A class reports favourite fruit: apple 8, banana 6, orange 5, grape 3. Choose a display to compare the counts.

A plant is measured each morning for ten days. Choose a display to show change over time.

For each pupil, height and arm span are recorded. Choose a display to examine whether the two measurements are related.

A budget is split among rent, food, travel and other costs. Choose a display for the proportion spent on each category.

Ten test scores are 12, 14, 18, 21, 21, 25, 27, 31, 34, 38. Choose a display that keeps exact values visible while grouping them in order.

Two libraries have fiction, science and history counts A=(80, 40, 30) and B=(60, 50, 45). Choose a display to compare each genre across libraries and justify it.

Food box A contains 2 kg fruit and 3 kg vegetables. Box B contains 4 kg fruit and 2 kg vegetables. Choose a display that shows components and total masses together.

Choose a display for each task: show pupils in football, music, both or neither; sort numbers by even/not even and multiple of 3/not multiple of 3. Explain your choices.

Twenty waits fall in equal ten-minute classes with frequencies 3, 7, 6, 4. A notice says “50% waited at least 20 minutes”. Is that headline correct? Which display would show the full distribution and why is the headline alone insufficient?

For six pupils the modes are walk, walk, bus, bus, cycle, cycle; distances are 1, 2, 5, 7, 3, 4 km; times are 12, 24, 15, 21, 12, 16 min respectively. Choose three displays to answer: mode counts, distance–time relationship, and exact time values. Explain why one pie chart cannot answer all three.