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

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

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 10 students

Bike: 5 students

Car: 4 students

Bus: 14 students

Scooter: 17 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (17).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: car

car had the fewest students (4).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did bike get than car?

Answer: 1

5 − 4 = 1

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

Answer: 50

10 + 5 + 4 + 14 + 17 = 50

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

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: 34%

17 ÷ 50 × 100 = 34%

Survey 2

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 2 votes

Rabbit: 13 votes

Guinea pig: 3 votes

Bird: 8 votes

Turtle: 24 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the most votes (24).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the fewest votes (2).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did bird get than fish?

Answer: 6

8 − 2 = 6

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

Answer: 50

2 + 13 + 3 + 8 + 24 = 50

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

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: 48%

24 ÷ 50 × 100 = 48%

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 10 votes

Mystery: 7 votes

Funny stories: 9 votes

Animal stories: 4 votes

Science: 20 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (20).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the fewest votes (4).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did funny stories get than mystery?

Answer: 2

9 − 7 = 2

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

Answer: 50

10 + 7 + 9 + 4 + 20 = 50

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

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 science?

Answer: 40%

20 ÷ 50 × 100 = 40%

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