Handling Data

PIE CHART

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1) How many degrees in a circle?
2) How many degrees in a triangle?
3) How many degrees in a right angle?
4) How do we recognize a right angle?
5) What makes a triangle isosceles?
6) How do we know if a triangle is equilateral?
7) How many degrees in a quadrilateral?
8) What do we know about an interior and
exterior angle?
9) What do all exterior angles add up to?
10) Write a fact about scalene triangles.

Lesson
Are you ready for
the answers ?
Practice 1: Draw the pie charts from the tables below.
1)







2)
Lesson
Activity Frequency
Gym 4
Swimming 12
Squash 3
Aerobics 11
Total 30
Type of Pet Frequency
Cat 30
Dog 25
Rabbit 15
Other 20
Total 90
Remember:
Step 1: Total frequency if
not given
Step 2: 360 Total
Frequency
Step 3: Multiply each
group by the answer to
Step 2
Step 4: Draw the pie
chart
Step 5: Label carefully
Practice 2:

1) The pie chart shows how Jenny spends her monthly income.
Jenny spends 150 a month on food.
(a) Work out Jennys monthly income
(b) Work out how much Jenny spends on rent each month.

Next
120
Food
Rent
Other Bills
Savings
Clothes & Going
Out
Put the angle in the pie chart over 360 (like
a fraction), cancel down if possible and then
relate it to the money Jenny has.
2) The pie chart gives information about the bills paid by a Water
Company.
(a) Work out the size of the angle representing Wages.
The Water Company spent 18 000 on Materials.
(b) Work out the amount it spent on Rates.
Lesson
TAIL
1) Patrick carried out a survey of 45 engineering students. He asked
how many books they had borrowed from the LRC in the last month.
These are Patricks results.
Next
Number of
books
Tally Frequency
0 to 2
3 to 5
6 to 8
more than 8 6

(a) Copy and complete the table.
(b) Construct a pie chart to show this information.
Are you ready for
the answers ?
Answers to Q1
Number of
books
Tally Frequency
0 to 2 11
3 to 5 15
6 to 8 13
more than 8 6

Angles : 11 8 = 88
15 8 = 120
13 8 = 104
6 8 = 48
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2) In a town, 1800 cars were stolen in a year. The table show information
about the times of day in which they were stolen.
Time

Number of cars

Midnight to 6 am

700

6 am to midday

80

Midday to 6 pm

280

6 pm to midnight

470

Time unknown

270

This information can be shown on a pie chart.
(a) Copy out the table below and work out the angles for each sector.
Time

Angle of sector

Midnight to 6 am



6 am to midday



Midday to 6 pm



6 pm to midnight



Time unknown



Total of angles

360

(b) Construct the pie chart.
(c) What fraction of cars were stolen between midday and 6pm. Write
your answer in its simplest terms.
Next
Are you ready for
the answers ?
Answers to Q2.
(c) 280 = 7
1800 45
Lesson
Angles: 700 0.2 = 140
80 0.2 = 16
280 0.2 = 56
470 0.2 = 94
270 0.2 = 140
Answers
1)360
2)180
3)90
4)Looks like a square
5)Two equal sides, two equal
angles
6)All sides and angles equal
7)360
8)Add up to 180
9)360
10)All sides and angles are
different