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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 14 students

Basketball: 4 students

Running: 6 students

Swimming: 3 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the most students (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (3).

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

Answer: 10

14 − 4 = 10

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

Answer: 27

14 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 27

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

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 14 votes

Rabbit: 15 votes

Guinea pig: 2 votes

Bird: 9 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the most votes (15).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the fewest votes (2).

8.Survey 2: How many more votes did fish get than bird?

Answer: 5

14 − 9 = 5

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

Answer: 40

14 + 15 + 2 + 9 = 40

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 3 votes

Mystery: 6 votes

Funny stories: 13 votes

Animal stories: 10 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (13).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (3).

13.Survey 3: How many more votes did animal stories get than adventure?

Answer: 7

10 − 3 = 7

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

Answer: 32

3 + 6 + 13 + 10 = 32

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

Answer:

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

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