Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 6 votes

Rabbit: 4 votes

Guinea pig: 9 votes

Bird: 3 votes

Turtle: 28 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: turtle

turtle had the most votes (28).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more votes did guinea pig get than rabbit?

Answer: 5

9 − 4 = 5

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

Answer: 50

6 + 4 + 9 + 3 + 28 = 50

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

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 turtle?

Answer: 56.00000000000001%

28 ÷ 50 × 100 = 56.00000000000001%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 6 students

Basketball: 7 students

Running: 5 students

Swimming: 12 students

Tennis: 20 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (20).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (5).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did swimming get than soccer?

Answer: 6

12 − 6 = 6

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

Answer: 50

6 + 7 + 5 + 12 + 20 = 50

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

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: 40%

20 ÷ 50 × 100 = 40%

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 14 votes

Mystery: 12 votes

Funny stories: 7 votes

Animal stories: 4 votes

Science: 13 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: animal stories

animal stories had the fewest votes (4).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did adventure get than animal stories?

Answer: 10

14 − 4 = 10

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

Answer: 50

14 + 12 + 7 + 4 + 13 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for animal 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 adventure?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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