Twelve ready-to-teach lessons that get students reading statistics carefully, using China as the case study. Each lesson starts from a world ranking (who eats the most pork, which city is the biggest, which country has the most World Heritage sites) and asks what the number actually measures. For Geography and Maths, ages 12–16 (KS3, GCSE, IB MYP years 2–5). Each lesson runs 45–60 minutes. Each lesson includes: data tables with source and year a starter, three discussion questions and a board summary a student worksheet (editable Word) teacher notes with worked answers and common misconceptions Skills: percentages and shares, ratio, total vs per person, rates, thresholds, new sales vs totals in use, reading a source and a data year. Also included: a one-page “How to read a number” classroom poster, and every data table as CSV (in the ZIP). All figures checked October 2026. Free to use and adapt under CC BY 4.0.