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Data Handling · Grade 5

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Grade 5 · 3 pages · A4

Data Handling Practice

Grade 5 • Read a Record • Most and least chosen
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Read the record and write the name of the category asked for.

  1. 1) Book borrowed: puzzles 118, histories 92, poems 184, atlases 100, adventures 75. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
  1. 2) Club joined: netball 83, football 165, swimming 124, cricket 157, hockey 114. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
  1. 3) Favourite pet: rabbits 73, birds 76, cats 170, fish 132, dogs 173. Which was chosen the most often?
    Answer:
  1. 4) Book borrowed: atlases 107, histories 176, adventures 121, puzzles 122, poems 145. Which was chosen the most often?
    Answer:
  1. 5) Book borrowed: poems 113, puzzles 136, adventures 102, histories 118, atlases 164. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
  1. 6) Drink chosen: milk 114, juice 81, water 103, cocoa 78, lemonade 82. Which was chosen the most often?
    Answer:
  1. 7) How pupils travel: the bus 196, cycling 121, walking 86, the train 142, the car 68. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
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Read the record and write the name of the category asked for. (continued)

  1. 8) Favourite colour: green 115, blue 184, purple 163, red 120, yellow 175. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
  1. 9) Book borrowed: adventures 152, puzzles 163, atlases 131, poems 168, histories 195. Which was chosen the most often?
    Answer:
  1. 10) How pupils travel: the car 118, the train 153, cycling 162, walking 132, the bus 109. Which was chosen the least often?
    Answer:
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Answer Key

  1. 1. adventures
  2. 2. netball
  3. 3. dogs
  4. 4. histories
  1. 5. adventures
  2. 6. milk
  3. 7. the car
  4. 8. green
  1. 9. histories
  2. 10. the bus
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What each level generates

Grade 5 read a record — the exact skill behind each difficulty setting, straight from the generator.

  1. Level 1Find one value
  2. Level 2Most and least chosen
  3. Level 3Count the even ones

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.