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

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

Survey 1

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

Apples: 8 pieces

Bananas: 15 pieces

Oranges: 5 pieces

Pears: 2 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the most pieces (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (2).

3.Survey 1: How many more pieces did bananas get than apples?

Answer: 7

15 − 8 = 7

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

Answer: 30

8 + 15 + 5 + 2 = 30

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the pieces were for bananas?

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 5 students

Basketball: 14 students

Running: 2 students

Swimming: 6 students

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the most students (14).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (2).

8.Survey 2: How many more students did swimming get than running?

Answer: 4

6 − 2 = 4

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

Answer: 27

5 + 14 + 2 + 6 = 27

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the students were for running?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 6 votes

Rabbit: 2 votes

Guinea pig: 15 votes

Bird: 3 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the most votes (15).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the fewest votes (2).

13.Survey 3: How many more votes did fish get than bird?

Answer: 3

6 − 3 = 3

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

Answer: 26

6 + 2 + 15 + 3 = 26

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for bird?

Answer:

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

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