Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 7 votes

Mystery: 11 votes

Funny stories: 6 votes

Animal stories: 5 votes

Science: 21 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (21).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the fewest votes (5).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did science get than animal stories?

Answer: 16

21 − 5 = 16

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

Answer: 50

7 + 11 + 6 + 5 + 21 = 50

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the votes were for science?

Answer:

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

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the votes were for science?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 4 students

Basketball: 6 students

Running: 9 students

Swimming: 5 students

Tennis: 1 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (9).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the fewest students (1).

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

Answer: 2

6 − 4 = 2

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

Answer: 25

4 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 1 = 25

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 running?

Answer: 36%

9 ÷ 25 × 100 = 36%

Survey 3

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

Apples: 13 pieces

Bananas: 9 pieces

Oranges: 14 pieces

Pears: 2 pieces

Plums: 12 pieces

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the most pieces (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (2).

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

Answer: 5

14 − 9 = 5

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

Answer: 50

13 + 9 + 14 + 2 + 12 = 50

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

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 oranges?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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