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Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)

Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart, axis/axes, scale, label, category, discrete data, continuous data, line graph, pie chart — and apply these terms when collecting, organising, and presenting data

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If your child wanted to show you how many books different children in their class read last month, could they draw a bar chart, label the axes, and explain what each bar represents?

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Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)this skill · ages 6–9
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Pictograms and tally chartsages 6–8Constructing pictograms, tally charts, and bar charts requires these display vocabulary terms
Sorting Data into Categoriesages 6–8Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
Bar graphsages 8–9Distinguishing discrete from continuous data and choosing graphical methods requires these terms
Representing numbers with objects (age 8+)ages 8–9Drawing scaled bar charts and pictograms requires axis, scale, label, and frequency vocabulary
Line graphs (age 10+)ages 10–11Constructing pie charts and line graphs requires the display vocabulary

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M4ST01medium confidenceYear 4 · Statistics

acquire data for categorical and discrete numerical variables to address a question of interest or purpose using digital tools; represent data using many-to-one pictographs, column graphs and other displays or visualisations; interpret and discuss the information that has been created

AC9M1ST02medium confidenceYear 1 · Statistics

represent collected data for a categorical variable using one-to-one displays and digital tools where appropriate; compare the data using frequencies and discuss the findings

AC9M1ST01medium confidenceYear 1 · Statistics

acquire and record data for categorical variables in various ways including using digital tools, objects, images, drawings, lists, tally marks and symbols

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA1-DATA-01medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 1
MA3-DATA-02medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M1ST02medium confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Statistics strand
VC2M4ST01medium confidenceMathematics · Level 4 · Statistics strand
VC2M5ST01medium confidenceMathematics · Level 5 · Statistics strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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