Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 8 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 2 votes

Mystery: 8 votes

Funny stories: 10 votes

Animal stories: 9 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (10).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (2).

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

Answer: 7

9 − 2 = 7

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

Answer: 29

2 + 8 + 10 + 9 = 29

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

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: 4 students

Bike: 10 students

Car: 14 students

Bus: 3 students

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: car

car had the most students (14).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bus

bus had the fewest students (3).

8.Survey 2: How many more students did car get than bike?

Answer: 4

14 − 10 = 4

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

Answer: 31

4 + 10 + 14 + 3 = 31

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

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

Apples: 11 pieces

Bananas: 10 pieces

Oranges: 13 pieces

Pears: 7 pieces

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the most pieces (13).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (7).

13.Survey 3: How many more pieces did apples get than pears?

Answer: 4

11 − 7 = 4

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

Answer: 41

11 + 10 + 13 + 7 = 41

15.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.

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