Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 8 pieces

Bananas: 7 pieces

Oranges: 2 pieces

Pears: 9 pieces

Plums: 24 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (24).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (2).

3.Survey 1: How many more pieces did plums get than apples?

Answer: 16

24 − 8 = 16

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

Answer: 50

8 + 7 + 2 + 9 + 24 = 50

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 48%

24 ÷ 50 × 100 = 48%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 14 students

Basketball: 6 students

Running: 7 students

Swimming: 2 students

Tennis: 21 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (21).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (2).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did tennis get than running?

Answer: 14

21 − 7 = 14

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

Answer: 50

14 + 6 + 7 + 2 + 21 = 50

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

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 tennis?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 6 votes

Mystery: 12 votes

Funny stories: 15 votes

Animal stories: 13 votes

Science: 4 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: science

science had the fewest votes (4).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did funny stories get than science?

Answer: 11

15 − 4 = 11

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

Answer: 50

6 + 12 + 15 + 13 + 4 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for funny stories?

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 funny stories?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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