Organising raw data into frequency tables, including grouped data for larger ranges.
Where your child meets this in real life: Summarising survey results, organising test scores, or analysing data
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks create frequency tables into 2 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Create a frequency table from raw data by counting occurrences of each distinct category or value
Create a grouped frequency table for numerical data by assigning values to given class intervals
Try three free questions from our create frequency tables course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
The table shows 12 favourite-colour responses. How many children chose blue?
Cara recorded the scores 62, 78, 55, 83, 71, 48, 66, 59, 74 and 85. Is her grouped frequency table correct?
Rosie says, “More children walk than travel by car and bus combined.” Use the frequency table. Is Rosie correct?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Mrs O'Neill asked her P6 class to name their favourite sport. The results were: football, hockey, football, swimming, hockey, football, hockey, swimming, football, hockey, swimming, football.
Create a frequency table to show how many children chose each sport.
List the three categories: football, hockey and swimming
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Mrs O'Neill asked her P6 class to name their favourite sport. The results were: football, hockey, football, swimming, hockey, football, hockey, swimming, football, hockey, swimming, football.
Create a frequency table to show how many children chose each sport.
The frequency table shows football was most popular with 5 votes.
The key insight: Always check your frequencies add up to the total number of items in your data!
Common mix-up: Football: 4, Hockey: 5, Swimming: 3. Miscounting happens when you don't cross off items. Go through the list carefully and mark each one.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in create frequency tables, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with create frequency tables? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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