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Appendix A - Answers
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- Application of number

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Skill areas aon

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Level 1 - Interpreting information - Using tally charts

Check your skills - set A
Question 1:

A householder makes a tally of cars illegally parked in their street over a period of three days. This is what she recorded:
She then made this rough chart.
She should label the two scales, A and B

Answer:
C. A number of cars; B days.
 
Question 2:

A student makes a tally of people entering a shop over a period of three hours. This is what he recorded:
He then made this rough chart:
He should label the two scales, A and B.

Answer:
A. A number of people; B hours
 
Question 3:

The tally table and bar chart show sandwich sales.
The tally table is correct. Which bar is the wrong height?

Answer:
C. Ham Salad
 
Question 4:

An assistant at a garden shop notes the number of packs of plant pots sold in one week. The chart shows the results.
How many packs were sold on Friday, Saturday and Sunday altogether?

Answer:
C. 31
   
Check your skills - set B
Question 1:

A householder makes a tally of cars illegally parked in their street over a period of three days. This is what she recorded.
How many more illegally parked cars were there on the 2nd day compared with the 1st day?

Answer:
D. 11
 
Question 2:

A student makes a tally of people entering a shop over a period of three hours. This is what he recorded:
What is the total number of people who entered
the shop during the three hours?

Answer:
D. 81
 
Question 3:

What is the total number of sandwiches sold?

Answer:
D. 30
 
Question 4:

An assistant at a garden shop notes the number of packs of plant pots sold in one week. The chart shows the results.
How many packs were sold during the five days from Monday to Friday?

Answer:
C. 30