sunlight hours in Reykjavik, Iceland

choose several months

what percent of the day (or angle) was sunlight in Reykjavik in 2011?

Steven Gerrard's goals

how Steven Gerrard's goals have been scored - up until the summer of 2012
what are the angles for the various sectors?

adapted (slightly) from the 'oh you beauty' blog
see also the 'fun with infographics'  section of the blog

Pie charts and Van Gogh

An artist, Arthur Buxton, has analysed the 5 most prevalent colours in 28 of Van Gogh's paintings (as well as those of other artists) and represented the extent of their use in pie charts:

which paintings are they?

starry night









self portrait

room at Arles

reaper

interpreting pie charts

un-nice pie chart

in maths lessons the total frequency required for a pie chart question is usually a convenient factor of 360







in real life, data sets are never quite so convenient

[from an idea by Dan Meyer]

relating charts to data sets