Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 14 votes

Mystery: 7 votes

Funny stories: 2 votes

Animal stories: 6 votes

Science: 21 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (21).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the fewest votes (2).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did science get than mystery?

Answer: 14

21 − 7 = 14

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

Answer: 50

14 + 7 + 2 + 6 + 21 = 50

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the votes were for science?

Answer:

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

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the votes were for science?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 2

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

Apples: 13 pieces

Bananas: 8 pieces

Oranges: 11 pieces

Pears: 6 pieces

Plums: 12 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the most pieces (13).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (6).

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

Answer: 6

12 − 6 = 6

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

Answer: 50

13 + 8 + 11 + 6 + 12 = 50

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

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 apples?

Answer: 26%

13 ÷ 50 × 100 = 26%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 9 votes

Rabbit: 15 votes

Guinea pig: 8 votes

Bird: 12 votes

Turtle: 6 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the most votes (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the fewest votes (6).

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

Answer: 6

15 − 9 = 6

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

Answer: 50

9 + 15 + 8 + 12 + 6 = 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 rabbit?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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