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Appendix A - Answers
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- Application of number

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Appendix C
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Skill areas comms

Appendix D
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Skill areas aon

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Level 1 - Interpreting results - Construct a bar chart from written information

Check your skills - set A
Question 1:

A leisure centre counts the number of customers taking part in each activity during a week. The information is presented using a bar chart.
Does the chart include all of the information needed?

Answer:
No
 
Question 2:

In one week, a leisure centre records that 148 people used the squash courts, 275 went swimming, 76 people used the gym and 49 people used the climbing wall. A chart is drawn to show the information.
A mistake has been made with the chart and one of the bars is wrong. Which one is it?

Answer:
D. Climbing wall
 
Question 3:

A leisure centre counts the number of customers taking part in each activity during a week. The information is presented using a bar chart.
Complete the chart by dragging and dropping a suitable title for the chart.

Answer:
Weekly customers for each activity
 
Question 4:

The leisure centre has also counted customers who use its new sauna, to compare the information with the other activities.
What should be done to present the information?

Answer:
B. Add a bar to the chart
   
Check your skills - set B
Question 1:

A leisure centre counts the number of customers taking part in each activity during a week. The information is presented using a bar chart.
Does the chart include all of the information needed?

Answer:
No
 
Question 2:

In one week, a leisure centre records that 148 people used the squash courts, 275 went swimming, 76 people used the gym and 49 people used the climbing wall. A chart is drawn to show the information.
A mistake has been made with the chart and one of the bars is wrong. Which one is it?

Answer:
A. Squash
 
Question 3:

A leisure centre counts the number of customers taking part in each activity during a week. The information is presented using a bar chart.
Add a suitable title for the horizontal axis to the chart by dragging and dropping from the list below.

Answer:
Activity type
 
Question 4:

The leisure centre has checked the numbers again and realised that the number of squash customers is higher than they thought.
What should be done to present the information?

Answer:
D. Increase the height of the bar for the squash value