Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 8 students

Basketball: 2 students

Running: 4 students

Swimming: 10 students

Tennis: 26 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (26).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (2).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did tennis get than basketball?

Answer: 24

26 − 2 = 24

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

Answer: 50

8 + 2 + 4 + 10 + 26 = 50

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

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 tennis?

Answer: 52%

26 ÷ 50 × 100 = 52%

Survey 2

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 4 votes

Rabbit: 15 votes

Guinea pig: 9 votes

Bird: 6 votes

Turtle: 16 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the most votes (16).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the fewest votes (4).

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

Answer: 1

16 − 15 = 1

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

Answer: 50

4 + 15 + 9 + 6 + 16 = 50

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

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 turtle?

Answer: 32%

16 ÷ 50 × 100 = 32%

Survey 3

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

Apples: 3 pieces

Bananas: 13 pieces

Oranges: 2 pieces

Pears: 11 pieces

Plums: 21 pieces

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (21).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (2).

15.Survey 3: How many more pieces did bananas get than pears?

Answer: 2

13 − 11 = 2

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

Answer: 50

3 + 13 + 2 + 11 + 21 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for bananas?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

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