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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 4 students

Basketball: 11 students

Running: 7 students

Swimming: 6 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the most students (11).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (4).

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

Answer: 3

7 − 4 = 3

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

Answer: 28

4 + 11 + 7 + 6 = 28

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

Answer:

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

Survey 2

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 11 students

Bike: 10 students

Car: 3 students

Bus: 5 students

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: walk

walk had the most students (11).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: car

car had the fewest students (3).

8.Survey 2: How many more students did walk get than bus?

Answer: 6

11 − 5 = 6

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

Answer: 29

11 + 10 + 3 + 5 = 29

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the students were for walk?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 14 votes

Mystery: 3 votes

Funny stories: 9 votes

Animal stories: 8 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (14).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: mystery

mystery had the fewest votes (3).

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

Answer: 11

14 − 3 = 11

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

Answer: 34

14 + 3 + 9 + 8 = 34

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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