Chang Learning SHSAT Lesson 23 - Pie Charts, Box & Whisker - Classwork

Sep 15, 2026

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Lesson 23 focuses on interpreting and using pie charts and related quantitative summaries for SHSAT-style questions. It explains that pie charts represent qualitative, categorical responses and can show preference data or comparisons across groups. The classwork sections provide multiple-choice problems using sets of numbers to practice mode, median, average, range, percentages, fractions, and basic volume reasoning, followed by additional pie-chart questions based on surveys of gym exercises and pets.

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PIE CHARTS

Qualitative data and survey interpretation

SHSAT Lesson #23 Classwork: Pie Charts, Box & Whisker

Mode, median, average, range

Percentages and fractions from data

Volume and dimension reasoning

Pie charts from survey: gym exercises

Pie charts from survey: favorite pets

Name: Date: Chang Learning SHSAT Lesson 23: Pie Charts, Box & Whisker PIE CHARTS Displaying sets of data can take a variety of forms. Last lesson we looked at Bar Charts for qualitative data, as well as Histograms for quantitative data. Pie charts are used for QUALITATIVE DATA with categorical responses. They can display the survey results and response for preferences, data grouped by company brand, item or country. Here are a couple of good examples below. | Q: Asked to 800 High School Students. What is your favorite pizza topping?
Activity Response Bell Peppers 12% Extra Cheese 15% Sausage 13% Spinach 20% Onions 10% Pepperoni 30% | Favorite Pizza Toppings
| Q: Which favorite topping received the lowest response, but made the top 6 list ?
A: Onions.
Q: How many voted for the most favorite topping, pepperoni ?
A: 240 people surveyed.
Q: How many more people voted for pepperoni than onions ?
A: 240-80 = 160 more people preferred pepperoni than onions asa favorite topping on pizza. | | --- | --- | --- | Pie charts can also show data comparisons well with a display. The United States is a world supplier of almonds, and leads the world in production with 62. 3% . The five countries that follow the United States produce the same amount as all the other countries in the world combined. This is easily seen in the display below. | Almonds
Gross Domestic Product By Country
Country Thousand Tonnes USA 2,002 Spain 202 Iran 147 Morocco 112 Italy 74 Australia 72 Other 605 | Q: The United States Produces
62. 3% of the world’s almond supply. The next five countries {Spain, Iran, Morocco, Italy, and Australia} produce the same amount as all the other countries in the world combined. What percent do the 5 countries produce of the world almond supply?
A: The pie chart totals 100% . Set Up an equation:
100% = 62. 3% + 􀕠 + 􀕠
37. 7% = 2􀕠
37. 7% = 2􀕠
18. 85% = 􀕠 | World Almond Production
| | --- | --- | --- | Name: Date: Chang Learning SHSAT Lesson 23: Pie Charts, Box & Whisker SHSAT Lesson \#23 Classwork: Pie Charts, Box & Whisker | 1) What is the MODE of the following data ?
3 2 4 2 1 5 3 5 4 2 3 3 5 3 3 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2) What is the difference between the MEDIAN and MODE
of the following test scores ?
{9, 8, 6, 4, 10, 5, 8, 7, 3} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5 | | 3) What is the AVERAGE temperature for this week of data:
53􀔴, 60􀔴, 73􀔴, 68􀔴, 80􀔴, 74􀔴, 82􀔴 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 66
B) 68
C) 70
D) 72
E) 74 | | 4) What is the RANGE of these baby shoe sizes (Euro Sizes) ?{ 16, 19, 21, 16, 17, 19, 22, 18, 23, 20, 28, 25 } | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 16
B) 15
C) 14
D) 13
E) 12 | | 5) What percentage of the 25 data points is at most 2 ?
0, 3, 3, 6, 0, 5, 3, 6, 8, 9, 1, 4, 8, 7, 3, 3, 6, 4, 1, 1, 6, 2, 3, 9, 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 24%
B) 28%
C) 32%
D) 36%
E) 40% | | 6) What fraction of the rectangular prisms listed have a volume of less than 240 ? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A) 4/8
B) 5/8
C) 6/8
D) 7/8
E) 8/8 | | | | | | \#1 | | | \#2 | | | \#3 | | | \#4 | | | \#5 | | | \#6 | | | \#7 | | | \#8 | | | | | |
Length | | | | 7 | | | 9 | | | 9 | | | 6 | | | 1 | | | 9 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | | | |
Width | | | | 7 | | | 4 | | | 1 | | | 5 | | | 2

FAQs

When are pie charts used for SHSAT problems?

Pie charts are used for qualitative data with categorical responses, such as survey preferences grouped by options like topping, country, or exercise type.

How do you compute the mode, median, and their difference from a data set?

The mode is the value that appears most often, the median is the middle value when ordered, and the question asks for the numerical difference between those two results.

How are pie chart percentages applied to survey questions?

The pie chart’s shares add to 100%, so you convert category angles/shares into percentages, then answer follow-up questions like totals for selected words or how many voters correspond to a given percentage.

Sep 15, 2026

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