Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 7 students

Basketball: 13 students

Running: 5 students

Swimming: 10 students

Tennis: 15 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (5).

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

Answer: 8

15 − 7 = 8

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

Answer: 50

7 + 13 + 5 + 10 + 15 = 50

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

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 tennis?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 2

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

Apples: 12 pieces

Bananas: 4 pieces

Oranges: 11 pieces

Pears: 15 pieces

Plums: 8 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (4).

9.Survey 2: How many more pieces did apples get than oranges?

Answer: 1

12 − 11 = 1

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

Answer: 50

12 + 4 + 11 + 15 + 8 = 50

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

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 pears?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 9 students

Bike: 4 students

Car: 15 students

Bus: 10 students

Scooter: 12 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: car

car had the most students (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (4).

15.Survey 3: How many more students did bus get than bike?

Answer: 6

10 − 4 = 6

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

Answer: 50

9 + 4 + 15 + 10 + 12 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for bike?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the students were for car?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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