Data William Playfair, a Scottish engineer and economist, introduced the line graph Interpret and construct a simple bar chart Scale in 1786. Axis Note: Stage 5 focuses on solving problems using information presented in a Graph line graph. Pupils construct simple line (time) graphs in Stage 4. Frequency Time graph, Time series Line graph Bar-line vertical line chart Common approaches Maximum, minimum Pupils always check they understand the scales used on the axes before attempting to solve problems. Reasoning opportunities and probing questions Suggested activities Possible misconceptions KM: Show me a line graph and tell me a story about it. And another. And Some pupils may think that a line graph is appropriate for discrete data KM: another. Some pupils may think that a line graph is the same a bar-line chart NRICH: What is the same and what is different: Bar chart, bar-line chart, time Some pupils may think that one centimetre represents one unit. graph, line graph? Convince me that a line is not the same as a bar-line graph. Learning review NCETM:
Interpret and construct a simple bar chart Data Scale Axis Graph Frequency Time graph, Time series Line graph Bar-line vertical line chart Maximum, minimum William Playfair, a Scottish engineer and economist, introduced the line graph in 1786. Note: Stage 5 focuses on solving problems using information presented in a line graph. Pupils construct simple line (time) graphs in Stage 4. Common approaches Pupils always check they understand the scales used on the axes before attempting to solve problems. Reasoning opportunities and probing questions Suggested activities Possible misconceptions Show me a line graph and tell me a story about it. And another. And another. What is the same and what is different: Bar chart, bar-line chart, time graph, line graph? Convince me that a line is not the same as a bar-line graph. NCETM: KM: KM: NRICH: Learning review Some pupils may think that a line graph is appropriate for discrete data Some pupils may think that a line graph is the same a bar-line chart Some pupils may think that one centimetre represents one unit.
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