
HD8
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• In my survey there were 18 pupils altogether. How
  many are shown by the red slice of the pie? The
  yellow slice?
• The blue slice shows 4 people. How many were in
  my survey altogether?
• The red slice represents 3 students. How many .

• There are 16 pupils represented by the blue part
  of the pie chart.How many people are in the
  survey altogether?
• The yellow sector represents 30 people. How many
  in the blue sector?
• .

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HD9
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HD9
SAMPLE KEY QUESTIONS
SUPPORT
CORE
EXTENSION

• In my survey there were 10 pupils altogether. How
  many had Orange mobile network?
• If 4 people had the Vodafone network, how many
  had BT?
• If each picture represents 3 pupils, how many
  pupils were in the survey?
• ..

• If each picture represents 5 pupils, how many
  have O2 network?
• 8 people have BT network. How many have Orange?