Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 6 pieces

Bananas: 7 pieces

Oranges: 5 pieces

Pears: 11 pieces

Plums: 21 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (21).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (5).

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

Answer: 15

21 − 6 = 15

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

Answer: 50

6 + 7 + 5 + 11 + 21 = 50

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

Answer:

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

6.Survey 1: What percentage of all the pieces were for plums?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 6 students

Basketball: 15 students

Running: 13 students

Swimming: 11 students

Tennis: 5 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the most students (15).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the fewest students (5).

9.Survey 2: How many more students did basketball get than running?

Answer: 2

15 − 13 = 2

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

Answer: 50

6 + 15 + 13 + 11 + 5 = 50

11.Survey 2: What fraction of all the students were for basketball?

Answer:

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

12.Survey 2: What percentage of all the students were for basketball?

Answer: 30%

15 ÷ 50 × 100 = 30%

Survey 3

Our class voted for a class pet.

Fish: 14 votes

Rabbit: 12 votes

Guinea pig: 8 votes

Bird: 6 votes

Turtle: 10 votes

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: fish

fish had the most votes (14).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bird

bird had the fewest votes (6).

15.Survey 3: How many more votes did rabbit get than bird?

Answer: 6

12 − 6 = 6

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

Answer: 50

14 + 12 + 8 + 6 + 10 = 50

17.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for rabbit?

Answer:

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

18.Survey 3: What percentage of all the votes were for fish?

Answer: 28.000000000000004%

14 ÷ 50 × 100 = 28.000000000000004%

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