Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 7 students

Bike: 2 students

Car: 12 students

Bus: 13 students

Scooter: 16 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (16).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 3

16 − 13 = 3

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

Answer: 50

7 + 2 + 12 + 13 + 16 = 50

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

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: 32%

16 ÷ 50 × 100 = 32%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 14 students

Basketball: 6 students

Running: 7 students

Swimming: 15 students

Tennis: 8 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the most students (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (6).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did tennis get than basketball?

Answer: 2

8 − 6 = 2

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

Answer: 50

14 + 6 + 7 + 15 + 8 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the students were for basketball?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the students were for swimming?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 5 votes

Rabbit: 9 votes

Guinea pig: 15 votes

Bird: 8 votes

Turtle: 13 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the most votes (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the fewest votes (5).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did guinea pig get than rabbit?

Answer: 6

15 − 9 = 6

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

Answer: 50

5 + 9 + 15 + 8 + 13 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for rabbit?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the votes were for guinea pig?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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