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1 Thetableshowstheweightoffivedogs,tothenearestkilogram.

Nameofdog Weight

Buster 12kg

Misty 26kg

Titch 14kg

Henry

Patch

a) WhatisthetotalweightofBusterandTitch?

b) Henryis10kgheavierthanMisty.

WriteHenry’sweightinthetable.

c) PatchisheavierthatTitchbutweighslessthanMisty.

Writethedogsnamesinorderofweight,startingwith

thelightest.

2 Thetableshowsthenumberofchildrenineachyearata

primaryschool.

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6

Numberof

children28 31 29 25 32

Thereare175childrenintheschoolintotal.

HowmanychildrenareinYear6?

Completethetable.

Howdidyouworkthisout?Talktoapartner.

3 Thetableshowstheaveragesummertemperaturefor

differentcities.

City London Edinburgh Paris Madrid Rome Berlin

Temperature(°C)

21 15 25 31 30 22

a) WhatistheaveragesummertemperatureinParis?

b) Whichcityhasthewarmestaveragetemperatureduring

thesummer?

c) Whatisthedifferenceinaveragetemperature

betweenBerlinandEdinburgh?

d) Whichtwocitieshaveadifferenceofjustonedegreeinaverage

summertemperature?

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e) EvaandherparentsliveinLondon.

Theywanttohaveasummerholidaysomewherewarmer.

Whichcitydoyouthinktheyshouldgoto?

Explainyouranswer.

4 Teachersaskedchildrenhowtheytraveltoschool.

ThetablesshowhowthechildreninYear4andYear5travel

toschool.

Year 4 Year 5

Method

oftravelWalk Bike Car Bus

Number

ofchildren18 1 10 0

Method

oftravelWalk Bike Car Bus

Number

ofchildren17 3 7 1

a) Whatisthemostcommonmethodoftravelinbothyeargroups?

b) HowmanymorechildrentravelbycarinYear4than

inYear5?

c) Whichyearhasthemostchildren?

d)

IsTommycorrect?

Explainyouranswer.

5 Thetableshowsthenumberoficecreamssoldinashoplastweek.

Day Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun

Icecreams

sold15 27 13 19 2 46 38

DoyouagreewithAlex?

Explainyourreasons.

6 Class5Bdidasurveytofindoutthetypesofpetschildrenhad

athome.

Dog Cat Hamster Rabbit Goldfish

Whoiscorrect?

Explainyouranswer.

Year 5 children cause less pollution than Year 4,

getting to school.

The shop sold more ice creams in total on Saturday

and Sunday than during the rest of the week.

There are 24 children in

the class.

There are more than 24 children

in the class.

We do not know how many children are in

the class.Dora

Rosie

Amir