Numeracy Worksheet - Castlebrae Community High School - 2012 Page 42

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FHS Numeracy
Information Handling : Pie Charts
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Drawing Pie Charts
On a pie chart, the size of the angle for each sector is calculated as
a fraction of 360.
Statistics
Example 2 In a survey about television programmes, a group of people were asked
Level 3
what was their favourite soap. Their answers are given in the table
below. Draw a pie chart to illustrate the information.
Soap
Number of people
Eastenders
28
Coronation Street
24
Emmerdale
10
Hollyoaks
12
None
6
Total number of people = 80
28
Eastenders
=
360
126
80
24
Coronation Street
=
360
108
80
10
Emmerdale
=
360
45
80
Check that the total
12
Hollyoaks
=
360
54
is 360 by adding up
80
all the answers
6
None
=
+
360
27
80
o
360
Favourite Soap Operas
None
Hollyoaks
Use a protractor to measure the
Eastenders
angles you worked out
Emmerdale
remembering to label each
sector or draw a key at the side.
Coronation
Street
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L Watson 2012

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