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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 6 students

Basketball: 2 students

Running: 3 students

Swimming: 7 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the most students (7).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (2).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did soccer get than running?

Answer: 3

6 − 3 = 3

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

Answer: 18

6 + 2 + 3 + 7 = 18

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

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 13 votes

Mystery: 6 votes

Funny stories: 8 votes

Animal stories: 10 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (13).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: mystery

mystery had the fewest votes (6).

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

Answer: 5

13 − 8 = 5

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

Answer: 37

13 + 6 + 8 + 10 = 37

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 11 students

Bike: 4 students

Car: 13 students

Bus: 10 students

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: car

car had the most students (13).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (4).

13.Survey 3: How many more students did walk get than bus?

Answer: 1

11 − 10 = 1

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

Answer: 38

11 + 4 + 13 + 10 = 38

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for walk?

Answer:

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

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