Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers

Survey 1

A class recorded how they travelled to school.

Walk: 8 students

Bike: 4 students

Car: 13 students

Bus: 11 students

Scooter: 14 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (14).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bike

bike had the fewest students (4).

3.Survey 1: How many more students did bus get than walk?

Answer: 3

11 − 8 = 3

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

Answer: 50

8 + 4 + 13 + 11 + 14 = 50

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

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 scooter?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

Survey 2

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 5 votes

Mystery: 10 votes

Funny stories: 15 votes

Animal stories: 8 votes

Science: 12 votes

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: funny stories

funny stories had the most votes (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (5).

9.Survey 2: How many more votes did science get than animal stories?

Answer: 4

12 − 8 = 4

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

Answer: 50

5 + 10 + 15 + 8 + 12 = 50

11.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.

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the votes were for funny stories?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 11 students

Basketball: 13 students

Running: 3 students

Swimming: 5 students

Tennis: 18 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (18).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (3).

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

Answer: 5

18 − 13 = 5

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

Answer: 50

11 + 13 + 3 + 5 + 18 = 50

17.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.

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the students were for tennis?

Answer: 36%

18 ÷ 50 × 100 = 36%

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