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Read Data TablesSEAG Practice Questions

Reading and extracting information from data tables including two-way tables (e.g., distance charts), finding specific values and comparing data.

Where your child meets this in real life: Reading timetables, price lists, league tables, or nutrition information

What your child needs to know

SEAGReady breaks read data tables into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.

  1. 1

    Simple Tables (Single Lookup)

    Find a specific value in a table given one criterion (e.g., find price of apples in a price list)

  2. 2

    Two-Way Tables

    Find values in tables requiring both row and column lookup (e.g., distance charts, timetables)

  3. 3

    Compare and Calculate from Tables

    Extract multiple values from a table to compare or perform calculations

Try these SEAG-style questions

Three free sample questions from our read data tables course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.

Question 1Confidence builder

Alice is buying snacks. How much does juice cost?

Price list: crisps 40p, biscuits 35p, juice 55p and fruit bar 45p.
Answer choices for question 1
Question 2Confidence builder

Use the distance chart. How far is it from City A to City D?

Distance chart in kilometres. From City A: City B 112, City C 56, City D 131. From City B: City C 159 and City D 97.
Answer choices for question 2
Question 3Confidence builder

How many more books did Aisha read than Sean?

Books read: Aisha 10, Reece 6, Ruby 8 and Sean 4.
Answer choices for question 3

Try the lesson: Simple Tables (Single Lookup)

This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.

Holly is buying fruit at the school tuck shop. The table is the shop's price list.

How much does an orange cost?

Find the item in the table
1

Use the Fruit heading to choose the column to search

Step 1 of 3

Prefer to read? See every step written out

Holly is buying fruit at the school tuck shop. The table is the shop's price list.

How much does an orange cost?

  1. 1

    Find the item in the table

    • Use the Fruit heading to choose the column to search
    • Find the row that says Oranges
  2. 2

    Read the matching value

    • Move across the same row to Price: 50p50p

An orange costs 50p.

The key insight: Tables are like a filing system: find the label first, then read across!

Common mix-up: Reading 45p (the price of apples). That's the wrong row. Always check the item name matches before reading the value.

Mistakes to watch for

These are the misconceptions we see most often in read data tables, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.

  • Reading from wrong row or column
  • Confusing row and column headers
  • Missing data in cells or misreading them
21 questions on this topic alone

Master read data tables and everything it unlocks

SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.

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