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Mathematics questions, unit 8
Nama / NameKelas / ClassTarikh / Date

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26 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Read each bar chart carefully.

Section A: objective questions

12 marks
Choose the correct answer.
1

Question 1

What do we use to count the answers quickly when we collect data?
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D
Strokes in groups of five make a tally, which is quick to count.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.1.1
Textbook p. 93
2

Question 2

Diagram 1 shows a tally of favourite colours. How many pupils like red?
Tally table of favourite colours: red 7, blue 10, green 4, yellow 6
Diagram 1
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C
Red has one group of five and 2 strokes: 5 + 2 = 7.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.1.1
Textbook p. 93
3

Question 3

Look at Diagram 1. Which colour is the most favoured?
Tally table of favourite colours
Diagram 1
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B
Blue has two groups of five = 10, the most.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.1.1
Textbook p. 93
4

Question 4

Look at Diagram 2. What does the vertical axis show?
Bar chart of favourite sports: football 9, badminton 6, swimming 4, running 7
Diagram 2
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C
The side of the chart is labelled Number of pupils. The types of sport are along the bottom.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 8.2.1
Textbook p. 94
5

Question 5

Look at Diagram 2. How many pupils like swimming?
Bar chart of favourite sports
Diagram 2
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D
The swimming bar ends at 4.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.2.1
Textbook p. 94
6

Question 6

Look at Diagram 2. Which sport is the most favoured?
Bar chart of favourite sports
Diagram 2
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A
Football has the tallest bar, 9 pupils.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.2.1
Textbook p. 94
7

Question 7

Diagram 3 is a horizontal bar chart. Who read 7 books?
Horizontal bar chart of books read: Amin 5, Mei 8, Kumar 3, Siti 5, Lina 7
Diagram 3
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C
The bar for Lina ends at 7.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.2.1
Textbook p. 95
8

Question 8

Look at Diagram 3. Which two pupils read the same number of books?
Horizontal bar chart of books read
Diagram 3
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B
Amin and Siti both read 5 books.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 98
9

Question 9

Diagram 4 shows how pupils go to school. How many more pupils come by bus than by car?
Bar chart of ways to school: bus 10, car 6, bicycle 3, walk 5
Diagram 4
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D
Bus 10, car 6. 10 − 6 = 4.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 97
10

Question 10

Look at Diagram 5. How many pupils were asked altogether?
Horizontal bar chart of favourite snacks: biscuits 4, bread 6, nasi lemak 9, noodles 3
Diagram 5
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A
4 + 6 + 9 + 3 = 22.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 99
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Question 11

Look at Diagram 5. Which two snacks together are liked by 13 pupils?
Horizontal bar chart of favourite snacks
Diagram 5
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C
9 + 4 = 13 for nasi lemak and biscuits. The others make 10, 9 and 12.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 98
12

Question 12

Look at Diagram 2. The school wants to buy new equipment for the sport that most pupils like. Which equipment should it buy?
Bar chart of favourite sports
Diagram 2
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A
The most favoured sport is football, so footballs are the best choice.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 99

Section B: structured questions

14 marks
Answer all questions.
13

Question 13

Look at Diagram 1 again. It shows the tally of favourite colours chosen by a group of pupils.
Tally table of favourite colours: red 7, blue 10, green 4, yellow 6
Diagram 1
[1 mark] (a)How many pupils like green?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)Which colour is the least favoured?
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[1 mark] (c)How many pupils chose a colour altogether?
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Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 8.1.1
Textbook p. 93
14

Question 14

The table shows the favourite pets of some pupils. Diagram 6 is the empty bar chart.
PetCatFishBirdRabbit
Number of pupils5362
Empty bar chart of favourite pets with the vertical axis from 0 to 8 and the types cat, fish, bird and rabbit along the bottom
Diagram 6
[2 marks] (a)Draw the bars to complete the chart.
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The finished chart:
Answer: cat 5, fish 3, bird 6, rabbit 2
Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)Which pet is the most favoured?
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Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 8.2.1
Textbook p. 94
15

Question 15

Look at Diagram 4 again. It shows how a group of pupils go to school.
Bar chart of ways to school: bus 10, car 6, bicycle 3, walk 5
Diagram 4
[1 mark] (a)How many pupils walk to school?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)How many pupils come by car and by bicycle altogether?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (c)How many pupils are there altogether?
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Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 97
16

Question 16

Diagram 7 shows the favourite games of Year 2 pupils.
Bar chart of favourite games: kite 4, congkak 6, marbles 8, top 7
Diagram 7
[1 mark] (a)Which game is the second most favoured?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)How many more pupils like marbles than kite?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (c)Amin says, "Kite is the most favoured game because it is the first bar." Is he correct?
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No
The most favoured game has the tallest bar, which is marbles.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 98
17

Question 17

Look at Diagram 2 (favourite sports) again.
Bar chart of favourite sports
Diagram 2
[1 mark] (a)Write one question that can be answered from the chart.
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)Write the answer to your question.
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Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard 8.3.1
Textbook p. 99