Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 12 pieces

Bananas: 4 pieces

Oranges: 5 pieces

Pears: 15 pieces

Plums: 14 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (15).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (4).

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

Answer: 9

14 − 5 = 9

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

Answer: 50

12 + 4 + 5 + 15 + 14 = 50

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

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 pears?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 4 votes

Mystery: 2 votes

Funny stories: 12 votes

Animal stories: 10 votes

Science: 22 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (22).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: mystery

mystery had the fewest votes (2).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did science get than funny stories?

Answer: 10

22 − 12 = 10

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

Answer: 50

4 + 2 + 12 + 10 + 22 = 50

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

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 science?

Answer: 44%

22 ÷ 50 × 100 = 44%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 2 students

Basketball: 3 students

Running: 7 students

Swimming: 4 students

Tennis: 34 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (34).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 32

34 − 2 = 32

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

Answer: 50

2 + 3 + 7 + 4 + 34 = 50

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

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 tennis?

Answer: 68%

34 ÷ 50 × 100 = 68%

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