Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 14 votes

Mystery: 5 votes

Funny stories: 4 votes

Animal stories: 12 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the fewest votes (4).

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

Answer: 10

14 − 4 = 10

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

Answer: 35

14 + 5 + 4 + 12 = 35

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 shop counted the pieces of fruit it sold before lunch.

Apples: 2 pieces

Bananas: 6 pieces

Oranges: 8 pieces

Pears: 9 pieces

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: pears

pears had the most pieces (9).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the fewest pieces (2).

8.Survey 2: How many more pieces did pears get than apples?

Answer: 7

9 − 2 = 7

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

Answer: 25

2 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 25

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 14 students

Bike: 4 students

Car: 6 students

Bus: 8 students

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: walk

walk had the most students (14).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (4).

13.Survey 3: How many more students did walk get than bike?

Answer: 10

14 − 4 = 10

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

Answer: 32

14 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 32

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for bike?

Answer:

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

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