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The table shows the number of children in each year at a
Read and interpret tables primary school.
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of
28 31 29 25 32
children
There are 175 children in the school in total.
1 The table shows the weight of five dogs, to the nearest kilogram.
How many children are in Year 6?
Name of dog Weight
Buster 12 kg
Misty 26 kg
Complete the table.
Titch 14 kg
How did you work this out? Talk to a partner.
Henry
Patch
3 The table shows the average summer temperature for
different cities.
a) What is the total weight of Buster and Titch?
City London Edinburgh Paris Madrid Rome Berlin
Temperature
21 15 25 31 30 22
(°C)
b) Henry is 10 kg heavier than Misty.
Write Henry’s weight in the table.
a) What is the average summer temperature in Paris?
c) Patch is heavier that Titch but weighs less than Misty.
b) Which city has the warmest average temperature during
Write the dogs names in order of weight, starting with
the lightest. the summer?
c) What is the difference in average temperature
between Berlin and Edinburgh?
d) Which two cities have a difference of just one degree in average
summer temperature?
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e) Eva and her parents live in London.
5 The table shows the number of ice creams sold in a shop last week.
They want to have a summer holiday somewhere warmer.
Day Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Which city do you think they should go to? Ice creams
15 27 13 19 2 46 38
Explain your answer. sold
The shop sold more
ice creams in total on Saturday
4 Teachers asked children how they travel to school.
and Sunday than during the
The tables show how the children in Year 4 and Year 5 travel rest of the week.
to school.
Year 4 Year 5
Do you agree with Alex?
Method Method Explain your reasons.
Walk Bike Car Bus Walk Bike Car Bus
of travel of travel
Number Number
18 1 10 0 17 3 7 1 6 Class 5B did a survey to find out the types of pets children had
of children of children
at home.
a) What is the most common method of travel in both year groups? Dog Cat Hamster Rabbit Goldfish
b) How many more children travel by car in Year 4 than
There are We do not
in Year 5?
24 children in know how many
c) Which year has the most children? the class. children are in
the class.
Dora
There are
Rosie
more than 24 children
d) Year 5 children in the class.
cause less pollution than Year 4,
getting to school. Amir
Who is correct?
Explain your answer.
Is Tommy correct?
Explain your answer.
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