Pie charts – intermediate exam questions

1. 40 passengers at Gatwick Airport were asked which country they were flying to. Here is a frequency table which shows this information.

Country Number of passengers USA 14 France 10 Spain 11 Greece 5

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.

2. The table gives information about the times 60 teachers take to travel to school.

Time in minutes Frequency Angle Less than 10 5 Between 10 and 15 15 Between 15 and 20 12 More than 20 28

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.

3. In a town 1800 cars were stolen in a year. The table shows information about the times of day when they were stolen.

Time Midnight to 6am to Midday to 6pm to Unknown 6am Midday 6pm Midnight Number 700 80 280 470 270 of cars

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.

4. In a week, Ronnie rents out 90 items from his shop as shown in the table below.

Item Frequency Televisions 35 Videos 30 Computers 17 Other equipment 8

Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information. 5. In a survey, Year 11 pupils were asked the question, “Where do you learn the most?” In school At home Their replies are shown in the pie chart Internet What percentage of pupils said they learnt From TV most from television? From books

6. 400 members of a sports club were asked, “What is your favourite Tennis sport?”. Swimming ___% 22% The pie chart shows the results.

Volleyball 10% a) What percentage chose tennis? Football b) How many chose volleyball? 45% c) Calculate the size of the angle for football,

7. In a survey, parents were asked: Improved “Do you think the behaviour of children has improved in the last ten years?” Don’t know Got worse The pie chart shows the results.

Stayed the a) Estimate the fraction of parents who same think that the behaviour of children has got worse. b) 75 parents in the survey said “Don’t know”. This was 5% of all parents. Calculate the number of parents that took part in the survey.