Mathematics GCSE
pie chart
What pie chart means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of pie chart
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A display in which the whole circle of 360° is the total, and a category's angle is (frequency ÷ total) × 360°.
Topics that use pie chart
- Statistics (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- bias
- box plot
- choosing an average
- Continuous Data
- correlation and causation
- Cumulative frequency graph
- Discrete Data
- Extrapolation
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