Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 15 students

Basketball: 13 students

Running: 3 students

Swimming: 5 students

Tennis: 14 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the most students (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did soccer get than swimming?

Answer: 10

15 − 5 = 10

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

Answer: 50

15 + 13 + 3 + 5 + 14 = 50

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

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 soccer?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 2

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

Apples: 12 pieces

Bananas: 4 pieces

Oranges: 14 pieces

Pears: 7 pieces

Plums: 13 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the most pieces (14).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (4).

9.Survey 2: How many more pieces did oranges get than pears?

Answer: 7

14 − 7 = 7

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

Answer: 50

12 + 4 + 14 + 7 + 13 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the pieces were for oranges?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 5 votes

Rabbit: 7 votes

Guinea pig: 13 votes

Bird: 4 votes

Turtle: 21 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the most votes (21).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (4).

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

Answer: 2

7 − 5 = 2

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

Answer: 50

5 + 7 + 13 + 4 + 21 = 50

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

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 turtle?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

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