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Class 2: Mission data

Read keys and axes, update a data set and connect more than one result.

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ExploreReading data

Look at the space book log board. How many books did Rio, Dia and Avi read in all?

Space Book LogRio14Dia12 more than RioAvi13
  1. 40
  2. 47
  3. 39
  4. 53
Need a hint?

First add to find Dia's count, then combine with the others.

Answer & method
Answer D: 53

First find Dia's count: 14 + 12 = 26. Then add all three counts: 14 + 26 + 13 = 53.

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ReasonReading data

Look at the space book log board. How many books did Kai, Dia and Tia read in all?

Space Book LogKai14Dia4 more than KaiTia22
  1. 40
  2. 64
  3. 54
  4. 32
Need a hint?

First add to find Dia's count, then combine with the others.

Answer & method
Answer C: 54

First find Dia's count: 14 + 4 = 18. Then add all three counts: 14 + 18 + 22 = 54.

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StretchReading data

1 sample moves from Dawn to Night. What is the difference between their counts now?

0369121518212427SamplesDawnNightNoon
  1. 0
  2. 48
  3. 2
  4. 1
Need a hint?

A transfer changes both groups: take away from the sender and add to the receiver before comparing.

Answer & method
Answer C: 2

Dawn: 24 - 1 = 23. Night: 24 + 1 = 25. Their new difference is 2.

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For grown-ups

Ideas to practise

  • Reading data. Read the labels and the key before comparing or combining values.

A game mission has 8 untimed questions. Only the game saves choices and hints. A finished mission earns one launch charge and participation towards the Right solar panel in Outer Planet Voyager. The chapter goal is 8 different questions in finished sets; hints and wrong answers count as participation, not mastery. Some craft systems link more than one chapter.

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Explore

Foundations: read a representation and practise the underlying idea.

  • Apply a pictograph key
  • Read a pictograph for two-part answers and totals
  • Read a tally table of mission finds
  • Compare and combine bars on a scaled bar graph
  • Solve a word puzzle about survey totals
  • Find which statement about a data table is true
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Reason

Paper-style reasoning: connect clues, interpret a diagram or work backwards.

  • Compare information in a scaled graph
  • Read a pictograph for two-part answers and totals
  • Read a pictograph key and compare rows
  • Find which statement about a data table is true
  • Solve a word puzzle about survey totals
  • Compare and combine bars on a scaled bar graph
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Stretch

Higher-order practice: link conditions, test statements and avoid a tempting wrong method.

  • Transfer or change values before comparing
  • Read a pictograph for two-part answers and totals
  • Read a tally table of mission finds
  • Read a pictograph key and compare rows
  • Find which statement about a data table is true
  • Compare and combine bars on a scaled bar graph
Play Stretch

Levels change representations, clues and conditions, not just the numbers. These are practice formats, not validated exam-equivalent difficulty.

Using the feedback

Learning reports distinguish hinted answers from independent first choices. They consider up to 20 recent different, unhinted questions per skill and level, and wait for at least five before suggesting extra practice. Repeating the same question does not add evidence. Reports are practice evidence, not IQ scores, diagnoses, ranks or predictions of competition results.

Ask the learner to explain a drawing or check with objects too. Choose Explore or an earlier chapter when a step feels too large.

Sources & limits

The grade topics use SOF IMO Class 2 published topic syllabus as their primary reference. The SOF sample and CREST previous-year paper below informed representations and reasoning demands. Providers have different topic boundaries; their syllabi are not interchangeable.

Questions, diagrams, picture choices, hints and explanations are original Otterly work, not copied paper questions or publisher artwork. No Olympiad provider is affiliated with or endorses Space Academy. This is not complete exam preparation; follow classroom teaching and check the current official syllabus too. Independent educator review is still needed for difficulty and breadth.

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