Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 12 pieces

Bananas: 14 pieces

Oranges: 8 pieces

Pears: 7 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the most pieces (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (7).

3.Survey 1: How many more pieces did apples get than pears?

Answer: 5

12 − 7 = 5

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

Answer: 41

12 + 14 + 8 + 7 = 41

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 2 votes

Mystery: 7 votes

Funny stories: 12 votes

Animal stories: 9 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (12).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (2).

8.Survey 2: How many more votes did funny stories get than mystery?

Answer: 5

12 − 7 = 5

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

Answer: 30

2 + 7 + 12 + 9 = 30

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for funny stories?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 3 students

Basketball: 9 students

Running: 8 students

Swimming: 12 students

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the most students (12).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (3).

13.Survey 3: How many more students did swimming get than running?

Answer: 4

12 − 8 = 4

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

Answer: 32

3 + 9 + 8 + 12 = 32

15.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.

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