Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 6 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 4 students

Basketball: 8 students

Running: 13 students

Swimming: 7 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (13).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: soccer

soccer had the fewest students (4).

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

Answer: 3

7 − 4 = 3

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

Answer: 32

4 + 8 + 13 + 7 = 32

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: 4 votes

Rabbit: 15 votes

Guinea pig: 12 votes

Bird: 2 votes

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: rabbit

rabbit had the most votes (15).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (2).

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

Answer: 13

15 − 2 = 13

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

Answer: 33

4 + 15 + 12 + 2 = 33

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

Answer:

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

Survey 3

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

Apples: 4 pieces

Bananas: 11 pieces

Oranges: 8 pieces

Pears: 9 pieces

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the most pieces (11).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: apples

apples had the fewest pieces (4).

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

Answer: 7

11 − 4 = 7

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

Answer: 32

4 + 11 + 8 + 9 = 32

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the pieces were for apples?

Answer:

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

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