Data Handling for Year 3 Maths: Interactive Quizzes and Practice

Question 1

Which chart shows the number of pets each student in Year 3 has?

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Chart showing the number of students with 0, 1, 2, or more pets

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Chart showing the percentage of students with different types of pets

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Chart showing the average number of pets owned by students in each class

Question 2

What is the first important step in organizing data?

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Sorting it into different groups

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Counting the number of items in each group

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Drawing a picture of the data

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Writing a summary of the data

Question 3

In a bar chart, what does the height of each bar represent?

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The number of items in each category

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The number of different categories

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The average of the data

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The range of the data

Question 4

Which of these questions is best answered using a line graph?

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How does the temperature change throughout the day?

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What are the different toppings people like on their pizza?

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How many students have different eye colours?

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What is the most popular breed of dog?

Question 5

A survey of 100 people found that 70% of them enjoy reading. How many people in the survey do not enjoy reading?

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30

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70

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100

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Cannot be determined

Question 6

Which type of graph shows information that changes over time?

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Line graph

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Bar graph

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Pie chart

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Venn diagram

Question 7

What does a legend in a chart or graph tell us?

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What the symbols or colors mean

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Where the information comes from

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What we should think about the information

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How many pieces of information there are

Question 8

You want to know which fruit is the most popular in your class. What's the best way to find out?

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Ask everyone in your class which fruit they like the most

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Guess which fruit is the most popular

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Read a book about fruit to find out which fruit is the most popular

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Look at the fruit in the school cafeteria to see which fruit is the most popular

Question 9

Which chart shows data as a circle divided into sections?

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Pie chart

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Bar chart

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Line graph

Question 10

Which of these is NOT a way to gather information?

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Reading minds

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Surveys

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Watching

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Talking to people

Question 11

In the list of numbers 2, 4, 5, 5, 8, 5, 7, 15, which number stands out from the rest?

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15

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2

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5

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8

Question 12

When we use rows and columns to organize information, it is called a

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Table

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List

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Chart

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Graph

Question 13

Which of these charts shows how something changes over time?

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Line graph

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

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Venn diagram

Question 14

The title of a graph tells us

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What the graph is about

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How many data points it has

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What the graph means

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How to draw a graph

Question 15

Which of these numbers is the mode of this set: 1, 3, 5, 5, 7, 9?

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5

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1

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3

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7

Question 16

Which of these is NOT a type of data?

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Ideas

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Numbers

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Words

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Choices

Question 17

A survey asked 100 people their favorite fruit. 30 people said apples. What percentage of people chose apples?

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30%

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10%

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50%

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70%

Question 18

We can sort information into a table or a chart to make it easier to understand. What do we call this?

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Organizing data

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Creating a graph

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Reading data

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Analyzing data

Question 19

When we show data on a graph, we can use different ways to represent it. Which of these is NOT a way to show data on a graph?

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Using colors

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Using bars

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Using lines

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Using dots

Question 20

We can give a graph a title to help us understand what it shows. What is a good title for a graph showing the number of different fruits in a fruit basket?

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Types of Fruits in a Basket

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Fruit Basket

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Fruit Count

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My Favorite Fruits

Question 21

When choosing the best type of graph to use, which of these is NOT something we should think about?

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What color we want the graph to be

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What we want to show with the graph

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How many data points we have

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What type of data we have

Question 22

What's a tally chart used for?

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To count things easily

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To show information as a picture

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To work out sums quickly

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To understand difficult words

Question 23

Which chart is best for comparing different groups?

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Bar chart

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Circle chart

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Line graph

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Dotty graph

Question 24

What's the difference between the middle number and the average?

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The middle number is the one in the middle, the average is found by adding all the numbers and dividing by how many there are

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The average is the one in the middle, the middle number is found by adding all the numbers and dividing by how many there are

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The middle number and the average are the same

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There's no difference between the middle number and the average

Question 25

Which of these is NOT a way to find the middle of a set of numbers?

