Data Collection – Basic 1 Mathematics Lesson Note (Third Term)

Data collection

What is Data? Data is information we collect about people or things.

Exercise 14: Let’s collect class data:

1. How many pupils wear glasses? ___
2. How many pupils have black shoes? ___
3. How many pupils brought lunch? ___
4. How many pupils walked to school? ___

Exercise 15: Collect favorite color data: Ask 10 classmates their favorite color:

• Red: ___
• Blue: ___
• Green: ___
• Yellow: ___
• Others: ___

Exercise 16: Collect pet data: Ask 5 friends: “Do you have a pet?”

• Has pet: ___
• No pet: ___

5. PICTOGRAPHS

Making Pictographs: A pictograph uses pictures to show data.

Exercise 17: Read this pictograph: 

Favorite Fruits 

Apples: 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎 

Oranges: 🍊🍊🍊🍊 

Bananas: 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

Questions:

1. How many children like apples? ___
2. How many children like oranges? ___
3. Which fruit is most popular? ___
4. How many children were asked? ___

Exercise 18: Create your own pictograph: Transportation to School (Ask 8 classmates how they come to school)

Walking: (draw footprints) Car: (draw car symbols) Bus: (draw bus symbols)

Exercise 19: Make a pictograph about favorite subjects: Favorite School Subjects Math: (draw symbols) English: Art: Science:

6. Retrieve and interpret data

Reading Data Tables:

Exercise 20: Study this data: Books Read This Month

• Kemi: 8 books
• Tolu: 12 books
• Ade: 6 books
• Bisi: 10 books

Answer:

1. Who read the most books? ___
2. Who read the least books? ___
3. How many books did Kemi and Ade read together? ___
4. How many more books did Tolu read than Ade? ___

Exercise 21: Interpret this pictograph: Pets in Our Class Dogs: 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕 Cats: 🐱🐱🐱 Birds: 🐦🐦🐦🐦 Fish: 🐠🐠

1. Which pet is most common? ___
2. How many cats do pupils have? ___
3. How many pets in total? ___
4. How many more dogs than cats? ___

7. Collate age group with heights

Collecting Age and Height Data:

Exercise 22: Survey your classmates: (Measure using tall/medium/short or hand spans)

Name: _____ Age: _____ Height: _____ (tall/medium/short) 

Name: _____ Age: _____ Height: _____ (tall/medium/short) 

Name: _____ Age: _____ Height: _____ (tall/medium/short) 

Name: _____ Age: _____ Height: _____ (tall/medium/short) 

Name: _____ Age: _____ Height: _____ (tall/medium/short)

Exercise 23: Make a pictograph of heights by age: Heights of 6-Year-Olds Tall: (draw stick figures) Medium: Short:

Heights of 7-Year-Olds Tall: Medium: Short:

Exercise 24: Compare age and height data:

1. Are all 6-year-olds the same height? ___
2. Are all 7-year-olds taller than 6-year-olds? ___
3. Which age group has more tall children? ___