Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 12 students

Basketball: 10 students

Running: 9 students

Swimming: 5 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the most students (12).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (5).

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

Answer: 2

12 − 10 = 2

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

Answer: 36

12 + 10 + 9 + 5 = 36

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: 5 votes

Rabbit: 12 votes

Guinea pig: 11 votes

Bird: 3 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the most votes (12).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (3).

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

Answer: 7

12 − 5 = 7

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

Answer: 31

5 + 12 + 11 + 3 = 31

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 11 votes

Mystery: 6 votes

Funny stories: 2 votes

Animal stories: 7 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (11).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the fewest votes (2).

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

Answer: 5

11 − 6 = 5

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

Answer: 26

11 + 6 + 2 + 7 = 26

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

Answer:

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

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