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Grade 5 The Missing Entry Worksheets

Use the total of a survey to work out the category that was left off the record.

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Data Handling · Grade 5

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Data Handling Practice

Grade 5 • The Missing Entry • Missing, then ranked
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Work out the missing entry, then count how many beat it.

  1. 1) Club joined: hockey 107, cricket 95, swimming 119, netball 92. 609 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than football?
    Answer:
  1. 2) Book borrowed: puzzles 193, atlases 122, histories 157, adventures 143. 757 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than poems?
    Answer:
  1. 3) Favourite pet: birds 127, cats 133, fish 108, dogs 114. 673 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than rabbits?
    Answer:
  1. 4) Book borrowed: poems 159, atlases 186, adventures 152, histories 148. 737 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than puzzles?
    Answer:
  1. 5) Club joined: swimming 119, football 81, netball 89, hockey 193. 659 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than cricket?
    Answer:
  1. 6) Book borrowed: poems 107, adventures 167, atlases 175, histories 166. 801 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than puzzles?
    Answer:
  1. 7) Favourite pet: fish 106, rabbits 161, cats 184, birds 173. 710 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than dogs?
    Answer:
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Work out the missing entry, then count how many beat it. (continued)

  1. 8) Favourite pet: rabbits 102, cats 155, birds 125, fish 134. 630 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than dogs?
    Answer:
  1. 9) Book borrowed: puzzles 131, adventures 95, atlases 137, poems 122. 575 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than histories?
    Answer:
  1. 10) Snack chosen: raisins 137, crackers 87, oatcakes 140, yoghurt 89. 522 were asked in all. How many were chosen more often than carrots?
    Answer:
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Answer Key

  1. 1. 0
  2. 2. 3
  3. 3. 0
  4. 4. 4
  1. 5. 1
  2. 6. 0
  3. 7. 4
  4. 8. 3
  1. 9. 4
  2. 10. 4
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What each level generates

Grade 5 the missing entry — the exact skill behind each difficulty setting, straight from the generator.

  1. Level 1One entry missing
  2. Level 2Missing, then ranked
  3. Level 3Two entries missing

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 5 data handling skills

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

Frequently asked questions

▸What does Grade 5 data handling cover here?

Reading and interpreting larger records of five categories, using a survey total to recover one or two missing entries, and comparing categories — including finding which pair sits a given distance apart.

▸Why is there no line plot or line graph?

Both need a printed and labelled scale to read against. These sheets are written records only, so rather than approximate a graph in words they leave that skill to a page that can actually draw one.

▸How big do the numbers get at this grade?

Individual categories reach around 240 and a survey total can pass a thousand, so the addition is real work. That is intentional — recovering a missing entry from a four-figure total is where careless bookkeeping shows up.

▸Is Compare Categories just subtraction again?

The first level is a subtraction over a record. The second needs the record ordered first, and the third gives the answer and asks which pair produces it, which has no single procedure at all.

▸Can I choose how many questions to print?

Yes, anywhere from four to twenty. With totals this size, six to ten is usually a full session.