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Range

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Mean

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Median

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Mode

Question 26

Which chart is best for showing changes over time?

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Line graph

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Bar chart

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Circle chart

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Bubble graph

Question 27

What's the main purpose of a table when we're learning?

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To keep our information organized

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To help us add up numbers

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To show us pictures

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To tell us stories

Question 28

What's the difference between numbers and words when we're describing things?

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Numbers tell us how many or how much, words describe what something is like

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Words tell us how many or how much, numbers describe what something is like

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There's no difference between numbers and words when describing things

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Numbers and words are always used together when describing things

Question 29

What do we use a tally chart for?

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To show how many times something happens

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To compare two different things

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To show how something changes over time

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To predict what will happen in the future

Question 30

What does the most common number in a set of data show us?

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The mode

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The least common number

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The average number

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The range of numbers

Question 31

What should we do first when we have collected data?

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Organise it

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Make conclusions about it

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Collect more of it

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Analyse it

Question 32

What do we use a data dictionary for?

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To explain what each bit of data means

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To keep data in a tidy format

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To make sure that data is always the same

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To stop people from seeing the data

Question 33

What are the three main ways to collect data?

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Surveys, interviews, and observations

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Guesswork, guessing, and assumptions

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Reading books, surfing the internet, and asking friends

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Using a magic wand, making wishes, and believing in luck

Question 34

Why is it important to group similar data together in a table?

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To make the data easier to read and understand

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To make the table look more colorful

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To hide important information

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To make the data more confusing

Question 35

What does a data table show?

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Data organized in rows and columns

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A list of numbers

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A picture of the data

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A story about the data

Question 36

What is the first step in the process of handling data?

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Collecting data

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Analyzing data

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Drawing conclusions

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Representing data

Question 37

What is the purpose of a pie chart?

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To show how different parts make up a whole

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To show how data changes over time

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To show how data is related to other data

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To show how data is distributed

Question 38

Which of these charts shows the number of pets owned by students in Year 3?

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A bar chart with the students' names along the bottom and the number of pets along the side.

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A pie chart with different colors for different types of pets.

Question 39

What is the best way to gather data about the favorite colors of the students in Year 3?

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Create a survey with a list of color choices and ask the students to choose their favorite.

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Ask the students' teachers which colors they think the students prefer.

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Observe the students' clothing and guess their favorite colors.

Question 40

Which of the following can you conclude from the following data:

The number of students in Year 3 who like different fruits:

| Fruit | Number of Students |
|---|---| 
| Apples | 20 |
| Bananas | 15 |
| Oranges | 10 |
| Pears | 5 |

Apples are a popular fruit among the students in Year 3.

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Yes

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Maybe

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No

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Not enough information

Question 41

Which of the following is the best way to show data that changes over time?

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Line graph

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Table

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Bar chart

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Pie chart

Question 42

Which of the following can make data more eye-catching?

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Using different colors and shapes to show different data.

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Using technical words to describe the data.

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Writing the data in a small font.

Question 43

Which of the following is an advantage of using a table to show data?

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Tables make it easy to compare different data points.

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Tables are difficult to read and understand.

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Tables can only be used for small amounts of data.

Question 44

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using a pie chart to show data?

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Pie charts can be difficult to compare different data points.

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Pie charts can only be used for small amounts of data.

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Pie charts are easy to read and understand.

Question 45

Which chart is a good choice to show how often different numbers appear in a set of data?

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Bar chart

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Line graph

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Scatter plot

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Pictogram

Question 46

Which type of graph shows the relationship between two sets of data?

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Scatter plot

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Bar chart

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Pictogram

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Histogram

Question 47

Which measure of spread tells us the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set?

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Range

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Mode

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Median

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Mean

Question 48

What is the best title for a bar chart showing the number of students in each class in a school?

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Number of Students in Each Class

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Students in the School

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Classes in the School