READING TWO-WAY TABLES

TASK 1 Where do you live?

Use this two-way table to answer these questions.

a How many year 3 students live in an apartment? ______

b How many students in year 5 live in a house? ______

c How many students altogether live in houses? ______

TASK 2 Cold weather

Department store staff surveyed the people

entering their shop and recorded whether they
were wearing gloves and/or scarves.

a How many people were surveyed altogether? __________

b How many people wore both gloves and a scarf? __________
c How many people wore gloves but no scarf? __________
d 65 people wore gloves. How many people wore a scarf? __________
e What does the number 27 tell you?
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f Would it be wise for the store to sell scarves and gloves? Explain your answer.
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TASK 3 Complete the two-way table

A group of people was surveyed as to

whether they had cats or dogs as pets.
Use the given information to complete the
two-way table.