Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 3 votes

Rabbit: 15 votes

Guinea pig: 9 votes

Bird: 13 votes

Turtle: 10 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the most votes (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the fewest votes (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did turtle get than guinea pig?

Answer: 1

10 − 9 = 1

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

Answer: 50

3 + 15 + 9 + 13 + 10 = 50

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

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 rabbit?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 2

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 10 students

Bike: 6 students

Car: 15 students

Bus: 8 students

Scooter: 11 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: car

car had the most students (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (6).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did bus get than bike?

Answer: 2

8 − 6 = 2

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

Answer: 50

10 + 6 + 15 + 8 + 11 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the students were for bus?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the students were for car?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

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

Apples: 8 pieces

Bananas: 6 pieces

Oranges: 2 pieces

Pears: 12 pieces

Plums: 22 pieces

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (22).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (2).

15.Survey 3: How many more pieces did pears get than oranges?

Answer: 10

12 − 2 = 10

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

Answer: 50

8 + 6 + 2 + 12 + 22 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 44%

22 ÷ 50 × 100 = 44%

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