A knowledge check on reading pie charts for Year 6 maths. Pupils work from fraction slices, such as what fraction chose Drama, through percentage charts where they find how many people chose Fiction, to comparing two pie charts with different totals and explaining why slice size alone can mislead. Detailed solutions with working included. Matched to the England National Curriculum statistics objective.
Statistics
“Interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems”
Three graded sections move from reading slices to reasoning across two charts.
Reading fraction slices and turning them into pupil counts.
Least-popular questions plus percentage-of-total calculations.
Cross-chart questions, including why equal slices can mean different numbers.
Detailed solutions with working.
Assessment check
The comparing section finds pupils who read slices without checking totals.
SATs revision
Two-chart comparison is a frequent reasoning-paper question.
Homework
Four pages of graded questions with answers for self-marking.
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