Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 11 students

Basketball: 3 students

Running: 12 students

Swimming: 10 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (12).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (3).

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

Answer: 1

11 − 10 = 1

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

Answer: 36

11 + 3 + 12 + 10 = 36

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.

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 15 votes

Mystery: 7 votes

Funny stories: 6 votes

Animal stories: 12 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (15).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the fewest votes (6).

8.Survey 2: How many more votes did animal stories get than mystery?

Answer: 5

12 − 7 = 5

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

Answer: 40

15 + 7 + 6 + 12 = 40

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for mystery?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

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

Apples: 7 pieces

Bananas: 9 pieces

Oranges: 2 pieces

Pears: 11 pieces

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (11).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (2).

13.Survey 3: How many more pieces did pears get than apples?

Answer: 4

11 − 7 = 4

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

Answer: 29

7 + 9 + 2 + 11 = 29

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

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