LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions

Think about a normal (school) day.

How do you spend your time?What activities do you do?

e.g. Sleeping, eating, homework…

Make a list in your exercise book, including timings to the nearest hour.

LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions

Task: Complete the worksheet showing your typical day.

Each sector represents onehour.

Use a different colour foreach activity.

Make sure you include a key at the bottom to show whichactivity is represented by which colour.

This chart shows how Fred spends an average school day.

8

61

2

1

2

31

Sleeping

School

Travelling

Eating/drinking

Showering/washing

Doing homework

Playing sport

Spending time with friends

LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions

Fred spends 8 hours sleeping.

As a fraction:

As a decimal:

As a percentage:

Task: Calculate the proportions of your day spent on each activity. Give your answers as fractions, decimals and percentages, showing clearly how you worked each out.

LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions

Fred spends 2 hours eating and drinking.

As a fraction:

The average life expectancy is about 80 years.

Task: If you lived for 80 years, how much time would you spend on each of your activities?(You could group school/homework together to give 8 hours working, which is typical for an adult).

In his life, Fred spends of his time eating and drinking.

So he spends of 80 yearseating and drinking.

Fred spends about 6-7 years of his life eating and drinking.