Pickles AcademyStart for freeWorking with tables – practice for Years 6–8
Sample questions on Working with tables with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.
- Subject
- Computing
- Year
- Years 6–8
- Curriculum area
- Information systems
Question types: Race results in a table
Rule: Working with tables
With two conditions (“and also”) count only the rows that meet both.
Watch “less than” and “at most”: a value equal to the limit is not “less than” it.
Example: Younger than 12 and a time under 75 s: 11 years and 70 s yes; 11 years and 75 s no; 12 years and 60 s no.
Watch out: Don’t count each condition separately and add: first pick the rows for one condition, then check the other.
Sample questions
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Question 1 Easy
The table shows the results of a race. How many runners have more than 85 points?
Number Age Time (s) Points 34 14 76 40 30 10 86 85 16 14 67 65 14 12 77 90 21 14 70 95 28 12 48 5 Show the solution
Answer: 2How it works: 14 (90), 21 (95)
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Question 2 Normal
The table shows the results of a race. How many runners are younger than 14 and also have a time under 86 s?
Number Age Time (s) Points 34 14 76 40 30 10 86 85 16 14 67 65 14 12 77 90 21 14 70 95 28 12 48 5 32 13 40 95 Show the solution
Answer: 3How it works: 14 (12, 77 s), 28 (12, 48 s), 32 (13, 40 s)
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Question 3 Hard
The table shows the results of a race. Sort the runners by time, fastest first. What is the number of the runner in place 5?
Number Age Time (s) Points 34 14 76 40 30 10 86 85 16 14 67 65 14 12 77 90 21 14 70 95 28 12 48 5 32 13 40 95 36 14 72 90 Show the solution
Answer: 36How it works: 1. 32 (40 s), 2. 28 (48 s), 3. 16 (67 s), 4. 21 (70 s), 5. 36 (72 s), 6. 34 (76 s), 7. 14 (77 s), 8. 30 (86 s)
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