Handling Data: Age 5-7

This is part of our collection of favourite rich tasks arranged by topic.

If you are a teacher, you can find the whole collection on our Primary Curriculum teacher page.
Alternatively, if you are a student, you'll find the same problems on our Primary Curriculum student page.


  • Ladybird Count
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    Ladybird Count

    Age
    5 to 7
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    Some children were playing a game. Make a graph or picture to show how many ladybirds each child had.

  • Sort the Street
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    Sort the Street

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    Sort the houses in my street into different groups. Can you do it in any other ways?

  • Data shapes
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    Data Shapes

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

  • Sticky Data
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    Sticky Data

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level

    You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

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    Three Ball Line Up

    Age
    5 to 7
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    Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.

  • Carroll Diagrams
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    Carroll Diagrams

    Age
    5 to 11
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    Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

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