Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 10 pieces

Bananas: 6 pieces

Oranges: 12 pieces

Pears: 14 pieces

Plums: 8 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (6).

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

Answer: 2

8 − 6 = 2

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

Answer: 50

10 + 6 + 12 + 14 + 8 = 50

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

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: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 2

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 10 students

Bike: 15 students

Car: 5 students

Bus: 14 students

Scooter: 6 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the most students (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: car

car had the fewest students (5).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did bike get than walk?

Answer: 5

15 − 10 = 5

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

Answer: 50

10 + 15 + 5 + 14 + 6 = 50

11.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.

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the students were for bike?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 14 votes

Rabbit: 10 votes

Guinea pig: 5 votes

Bird: 15 votes

Turtle: 6 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the most votes (15).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the fewest votes (5).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did bird get than turtle?

Answer: 9

15 − 6 = 9

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

Answer: 50

14 + 10 + 5 + 15 + 6 = 50

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

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 bird?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

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