Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 11 students

Basketball: 14 students

Running: 9 students

Swimming: 15 students

Tennis: 1 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the most students (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the fewest students (1).

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

Answer: 1

15 − 14 = 1

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

Answer: 50

11 + 14 + 9 + 15 + 1 = 50

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

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 swimming?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 9 votes

Mystery: 11 votes

Funny stories: 7 votes

Animal stories: 5 votes

Science: 18 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (18).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the fewest votes (5).

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

Answer: 11

18 − 7 = 11

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

Answer: 50

9 + 11 + 7 + 5 + 18 = 50

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

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 science?

Answer: 36%

18 ÷ 50 × 100 = 36%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 7 votes

Rabbit: 4 votes

Guinea pig: 15 votes

Bird: 8 votes

Turtle: 16 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the most votes (16).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the fewest votes (4).

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

Answer: 9

16 − 7 = 9

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

Answer: 50

7 + 4 + 15 + 8 + 16 = 50

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

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: 32%

16 ÷ 50 × 100 = 32%

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