6th Grade Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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6th Grade Reading Data Tables Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Survey 1

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

Apples: 10 pieces

Bananas: 9 pieces

Oranges: 2 pieces

Pears: 12 pieces

Plums: 17 pieces

1.Survey 1: Which was the most popular?

Answer: plums

plums had the most pieces (17).

2.Survey 1: Which was the least popular?

Answer: oranges

oranges had the fewest pieces (2).

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

Answer: 1

10 − 9 = 1

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

Answer: 50

10 + 9 + 2 + 12 + 17 = 50

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

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: 34%

17 ÷ 50 × 100 = 34%

Survey 2

Students chose a sport for sports day.

Soccer: 5 students

Basketball: 9 students

Running: 2 students

Swimming: 13 students

Tennis: 21 students

7.Survey 2: Which was the most popular?

Answer: tennis

tennis had the most students (21).

8.Survey 2: Which was the least popular?

Answer: running

running had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 3

5 − 2 = 3

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

Answer: 50

5 + 9 + 2 + 13 + 21 = 50

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

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 tennis?

Answer: 42%

21 ÷ 50 × 100 = 42%

Survey 3

A class recorded how they traveled to school.

Walk: 9 students

Bike: 8 students

Car: 7 students

Bus: 2 students

Scooter: 24 students

13.Survey 3: Which was the most popular?

Answer: scooter

scooter had the most students (24).

14.Survey 3: Which was the least popular?

Answer: bus

bus had the fewest students (2).

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

Answer: 7

9 − 2 = 7

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

Answer: 50

9 + 8 + 7 + 2 + 24 = 50

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

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 scooter?

Answer: 48%

24 ÷ 50 × 100 = 48%

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