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The author focuses especially on weaknesses in numeracy often observed in adults, and in teacher-trainees in particular.
Check-up 53: Interpreting Pie Charts
Check-up 53: Interpreting Pie Charts
A governing body aimed over a two-year period to take the opportunity presented by some early retirements to adjust the age profile of the staff of a school more in favour of younger teachers. The data presented in the pie charts puts the teachers in the school into age groups of 20–29, 30–39, and so on, based on the age in years at the beginning of the school year. Was the aim of the governing body achieved?
Answers to Check-up 53
Yes, it was achieved. The proportions of teachers in the 60–69 and 50–59 sectors reduced; the proportion of 20–29s increased. In 1999 the 50–69 bracket was half the staff; in 2001 it was only about a ...