Math Playground
Activities

Counting Cars

Stand by a road, tally colours — your first real survey.

Stand somewhere safe near a road. For 10 minutes, tally cars by colour. You've just done your first survey.

What you'll discover

  • White, black, silver and grey dominate everywhere
  • Bright reds and blues are rarer than you'd expect
  • Different times of day give different mixes (commute vs school run)

Plot your tally as a bar chart. Compare with a friend who counted at a different street — same world, different samples.