Reading tables

PROCEDURAL

Mathematics›Data & Statistics|Ages 9—10|ID: mt_Cqm8iy48UI

Complete, read, and interpret information in tables, including timetables

Mastery Evidence

Read a bus timetable to find the departure time for a particular stop
Complete a two-way table from given data about favourite sports by gender
Calculate how long a train journey takes using a timetable

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] read a timetable — like a train or bus timetable — to find out when a journey leaves, arrives, and how long it takes?”

Prerequisites2

Telling time to the minute (age 9+)
softAges 9—10
Representing numbers with objects (age 8+)
hardAges 8—9

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Telling time to the minute (age 9+) soft
Time conversion supports interpreting timetables
- Converting measurement units hard
  Y4 unit conversion feeds into time-specific conversions
  - Calculating with measurements hard
    Measuring in standard units is prerequisite to converting between units
    - Comparing and ordering measurements hard
      Extends comparing/ordering measures to adding/subtracting them
      - Choosing measurement units hard
        Comparing and ordering measurements with symbols requires being able to measure in standard units
        
        Capacity and volume hard
        Using standard units for capacity extends from beginning to measure capacity
        
        Comparing Capacity hard
        Measuring capacity with units requires first being able to compare capacities
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing capacity requires understanding capacity as a measurable attribute
        
        Measuring length and height (age 5+) hard
        Using standard units for length extends from beginning to measure length
        
        Comparing Lengths & Heights hard
        Measuring length with units requires first being able to compare lengths directly
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing lengths/heights requires first identifying length as a measurable attribute
        
        Measuring mass and weight hard
        Using standard units for mass extends from beginning to measure mass
        
        Measuring mass and weight (age 4+) hard
        Measuring mass with units requires first being able to compare masses directly
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing mass/weight requires first identifying mass as a measurable attribute
      - Comparing and ordering numbers soft
        Using >, <, = for measurements parallels using them for numbers
        
        The two digits of a two-digit number hard
        Comparing two-digit numbers using PV requires understanding tens and ones
        
        A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
        Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
        
        The teen numbers hard
        Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
        
        The teen numbers hard
        General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
        
        Two written numerals between 1 and 10 soft
        Comparing two-digit numbers extends from comparing single-digit written numerals
        
        Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
        Comparing written numerals is the symbolic form of comparing quantities — conceptual comparison helps but isn't strictly required
        
        Counting objects to 20 soft
        Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
    - Choosing measurement units hard
      Extends Y2 standard unit measurement to include mm and to add/subtract measures
      - Capacity and volume hard
        Using standard units for capacity extends from beginning to measure capacity
        
        Comparing Capacity hard
        Measuring capacity with units requires first being able to compare capacities
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing capacity requires understanding capacity as a measurable attribute
      - Measuring length and height (age 5+) hard
        Using standard units for length extends from beginning to measure length
        
        Comparing Lengths & Heights hard
        Measuring length with units requires first being able to compare lengths directly
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing lengths/heights requires first identifying length as a measurable attribute
      - Measuring mass and weight hard
        Using standard units for mass extends from beginning to measure mass
        
        Measuring mass and weight (age 4+) hard
        Measuring mass with units requires first being able to compare masses directly
        
        Measurable Attributes of Objects hard
        Comparing mass/weight requires first identifying mass as a measurable attribute
  - Time Units and Calendar Facts hard
    Knowing seconds/minute, days/month etc. is prerequisite to unit conversion problems
    - Number of minutes in an hour hard
      Extends knowing minutes in an hour to seconds in a minute and days in months
      - Telling time to the minute hard
        Knowing 60 min = 1 hour and 24 hours = 1 day extends from measuring time in hours/minutes/seconds
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
- Numbers on a number line hard
  Elapsed time problems are prerequisite to time conversion problems
  - Comparing Time Durations hard
    Prior duration comparison experience feeds into elapsed-time problem solving
    - Estimating answers (age 7+) hard
      Calculating event durations requires reading time to the minute
      - Telling time to the minute (age 7+) hard
        Reading to nearest minute extends reading to five minutes
        
        Telling Time: Minutes hard
        Extends telling time to include a.m./p.m. and 24-hour notation
        
        Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours hard
        Telling time to 5 minutes extends from telling time to the hour and half past
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Reading a clock requires recognising numerals 1–12
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding 'half past' benefits from the concept of halves
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        Telling time to the minute hard
        Telling time on a clock requires understanding hours and minutes as time units
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
        
        Counting in 2s soft
        Reading 5-minute intervals benefits from skip counting in 5s
        
        Rote counting to 100 hard
        Skip counting in 2s, 5s, 10s requires fluent rote counting by ones first
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        One-to-one correspondence requires knowing the number name sequence
      - Sequence intervals of time hard
        Extends comparing time intervals to recording in seconds, minutes, hours
        
        Telling time to the minute hard
        Sequencing intervals requires understanding time measurement
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Comparing and sequencing intervals extends Y1 comparative time language
    - Time Units and Calendar Facts soft
      Knowing time unit relationships supports duration calculations
      - Number of minutes in an hour hard
        Extends knowing minutes in an hour to seconds in a minute and days in months
        
        Telling time to the minute hard
        Knowing 60 min = 1 hour and 24 hours = 1 day extends from measuring time in hours/minutes/seconds
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
  - Telling time to the minute (age 8+) hard
    Must read time to nearest minute before solving elapsed time problems
    - Telling time to the minute (age 7+) hard
      Tell time to 5 minutes is prerequisite to telling time to nearest minute
      - Telling Time: Minutes hard
        Extends telling time to include a.m./p.m. and 24-hour notation
        
        Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours hard
        Telling time to 5 minutes extends from telling time to the hour and half past
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Reading a clock requires recognising numerals 1–12
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        Sitting and holding a pencil soft
        Same motor skills for digit formation
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding 'half past' benefits from the concept of halves
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Telling time to the minute hard
        Telling time on a clock requires understanding hours and minutes as time units
        
        Comparing durations hard
        Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
        
        Counting in 2s soft
        Reading 5-minute intervals benefits from skip counting in 5s
        
        Rote counting to 100 hard
        Skip counting in 2s, 5s, 10s requires fluent rote counting by ones first
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        One-to-one correspondence requires knowing the number name sequence
Representing numbers with objects (age 8+) hard
Reading scaled charts/tables is prerequisite to interpreting timetables
- Pictograms and tally charts hard
  Constructing simple pictograms/tables is prerequisite to scaled versions
  - Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
    Constructing pictograms, tally charts, and bar charts requires these display vocabulary terms
  - Sorting into categories hard
    Constructing pictograms and tally charts requires classifying and counting objects first
    - Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
      Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
      - Counting objects to 20 soft
        Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
    - Counting objects to 20 hard
      Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
      - How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
  - Sorting Data into Categories soft
    Data representation formats (pictograms, tally charts) support organising data
    - How Many in Total? soft
      Counting data in categories requires understanding cardinality
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
      Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
    - Sorting into categories hard
      Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
      - Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
        Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
        
        Counting objects to 20 soft
        Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
      - Counting objects to 20 hard
        Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
- Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
  Drawing scaled bar charts and pictograms requires axis, scale, label, and frequency vocabulary
- Picture & Bar Graphs hard
  Single-unit bar graphs are prerequisite to scaled bar graphs
  - Sorting Data into Categories hard
    Drawing picture/bar graphs extends organising and representing data
    - How Many in Total? soft
      Counting data in categories requires understanding cardinality
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
    - Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+) hard
      Organising and representing data requires data, tally, frequency, and category vocabulary
    - Sorting into categories hard
      Organising data in categories builds on classifying and counting objects in categories
      - Comparing groups: more or fewer soft
        Sorting categories by count benefits from ability to compare quantities
        
        Counting objects to 20 soft
        Counting a set helps when comparing groups, but younger children (GB age 4) can compare using matching without formal counting to 20
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence
      - Counting objects to 20 hard
        Counting objects in each category requires being able to count sets of objects
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Answering 'how many?' requires the cardinality principle
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Counting objects to answer 'how many?' requires one-to-one correspondence

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Pictograms and tally charts (age 11+)
hardAges 11—13
Using Multiple Sources
softAges 10—11