No 13, Year 13, May 2016
Page 13
Numbers
Do you like maths?
70
0.8
61 74.31%
0.7
60
0.6
50
0.5
40
0.4
30
0.3
20
0.2
12
9
10
14.63%
10.97%
0.1
0
0
Yes
No
I don't know
Do you like numbers?
29
34.14%
28
1. 61 of 82 (74.39%) students do not like
maths, 9 of them (10.97 %) like it and
12 (14.63%) don't know
2. 25 students (30.48%) like numbers, 27
(32.92%) do not and 28 (31.14%) are
not sure they do.
3. Practical use of numbers :
calendars (45), shopping - prices (28),
money (26), maths (23), clocks (21),
size of clothes and shoes (11), phone
numbers, licence plates etc.
4. Favourite numbers:
7 -14 students – 17.07%
5 -10 students – 12.19%
8 - 7 students - 8.53%
6 - 6 students - 7.31%
3 - 6 students - 7.31%
9 - 4 students - 4.87%
32.92%
27
26
25
30.48%
24
25
28
27
23
Yes
No
30 students (35.58%) think that
numbers have some special meaning,
the same number of them do not know
and 22 (26.82%) think they do not.
6 58 (70.73%) students do not think
that number 13 is an unlucky
number, 13 (15.85%) of them think it
is and 11 (13.41%) say that maybe it
is.
7 46 (56.09%) of our students do not
like games with numbers, 31 (37.80%)
of them do and 4 (4.87%) do not know.
8 61 (74.39%) have played Loto or
Bingo and 21 (25.60%) have not.
9 Only 20 students (24.39%) have bet,
61 (74.60%) have not and 1 has not
answered.
10 43 students (52.43%) say that
somebody in their family play games
with numbers and bet, 35 (42.68%)
say no and 4 have not answered.
11 45 students (54.87%) say that their
friends bet, 25 (30.48%) say they do
not and 12 of them (14.63%) do not
know.
12 59 students (71.95%) were lucky to
win something, 21 (25.60%) have
never won anything and 2 haven't
Maybe
5
Licence plates,
Phone
numbers, 5 4
Size, 11
Calendars, 45
Clocks, 21
Maths, 23
Shopping/price
s, 28
Money, 26
Our students maybe do not like maths, but they like
numbers a little bit more and understand their
practical value in life. 69.29% of them cannot
imagine the world without numbers and the most
important fact is that they are not superstitious 70.73%