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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 8 students

Basketball: 15 students

Running: 13 students

Swimming: 5 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the most students (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (5).

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

Answer: 3

8 − 5 = 3

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

Answer: 41

8 + 15 + 13 + 5 = 41

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

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 6 votes

Mystery: 3 votes

Funny stories: 11 votes

Animal stories: 2 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (11).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the fewest votes (2).

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

Answer: 5

11 − 6 = 5

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

Answer: 22

6 + 3 + 11 + 2 = 22

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

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

Apples: 14 pieces

Bananas: 3 pieces

Oranges: 13 pieces

Pears: 5 pieces

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the most pieces (14).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (3).

13.Survey 3: How many more pieces did oranges get than pears?

Answer: 8

13 − 5 = 8

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

Answer: 35

14 + 3 + 13 + 5 = 35

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

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