Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 5 students

Bike: 8 students

Car: 10 students

Bus: 13 students

Scooter: 14 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: walk

walk had the fewest students (5).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did scooter get than bike?

Answer: 6

14 − 8 = 6

4.Survey 1: How many students were there altogether?

Answer: 50

5 + 8 + 10 + 13 + 14 = 50

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the students were for scooter?

Answer:

Write the number for that choice over the total. Simplify if you can.

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the students were for scooter?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 2

A shop counted the pieces of fruit it sold before lunch.

Apples: 10 pieces

Bananas: 9 pieces

Oranges: 4 pieces

Pears: 6 pieces

Plums: 21 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (21).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (4).

9.Survey 2: How many more pieces did bananas get than pears?

Answer: 3

9 − 6 = 3

10.Survey 2: How many pieces were there altogether?

Answer: 50

10 + 9 + 4 + 6 + 21 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for bananas?

Answer:

Write the number for that choice over the total. Simplify if you can.

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 3 students

Basketball: 14 students

Running: 2 students

Swimming: 13 students

Tennis: 18 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (18).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (2).

15.Survey 3: How many more students did basketball get than swimming?

Answer: 1

14 − 13 = 1

16.Survey 3: How many students were there altogether?

Answer: 50

3 + 14 + 2 + 13 + 18 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for swimming?

Answer:

Write the number for that choice over the total. Simplify if you can.

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the students were for tennis?

Answer: 36%

18 ÷ 50 × 100 = 36%

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