Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 4 votes

Mystery: 8 votes

Funny stories: 7 votes

Animal stories: 15 votes

Science: 16 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (16).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (4).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did mystery get than adventure?

Answer: 4

8 − 4 = 4

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

Answer: 50

4 + 8 + 7 + 15 + 16 = 50

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

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: 32%

16 ÷ 50 × 100 = 32%

Survey 2

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 8 students

Bike: 3 students

Car: 12 students

Bus: 5 students

Scooter: 22 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (22).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (3).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did scooter get than walk?

Answer: 14

22 − 8 = 14

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

Answer: 50

8 + 3 + 12 + 5 + 22 = 50

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

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 scooter?

Answer: 44%

22 ÷ 50 × 100 = 44%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 12 votes

Rabbit: 4 votes

Guinea pig: 11 votes

Bird: 15 votes

Turtle: 8 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the most votes (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the fewest votes (4).

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

Answer: 4

15 − 11 = 4

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

Answer: 50

12 + 4 + 11 + 15 + 8 = 50

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

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 bird?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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