Reading Tables

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Reading Tables: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Analysis of Data, Frequency of Data, Lowest Frequency Value, Highest Frequency Value and, Comparison of Data Tables

Important Questions on Reading Tables

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Favourite Colour Number of students
Blue 8
Red 10
Green 12
Orange 2
White 4

How many more students like Green than White?

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Favourite Colour Number of students
Blue 8
Red 10
Green 12
Orange 2
White 4

How many students have favourite colours blue and white?

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Name Saturday Sunday
Sasha 4 6
William 6 4
Anita 6 8
Nabi 5 7

The number of more glasses of water Anita drank than Nabi is?

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Name Saturday Sunday
Sasha 4 6
William 6 4
Anita 6 8
Nabi 5 7

Who drank a total of 10 glasses of water?

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The countries from the 2014 list are presented in this pictograph and table.

Country Height
United Arab Emirates 828 metres
Saudi Arabia 595 metres
USA 541 metres
Taiwan 509 metres
China 492 metres
Hong Kong 483 metres
Malaysia 452 metres
China 450 metres
USA 442 metres
China 440 metres

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What information about the tallest buildings is in the table but not in the pictograph?

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This table shows the countries that had the top 10 tallest buildings in the world in 2014. It also shows the height of these buildings.

Country Height
United Arab Emirates 828 metres
Saudi Arabia 595 metres
USA 541 metres
Taiwan 509 metres
China 492 metres
Hong Kong 483 metres
Malaysia 452 metres
China 450 metres
USA 442 metres
China 440 metres

In which country was the building exactly 40 metres taller than the one in Malaysia?

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This table shows the countries that had the top 10 tallest buildings in the world in 2014. It also shows the height of these buildings.

Country Height
United Arab Emirates 828 metres
Saudi Arabia 595 metres
USA 541 metres
Taiwan 509 metres
China 492 metres
Hong Kong 483 metres
Malaysia 452 metres
China 450 metres
USA 442 metres
China 440 metres

Where was the building that was 440 metres tall?

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The following table shows the tally marks and the total number of letters in each number word. 

Number of letters in word Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine
Tally IIII IIII IIII III IIII IIII IIII
Total 5 4 4 3 5 5 4

How many of the number words have the most letters?

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This table shows the top 10 names for baby girls in 2010.

Position

Names Tally marks Number of letters
1st Isabella  IIII III 8
2nd Ruby IIII 4
3rd Chloe IIII 5
4th Olivia  IIII I 6
5th Charlotte IIII IIII 9
6th Mia III 3
7th Lily IIII 4
8th Emily IIII  5
9th Ella IIII 4
10th Sienna IIII I 6

What is the longest name in the table? How many letters does it have?

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Tran wanted to know which pet people like. He asked 12 friends. The answers were:

dog, dog, cat, dog, fish, cat, fish, dog, dog, cat, cat, dog

How many more people choose dogs than fish?

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Tran wanted to know which pet people like. He asked 12 friends. The answers were:

dog, dog, cat, dog, fish, cat, fish, dog, dog, cat, cat, dog

How many people like cats best?

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Solve the problem to find out the value of one of the letter of Bunny’s favourite food.

R L C A J T O P S N K I
5 4 2 9 14 12 15 10 6 13 8 7

18-9=_____

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Solve the problem to find out the value of one of the letter of Bunny’s favourite food.

R L C A J T O P S N K I
5 4 2 9 14 12 15 10 6 13 8 7

5-3=_____

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Some students of a class were asked where they wanted to go for a picnic. They are listed below.

Amit - park; Kavya - park; Faiz - zoo; Romi - beach; Tanisha - zoo; Shama - beach; Pankaj - beach; Ravi - zoo; Surya - park; Honey - beach; Rahul - zoo; Alfin - beach; Ram - zoo; Tajinder - park; Imran - beach; Sandy - zoo

Use the data given to answer the following question.

How many students voted in all? _____ 

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Some students of a class were asked where they wanted to go for a picnic. They are listed below.

Amit - park; Kavya - park; Faiz - zoo; Romi - beach; Tanisha - zoo; Shama - beach; Pankaj - beach; Ravi - zoo; Surya - park; Honey - beach; Rahul - zoo; Alfin - beach; Ram - zoo; Tajinder - park; Imran - beach; Sandy - zoo

Use the data given to answer the following question.

How many students voted for the picnic at the beach? _____ 

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Some students of a class were asked where they wanted to go for a picnic. They are listed below.

Amit - park; Kavya - park; Faiz - zoo; Romi - beach; Tanisha - zoo; Shama - beach; Pankaj - beach; Ravi - zoo; Surya - park; Honey - beach; Rahul - zoo; Alfin - beach; Ram - zoo; Tajinder - park; Imran - beach; Sandy - zoo

Use the data given to answer the following question.

How many students voted for the picnic at the zoo? _____ 

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Some students of a class were asked where they wanted to go for a picnic. They are listed below.

Amit - park; Kavya - park; Faiz - zoo; Romi - beach; Tanisha - zoo; Shama - beach; Pankaj - beach; Ravi - zoo; Surya - park; Honey - beach; Rahul - zoo; Alfin - beach; Ram - zoo; Tajinder - park; Imran - beach; Sandy - zoo

Use the data given to answer the following question.

How many students voted for the picnic at the park? _____ 

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  Blankets Shirts A pair of trousers Kurtas A pair of paints
Raj   5   3   2    4   8
Ram    4   6   5    3   2

Raj and Ram gave some clothes to orphan children as shown in the table. What value shown by Raj and Ram?

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  Blankets Shirts A pair of trousers Kurtas A pair of paints
Raj   5   3   2    4   8
Ram    4   6   5    3   2

Raj and Ram gave some clothes to orphan children as shown in the table. What was the total number of clothes given altogether?

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In a class, 10 students scored between 90 to 10025 students scored between 60 to 89. Only 5 students got marks between 30 to 59. Check whether the data is represented correctly or not.

30-59 60-89 90-100 Total
     10      25      5   50

If not, rewrite the data correctly.

30-59 60-89 90-100 Total