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Count how many categories in a record are above, below or between given numbers.

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Data Handling · Grade 3

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Grade 3 · 3 pages · A4

Data Handling Practice

Grade 3 • Sort by Size • Below a number
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Count how many categories are below the number given.

  1. 1) Favourite colour: yellow 38, red 25, blue 17, purple 20. How many were chosen fewer than 37 times?
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  1. 2) Snack chosen: yoghurt 24, oatcakes 30, raisins 15, crackers 33. How many were chosen fewer than 37 times?
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  1. 3) Book borrowed: adventures 38, puzzles 14, poems 15, histories 24. How many were chosen fewer than 20 times?
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  1. 4) Drink chosen: cocoa 23, water 13, milk 27, juice 26. How many were chosen fewer than 28 times?
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  1. 5) Favourite pet: birds 33, rabbits 15, dogs 30, fish 25. How many were chosen fewer than 17 times?
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  1. 6) Drink chosen: cocoa 21, milk 30, lemonade 13, water 35. How many were chosen fewer than 37 times?
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  1. 7) Favourite colour: red 23, green 28, purple 31, yellow 19. How many were chosen fewer than 26 times?
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Count how many categories are below the number given. (continued)

  1. 8) Fruit eaten: grapes 31, plums 35, pears 36, melons 16. How many were chosen fewer than 23 times?
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  1. 9) Snack chosen: oatcakes 38, yoghurt 19, raisins 20, crackers 33. How many were chosen fewer than 22 times?
    Answer:
  1. 10) Drink chosen: lemonade 13, juice 22, water 15, cocoa 26. How many were chosen fewer than 16 times?
    Answer:
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Answer Key

  1. 1. 3
  2. 2. 4
  3. 3. 2
  4. 4. 4
  1. 5. 1
  2. 6. 4
  3. 7. 2
  4. 8. 1
  1. 9. 2
  2. 10. 2
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What each level generates

Grade 3 sort by size — the exact skill behind each difficulty setting, straight from the generator.

  1. Level 1Above a number
  2. Level 2Below a number
  3. Level 3Between two numbers

Grade levels follow the progression common to most English-language curricula — not one specific national curriculum. Every level shows exactly what it generates, so you can check the fit with your own program. See the full scope & sequence →

More Grade 3 data handling skills

Each one generates a different kind of question, with its own three levels and answer key.

Frequently asked questions

▸What is a two-step data question?

One where the answer is not written in the record. "How many chose neither apples nor pears?" needs the whole record totalled first and the two named categories then taken off — two moves, in order.

▸What does Grade 3 data handling cover?

Solving one- and two-step questions using information that has been collected and presented, and comparing categories within it. These sheets do that with written records of four categories.

▸How big do the numbers get?

Counts run to about forty-five per category at this grade, so a total can reach the low hundreds. That keeps the addition genuinely worth doing without turning a data sheet into a column-addition sheet.

▸My child can read the record but gets the two-step questions wrong. What should I do?

Ask them to say what they are going to do before they write anything. Almost every wrong answer at this level is a correct calculation of the wrong thing, and saying the plan out loud catches it.

▸Can I get a different sheet at the same level?

Yes — press Shuffle. Every sheet is generated fresh, so a child can practise the same skill many times without ever repeating the same questions.