A ready-to-teach Year 6 maths lesson focused on interpreting and analysing information presented in pie charts, including calculating values, comparing categories and solving multi-step problems.

What does this lesson cover?
Pupils use information presented in pie charts to calculate values, compare categories and solve problems using fractions and percentages.

The lesson develops pupils’ ability to extract information from pie charts and use it to work backwards, make comparisons and solve increasingly challenging problems.

Questions include:
✔ Calculating the number of people represented by a segment
✔ Finding totals from information given in a pie chart
✔ Comparing the numbers represented by different categories
✔ Using fractions to calculate percentages
✔ Working backwards to find missing values
✔ Solving multi-step pie chart problems
✔ Explaining and justifying conclusions from the data

The lesson includes a range of questions that require pupils to identify the information they need before carrying out the calculation, making it particularly useful for developing mathematical reasoning.

What’s included?
✔ Smart Notebook input slides for teacher modelling
✔ Differentiated independent worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary task

Why use this resource?
✔ Ready to teach with minimal preparation
✔ Develops confidence interpreting pie charts
✔ Combines fractions, percentages and data interpretation
✔ Includes multi-step reasoning problems
✔ Suitable for Year 6 maths, SATS preparation and intervention

Lesson structure

✔ Input – Teacher modelling and guided examples
✔ Guided practice – Interpreting information and solving pie chart problems
✔ Independent task – Differentiated worksheets (3 levels)
✔ Plenary – Using fractions and percentages

This lesson can be used independently as a focused pie chart lesson or alongside other pie chart resources as part of a wider sequence.