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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 14 students

Basketball: 4 students

Running: 7 students

Swimming: 5 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: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (4).

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

Answer: 9

14 − 5 = 9

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

Answer: 30

14 + 4 + 7 + 5 = 30

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

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

Apples: 14 pieces

Bananas: 13 pieces

Oranges: 7 pieces

Pears: 4 pieces

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the most pieces (14).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (4).

8.Survey 2: How many more pieces did bananas get than pears?

Answer: 9

13 − 4 = 9

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

Answer: 38

14 + 13 + 7 + 4 = 38

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for bananas?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 2 students

Bike: 7 students

Car: 13 students

Bus: 8 students

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: car

car had the most students (13).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: walk

walk had the fewest students (2).

13.Survey 3: How many more students did car get than bus?

Answer: 5

13 − 8 = 5

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

Answer: 30

2 + 7 + 13 + 8 = 30

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for car?

Answer:

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

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