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Reading and interpreting data from tables and diagrams

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Odczytywanie i interpretowanie danych z tabel i diagramów

Learning objectives

You will discover the methods of reading and interpreting data.

Learning effect

  • You read data from tables and diagrams.

  • You use the information presented in tables and diagrams.

  • You use English to interpret the data from tables and diagrams.

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Today you are going to learn the methods of the interpreting data presented in the form of tables and diagrams.

Task 1
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The tabletabletable shows the data about the areas of continents.

The areas of continents.

The continent

The area in thousand kmIndeks górny 2

The area of land %

Asia

44389

29,8

Africa

44389

20,3

The North America

24241

16,3

The South America

17819

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On the basis of the information presented in the tabletabletable the students answer the following questions:
a) Which continent has the largest area?
b) Which continent has the smallest area?
c) By how many more thousand kmIndeks górny 2 is Antarctica bigger than Europe?
d) By how many more thousand kmIndeks górny 2 is Africa larger than South America?
e) Which continents have areas larger than the area of Europe?

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The even‑numbered groups use their computers to watch the vertical bar diagrambar diagrambar diagram presenting the data from the table presenting the areas of continents.

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Use your computer to watch the percentage horizontal bar diagrambar diagrambar diagram presenting the data from the table presenting the areas of continents.

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The bar diagram
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Task 2
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Draw the square, the rectangular diagramrectangular diagramrectangular diagram and the pie chartpie chartpie chart.

The farmer said that the 50% of his crops was occupied by the cereals, 25% was used for vegetables and on the rest of the field the fruit trees grew. What part of the crops are the fruit trees?

Sample groups diagrams.

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Conclusion:

Each diagramdiagramdiagram presents the same information.

Task 3
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The students read and interpret the information presented in the horizontal bar diagrambar diagrambar diagram.

The scouts went for a one‑week bike trip.

The diagramdiagramdiagram shows the following stages of the trip.

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Answer the following questions:
a) On which day did the scouts cover the shortest distance?
b) On which days did they make the same number of kilometres?
c) On which day did the scouts cover the longest route?
d) How many kilometres did the scouts make on Sunday?
e) How many more kilometres did they make on Wednesday in comparison to Saturday?

Task 4

An extra task:

Find on the Internet the current exchange rates of 5 currencies. On the basis of the information make the appropriate table.

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Prepare an activity in which you use the tabletabletable you prepared.

Remember:

  • We can present the same data using the table and the diagramdiagramdiagram.

Check what you have learned by doing the following exercises.

Exercises

Exercise 1
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Wersja alternatywna ćwiczenia: Determine which sentences are true. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. Raspberries were the biggest harvest., 2. More blueberries than wild strawberries were harvested., 3. The blueberries were 50% of the total harvest., 4. There were more strawberries than blueberries and wild strawberries altogether., 5. The strawberries and blueberries are 40% of the total harvest., 6. There were twice as much strawberries than wild strawberries.
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Exercise 2

Ala got an aquarium and fish for her birthday. She counted the number of fish of each species and presented the data using the diagram.

The title of the horizontal bar diagram: The number of fish

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Answer the following questions:

a) What is the species of the largest number of Ala’s fish?

b) How many neon tetras has Ala got?

c) Has Ala got more swordtails or veiltails? How many more?

d) What is the species of the smallest number of Ala’s fish?

Exercise 3

The table presents the data pertaining to the depth of 10 Polish lakes.

The name of the lake

The maximum depth (m)

Śniardwy

23,4

Mamry

43,8

Łebsko

6,3

Dąbie

4,2

Miedwie

43,8

Jeziorak

12,9

Niegocin

39,7

Gardno

2,6

Jamno

3,9

Wigry

74,2

Answer the questions:

a) Which of the lakes is the deepest?

b) Which of the lakes is the most shallow?

c) By how many metres is the lake Wigry deeper than the lake Niegocin?

d) Which lakes have the same depth?

e) By how many metres is the lake Jeziorak more shallow than the lake Mamry?

Exercise 4
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Wersja alternatywna ćwiczenia: Indicate which pairs of expressions or words are translated correctly. Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. diagram kwadratowy - square diagram, 2. diagram kołowy - pie chart, 3. diagram słupkowy - bar diagram, 4. tabela - table, 5. diagram prostokątny - diagram, 6. diagram - rectangular diagram
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Glossary

square diagram
square diagram

diagram kwadratowy

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wymowa w języku angielskim: square diagram
pie chart
pie chart

diagram kołowy

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wymowa w języku angielskim: pie chart
bar diagram
bar diagram

diagram słupkowy

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wymowa w języku angielskim: bar diagram
table
table

tabela

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wymowa w języku angielskim: table
rectangular diagram
rectangular diagram

diagram prostokątny

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wymowa w języku angielskim: rectangular diagram
diagram
diagram

diagram

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wymowa w języku angielskim: diagram

Keywords

square diagramsquare diagramsquare diagram

pie chartpie chartpie chart

bar diagrambar diagrambar diagram

tabletabletable

rectangular diagramrectangular diagramrectangular diagram