Foundation June 2017 Paper 1 Q14
14 Year 9 students from Halle School were asked to choose one language to study.
The table shows information about their choices.
| Language | Number of students | |
|---|---|---|
| French | 56 | |
| Spanish | 40 | |
| German | 24 |
(a) Draw an accurate pie chart to show this information.
(3)

Year 9 students from Lowry School were also asked to choose one language to study.
This accurate pie chart shows information about their choices.

Shameena says,
“The pie chart shows that French was chosen by more Year 9 students at Lowry School than at Halle School.”
(b) Is Shameena right?
You must explain your answer. (1)
You must explain your answer. (1)
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| \(168^\circ\), \(120^\circ\), \(72^\circ\) | M1 | for correct working to find an angle (could be implied by one angle drawn correctly on the pie chart) |
| A1 | for all three angles drawn \(\pm 2^\circ\) | |
| B1 | (dep on M1) for correct labels (languages) |
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| No and reason | C1 | NO and reason given e.g. “don’t have actual figures for Lowry” |