About this statistics & data interpretation practice
Statistics & Data Interpretation is taught in KS2 Years 5-6 (ages 9-11) as part of the England national curriculum. This free practice set covers reading tables, bar charts and line graphs; calculating the mean, mode and range through 30 interactive questions, working up from easy warm-ups to harder problems.
What you'll practise
Each session gives you 30 questions in mixed difficulty: a few simple ones to start, some two-step questions next, then word problems at the end. If you get stuck, tap for a hint. After every answer you get a short explanation, right or wrong, so you can see why.
Question types in this set: multiple choice, fill the blank, true or false, drag-to-order.
Example question
A bar chart shows ice cream sales: Monday 12, Tuesday 8, Wednesday 15, Thursday 10, Friday 20. Which day had the most sales?
Curriculum coverage
This is on the KS2 Maths programme of study for Year 5 and Year 6. The questions follow the same order schools use, starting with concrete examples and moving on to more abstract reasoning, so practice here lines up with what your child is doing in lessons. British English throughout, with British units, currency and spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- What is statistics & data interpretation in KS2 maths?
- Reading tables, bar charts and line graphs; calculating the mean, mode and range. It is on the KS2 maths curriculum for Years 5-6 and gets revisited in later years too.
- What year group is statistics & data interpretation taught in?
- Statistics & Data Interpretation is first introduced in Years 5-6. Children usually meet it again in later years as the work gets harder.
- Is the statistics & data interpretation practice really free?
- Yes. All 30 questions are free, with no signup, no payment and no time limit. Your progress is saved in your browser.
- How does the practice work?
- Each session gives you 10 questions of mixed difficulty. Correct answers add 8 to 12 points to your SmartScore; wrong answers take some off. Get to 80 to mark the concept as complete. Hints are there if you need them, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
Related maths concepts
- 📍Coordinates (4 Quadrants)
- 🔄Fractions, decimals & percentages equivalence
- ✖️Long multiplication
- 🔢Prime numbers, factors & multiples
More practice by year
Practice content matched to the England national curriculum for KS2 (Years 5-6). Questions use British English throughout.
Get a paper version of these questions with an answer key.