Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 7 votes

Mystery: 10 votes

Funny stories: 3 votes

Animal stories: 8 votes

Science: 22 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (22).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the fewest votes (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did science get than adventure?

Answer: 15

22 − 7 = 15

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

Answer: 50

7 + 10 + 3 + 8 + 22 = 50

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

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 science?

Answer: 44%

22 ÷ 50 × 100 = 44%

Survey 2

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 10 votes

Rabbit: 14 votes

Guinea pig: 15 votes

Bird: 3 votes

Turtle: 8 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the most votes (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (3).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did turtle get than bird?

Answer: 5

8 − 3 = 5

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

Answer: 50

10 + 14 + 15 + 3 + 8 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for turtle?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the votes were for guinea pig?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

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

Apples: 8 pieces

Bananas: 10 pieces

Oranges: 5 pieces

Pears: 14 pieces

Plums: 13 pieces

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (5).

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

Answer: 4

14 − 10 = 4

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

Answer: 50

8 + 10 + 5 + 14 + 13 = 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 pears?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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