Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

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Year 7 Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers

Survey 1

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 5 students

Basketball: 3 students

Running: 12 students

Swimming: 4 students

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: running

running had the most students (12).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: basketball

basketball had the fewest students (3).

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

Answer: 7

12 − 5 = 7

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

Answer: 24

5 + 3 + 12 + 4 = 24

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

Answer:

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

Survey 2

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

Apples: 6 pieces

Bananas: 3 pieces

Oranges: 10 pieces

Pears: 9 pieces

6.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the most pieces (10).

7.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bananas

bananas had the fewest pieces (3).

8.Survey 2: How many more pieces did pears get than apples?

Answer: 3

9 − 6 = 3

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

Answer: 28

6 + 3 + 10 + 9 = 28

10.Survey 2: What fraction of all the pieces were for pears?

Answer:

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

Survey 3

Students picked a book to read together.

Adventure: 13 votes

Mystery: 2 votes

Funny stories: 7 votes

Animal stories: 11 votes

11.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: adventure

adventure had the most votes (13).

12.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: mystery

mystery had the fewest votes (2).

13.Survey 3: How many more votes did animal stories get than mystery?

Answer: 9

11 − 2 = 9

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

Answer: 33

13 + 2 + 7 + 11 = 33

15.Survey 3: What fraction of all the votes were for animal stories?

Answer:

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

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