Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 12 students

Bike: 3 students

Car: 4 students

Bus: 14 students

Scooter: 17 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (17).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did scooter get than bike?

Answer: 14

17 − 3 = 14

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

Answer: 50

12 + 3 + 4 + 14 + 17 = 50

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

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 scooter?

Answer: 34%

17 ÷ 50 × 100 = 34%

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 7 votes

Mystery: 12 votes

Funny stories: 11 votes

Animal stories: 14 votes

Science: 6 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the most votes (14).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: science

science had the fewest votes (6).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did adventure get than science?

Answer: 1

7 − 6 = 1

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

Answer: 50

7 + 12 + 11 + 14 + 6 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for adventure?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the votes were for animal stories?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 13 students

Basketball: 10 students

Running: 14 students

Swimming: 2 students

Tennis: 11 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (2).

15.Survey 3: How many more students did running get than tennis?

Answer: 3

14 − 11 = 3

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

Answer: 50

13 + 10 + 14 + 2 + 11 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for tennis?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the students were for running?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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