1. Think about a normal (school) day. How do you spend your time?
LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions
Think about a normal (school) day.
How do you spend your time?
What activities do you do?
e.g. Sleeping, eating, homework…
Make a list in your exercise book,
including timings to the nearest hour.
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2. Task: Complete the worksheet showing your typical day.
LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions
Task: Complete the worksheet
showing your typical day.
Each sector represents one
hour.
Use a different colour for
each activity.
Make sure you include a key
at the bottom to show which
activity is represented by which
colour.

3. LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions
This chart shows how Fred spends an average school day.
Fred spends 8 hours sleeping.
As a fraction:
8 24 = 1 3
As a decimal:
8 ÷ 24=0. 3
As a percentage:
0. 3 × 100=33. 3 %
Task: Calculate the proportions of your day spent on each activity. Give your answers as fractions, decimals and percentages, showing clearly how you worked each out.

4. LO: To construct a simple pie chart and interpret proportions
Fred spends 2 hours eating and drinking.
As a fraction:
2 24 = 1 12
The average life expectancy is about 80 years.
In his life, Fred spends of his time eating and drinking.
So he spends of 80 years
eating and drinking.
1 12 × 80=6.666…
Fred spends about 6-7 years of his life eating and drinking.
Task: If you lived for 80 years, how much time would you spend on each of your activities?
(You could group school/homework together to give 8 hours working, which is typical for an adult).