Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 4 pieces

Bananas: 9 pieces

Oranges: 6 pieces

Pears: 5 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the most pieces (9).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the fewest pieces (4).

3.Survey 1: How many more pieces did bananas get than apples?

Answer: 5

9 − 4 = 5

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

Answer: 24

4 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 24

5.Survey 1: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 10 votes

Mystery: 4 votes

Funny stories: 5 votes

Animal stories: 7 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (10).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: mystery

mystery had the fewest votes (4).

8.Survey 2: How many more votes did adventure get than animal stories?

Answer: 3

10 − 7 = 3

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

Answer: 26

10 + 4 + 5 + 7 = 26

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 4 students

Basketball: 7 students

Running: 6 students

Swimming: 15 students

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: swimming

swimming had the most students (15).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (4).

13.Survey 3: How many more students did swimming get than basketball?

Answer: 8

15 − 7 = 8

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

Answer: 32

4 + 7 + 6 + 15 = 32

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

Answer:

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

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