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

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

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 7 students

Bike: 9 students

Car: 11 students

Bus: 2 students

Scooter: 21 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (21).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bus

bus had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 7

9 − 2 = 7

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

Answer: 50

7 + 9 + 11 + 2 + 21 = 50

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

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: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 2

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 10 votes

Rabbit: 7 votes

Guinea pig: 11 votes

Bird: 14 votes

Turtle: 8 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the most votes (14).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the fewest votes (7).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did bird get than turtle?

Answer: 6

14 − 8 = 6

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

Answer: 50

10 + 7 + 11 + 14 + 8 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for bird?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the votes were for bird?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 3 students

Basketball: 10 students

Running: 6 students

Swimming: 8 students

Tennis: 23 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (23).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (3).

15.Survey 3: How many more students did running get than soccer?

Answer: 3

6 − 3 = 3

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

Answer: 50

3 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 23 = 50

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

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: 46%

23 ÷ 50 × 100 = 46%

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