KS2 Maths textbook

Chapter 11: Statistics

  • Strand Statistics
  • Level Year 5
  • Practice 91 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 mathematics, Year 5. Content: Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph, Complete, read and interpret information in tables, Read and interpret information in timetables, including journey times and durations.

Open Year 5 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Read values from a line graph, and find the time or week for a value
  • Compare two values on a line graph by finding how much more or less one is than the other
  • Solve sum and difference problems using information from a line graph
  • Read a table, find its totals, and complete a table with a missing value
  • Read a timetable, and work out journey times, durations and times written with am or pm

You should already know

  • Reading bar charts and simple tables of data (Year 4, Chapter 11)
  • Adding and subtracting, and the 24-hour clock (Year 4, Chapter 8 and Year 5, Chapter 2)
  • Hours, minutes and durations (Year 5, Chapter 8)

Where this leads

  • Interpreting and constructing pie charts and line graphs, and calculating the mean (Year 6, Chapter 12)
  • Using tables, timetables and graphs together in the SATs revision chapter (Year 6, Chapter 13)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 11.1 Reading a line graph
  2. 11.2 Comparing two values on a line graph
  3. 11.3 Sums and differences from a line graph
  4. 11.4 Reading and completing tables
  5. 11.5 Reading and using timetables
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and SATs-style questions

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.

KS2 Maths past papers