Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Survey 1

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 3 votes

Mystery: 8 votes

Funny stories: 7 votes

Animal stories: 13 votes

Science: 19 votes

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: science

science had the most votes (19).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the fewest votes (3).

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

Answer: 4

7 − 3 = 4

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

Answer: 50

3 + 8 + 7 + 13 + 19 = 50

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.

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the votes were for science?

Answer: 38%

19 ÷ 50 × 100 = 38%

Survey 2

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

Apples: 6 pieces

Bananas: 2 pieces

Oranges: 7 pieces

Pears: 8 pieces

Plums: 27 pieces

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (27).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (2).

9.Survey 2: How many more pieces did apples get than bananas?

Answer: 4

6 − 2 = 4

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

Answer: 50

6 + 2 + 7 + 8 + 27 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 54%

27 ÷ 50 × 100 = 54%

Survey 3

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 11 students

Basketball: 8 students

Running: 12 students

Swimming: 9 students

Tennis: 10 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (12).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (8).

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

Answer: 3

11 − 8 = 3

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

Answer: 50

11 + 8 + 12 + 9 + 10 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the students were for soccer?

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 running?

Answer: 24%

12 ÷ 50 × 100 = 24%

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