Two-way tables

Two way tables are a way of clearly organising information when there are two variables.

1. Students were asked whether they had Boys Girls

school dinners or packed lunches. Their
results are shown in the table. School
24 16
dinner
a. How many boys have a school dinner?
b. How many girls have a packed lunch? Packed
c. How many students stayed for a 12 32
lunch
school dinner?
d. How many boys were there?
e. How many students were there
altogether?
f. What fraction of the students had a
packed lunch?

2. The two-way table shows information Boys Girls

about gender and wearing glasses.
a. How many people wear glasses? Glasses 24 16
b. How many girls were in the survey?
c. What fraction of the girls wear
No glasses 12 32
glasses?
d. What fraction of the students do not
wear glasses?
3. In a survey, 64 adults are asked if they Men Women
are left-handed or right-handed.
a. How many men are in the survey? Left-
8 17
handed
b. How many of the 64 adults are right-
handed? Right-
c. What fraction of those asked were 15 24
handed
right-handed men?
d. What fraction of the women are left-
handed?

4. Answer the following regarding the Cat Dog

gender of a class’ family pets.
a. What fraction are cats? Boy 3 7
b. Of the boys, what fraction have dogs?
c. Of cats, what fraction belong to boys?
Girl 9 5
d. What fraction of the owners are girls?

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5. The two-way table shows information
Boys Girls Total
about gender and wearing glasses.
a. Complete the two-way table. Glasses 24 50
b. How many girls were in the survey?
c. What fraction of the girls wear No
32
glasses? glasses
d. What fraction of the children do
not wear glasses? Total 40

6. The two-way table shows the

Adults Children Total
information about the use of a leisure
centre.
Male 28
a. Complete the two-way table.
b. How many girls are there?
c. What fraction of the people are Female 19
male?
d. What fraction of the adults are Total 40 100
female?

7. Some teachers are asked to choose Chocolate Sweets

their favourite snack out of chocolate
and sweets. Some of the results are
Male 24
shown in this table.
a. A total of 50 male teachers are
asked and 30 teachers choose Female 16
sweets. Complete the table.
b. How many female teachers are
asked?
c. How many teachers are asked
together?

8. The table shows the different animals

Sheep Cattle Pig
on a farm. The farmer has:
 130 sheep in total Male 80 90
 340 male animals
 600 animals in total
Female 70
Complete the table.

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Answers:

1. 5.
a. 24
a. 26; 16, 48; 58, 98
b. 32
c. 40 b. 58
d. 36 26 13
e. 84
44  11 
c. 58 29
( )
  48 24
f. 84  21 
d. 98 49
( )
2.
a. 40 6.
b. 48 a. 21, 49; 32, 51; 60
b. 32
16 1
c. 48 3
() 49
c. 100
44 11
d. 84 21
( ) 19
d. 40
3. 7.
a. 23
a. 26, 4
b. 39
b. 20
15
c. 70
c. 64
8. 170, 340;
17
50, 140; 260;
d. 41
130, 240, 230, 600.
4.
12 1
a. 24 2
()
7
b. 10
3 1
 
c. 12  4 

14  7 
 
d. 24  12 

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