Averages and Data - Pack

Make learning about averages and data more engaging with this varied collection of practical activities, worksheets, investigations, and games. Designed to help students develop confidence with mean, median, mode, range, graphs, and data interpretation, this resource brings mathematical concepts to life through real-world problem-solving and detective-style challenges.

What’s Included:

📊 Smarties Bar Graph Activity
A colourful data-handling activity where students organise information and create a bar graph based on Smarties colours.

🏃 Women’s Long Jump Data Activity
A real-world investigation using women’s long jump data, encouraging students to calculate and interpret averages from a sporting context.

📝 Mean, Median, Mode and Range Worksheets
Clear practice activities to help students understand and calculate the four key averages.

🔍 Averages Detectives
Problem-solving cards where students use clues and mathematical reasoning to work out missing information and solve averages challenges.

📋 Averages Detectives Record Card
A recording sheet for students to organise their calculations and track their answers as they work through the detective activities.

🧠 Averages Problem-Solving Tasks
A range of word problems that encourage students to apply their knowledge of averages in meaningful contexts.

Ideal for primary and upper-primary students learning about averages, data, graphs, and mathematical problem-solving. Use the activities individually or combine them into a complete data-handling unit filled with practical and purposeful maths.

Turn averages and data into an investigation students will be excited to solve!