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

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

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 14 students

Basketball: 12 students

Running: 3 students

Swimming: 4 students

Tennis: 17 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (17).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (3).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did tennis get than basketball?

Answer: 5

17 − 12 = 5

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

Answer: 50

14 + 12 + 3 + 4 + 17 = 50

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the students were for basketball?

Answer:

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

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the students were for tennis?

Answer: 34%

17 ÷ 50 × 100 = 34%

Survey 2

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

Apples: 7 pieces

Bananas: 10 pieces

Oranges: 9 pieces

Pears: 3 pieces

Plums: 21 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (21).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (3).

9.Survey 2: How many more pieces did oranges get than apples?

Answer: 2

9 − 7 = 2

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

Answer: 50

7 + 10 + 9 + 3 + 21 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 14 votes

Rabbit: 11 votes

Guinea pig: 8 votes

Bird: 7 votes

Turtle: 10 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the most votes (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (7).

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

Answer: 3

11 − 8 = 3

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

Answer: 50

14 + 11 + 8 + 7 + 10 = 50

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

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 fish?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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