This problem solving activity has a statistics focus.
Mum wants to know which decorations she has the most of. Can you help her sort them out?
This problem involves sorting objects into categories and then counting them. This experience is the foundation for displaying data in pictograms.
Mum wants to know which decorations she has the most of. Can you help her sort them out?
Students can decorate their own Christmas tree, count the decorations, and create a picture graph to show the numbers of different decorations used.
The decorations which mum has the most of are the snowmen - there are 5 snowmen, 3 red baubles, and 2 snowflakes. There are many ways of displaying the decorations to answer Mum's question. As this problem develops the skills required for graphing the students may decide to cut out the shapes and put them into columns for comparison.
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