Let’s solve this step by step using the pie chart.
First, look at the pie chart titled “Favorite Sport”. It shows how many students like each sport, broken into percentages:
- Baseball: 25%
- Football: 30%
- Volleyball: 15%
- Soccer: 10%
- Swimming: 20%
Total = 25 + 30 + 15 + 10 + 20 = 100% → That checks out.
Now let’s answer each question one by one.
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Question 1: What percentage of the students like baseball the best?
Look at the pie chart — Baseball is labeled as
25%.
✔ Answer: 25%
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Question 2: How many students prefer swimming?
We need to know the total number of students. The problem says: “We asked a group of students...” but doesn’t say how many. Wait — look again! In the pie chart, next to each slice, it gives both percent AND actual numbers!
Check the slices:
- Baseball: 25% → 75 students
- Football: 30% → 90 students
- Volleyball: 15% → 45 students
- Soccer: 10% → 30 students
- Swimming: 20% → 60 students
So for swimming, it directly says
60 students.
✔ Answer: 60
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Question 3: What fraction of the students likes football or baseball the most?
Football = 30%, Baseball = 25%. Together = 30 + 25 = 55%
But they want a
fraction, not a percent.
55% means 55 out of 100 → so fraction is 55/100.
Simplify: divide numerator and denominator by 5 → 11/20.
✔ Answer: 11/20
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Question 4: How many students do not like volleyball the most?
Volleyball = 45 students (from chart).
Total students? Let’s add them up:
Baseball: 75
Football: 90
Volleyball: 45
Soccer: 30
Swimming: 60
Total = 75 + 90 = 165; 165 + 45 = 210; 210 + 30 = 240; 240 + 60 =
300 students total
Students who do NOT like volleyball = Total - Volleyball = 300 - 45 =
255
✔ Answer: 255
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Question 5: How many students like tennis or football the most?
Wait — look at the pie chart. There is NO “tennis” listed!
The sports are: Baseball, Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming.
Tennis is not in the chart. So maybe this is a trick? Or typo?
But wait — perhaps “tennis” was meant to be “soccer”? Because soccer is there.
Or maybe it’s testing if you notice tennis isn’t an option.
Actually, looking back — the image has a picture of a tennis racket and ball, but the pie chart does NOT include tennis. So probably, “tennis” is not part of the data.
That means: number of students who like tennis = 0.
Football = 90 students.
So tennis OR football = 0 + 90 =
90
✔ Answer: 90
*(Note: If the question meant “soccer”, then soccer=30, football=90 → 120. But since it says “tennis”, and tennis isn’t in the chart, we go with 0.)*
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Question 6: How many students were asked about their favorite sport?
We already calculated this above: total students = 75 + 90 + 45 + 30 + 60 =
300
✔ Answer: 300
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Final Answers:
1. 25%
2. 60
3. 11/20
4. 255
5. 90
6. 300
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Final Answer:
1. 25%
2. 60
3. 11/20
4. 255
5. 90
6. 300
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of circle graph worksheet 6th grade.