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AQA GCSE · Question 06.6 · Interpreting Results and Evaluating Findings

How much time do 15-year-olds spend on homework? 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Hours Shanghai - China Russian Federation US UK Brazil Finland

Tom wonders how this compares with other schools in the UK and schools in other countries. He finds this chart on the internet but it has no source.
Use the chart to compare Tom's Year 11 results of an average of 8 hours homework per week with those for other schools in the UK and with other countries.

How to approach this question

1. **Compare with UK**: * Find Tom's result for Year 11: 8 hours. * Find the "UK" bar on the chart and estimate its value. It is between 4 and 6, approximately 4.5 hours. * Write a sentence comparing the two values, using words like "higher than", "more than", "almost double". 2. **Compare with other countries**: * Take Tom's result (8 hours) again. * Compare it to the values for the other countries on the chart. * Note which countries are higher (Russian Federation, Shanghai-China) and which are lower (US, Brazil, Finland). * Write a sentence summarising these comparisons.

Full Answer

This question asks for a comparison of a specific data point (Tom's result of 8 hours) with data presented in a bar chart. **Comparison with UK:** The bar for the UK extends to approximately 4.5 hours on the chart. Tom's result of 8 hours is significantly higher than this national average. **Comparison with other countries:** - Tom's 8 hours is **less than** Shanghai-China (approx. 12.5 hours) and the Russian Federation (approx. 8.8 hours). - Tom's 8 hours is **more than** the US (approx. 5.2 hours), Brazil (approx. 3.5 hours), and Finland (approx. 2.8 hours). The conclusion is that students at Tom's school, based on his sample, do more homework than the UK average and more than several other countries, but less than the top two countries on the chart.

Common mistakes

✗ Not quoting values from the graph to support the comparison. ✗ Only comparing to one other country. ✗ Misreading the scale on the bar chart.

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