Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 12 students

Basketball: 11 students

Running: 8 students

Swimming: 6 students

Tennis: 13 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (13).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the fewest students (6).

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

Answer: 3

11 − 8 = 3

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

Answer: 50

12 + 11 + 8 + 6 + 13 = 50

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

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: 26%

13 ÷ 50 × 100 = 26%

Survey 2

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 9 students

Bike: 5 students

Car: 8 students

Bus: 2 students

Scooter: 26 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (26).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bus

bus had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 7

9 − 2 = 7

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

Answer: 50

9 + 5 + 8 + 2 + 26 = 50

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

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 scooter?

Answer: 52%

26 ÷ 50 × 100 = 52%

Survey 3

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

Apples: 5 pieces

Bananas: 6 pieces

Oranges: 14 pieces

Pears: 2 pieces

Plums: 23 pieces

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (23).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the fewest pieces (2).

15.Survey 3: How many more pieces did oranges get than bananas?

Answer: 8

14 − 6 = 8

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

Answer: 50

5 + 6 + 14 + 2 + 23 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for bananas?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 46%

23 ÷ 50 × 100 = 46%

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