Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 13 students

Basketball: 7 students

Running: 5 students

Swimming: 6 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the most students (13).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (5).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did soccer get than swimming?

Answer: 7

13 − 6 = 7

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

Answer: 31

13 + 7 + 5 + 6 = 31

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

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 10 votes

Rabbit: 9 votes

Guinea pig: 5 votes

Bird: 12 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the most votes (12).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: guinea pig

guinea pig had the fewest votes (5).

8.Survey 2: How many more votes did bird get than fish?

Answer: 2

12 − 10 = 2

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

Answer: 36

10 + 9 + 5 + 12 = 36

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the votes were for bird?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 3 votes

Mystery: 6 votes

Funny stories: 8 votes

Animal stories: 5 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (8).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (3).

13.Survey 3: How many more votes did mystery get than adventure?

Answer: 3

6 − 3 = 3

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

Answer: 22

3 + 6 + 8 + 5 = 22

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

Answer:

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

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