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
Each SEAG paper has 28 maths questions. Questions 29 to 50 are multiple choice with five possible answers, and questions 51 to 56 need a short written answer. With 56 questions in 60 minutes across English and maths, that is about a minute per question.
SEAGReady breaks read data tables into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Find a specific value in a table given one criterion (e.g., find price of apples in a price list)
Find values in tables requiring both row and column lookup (e.g., distance charts, timetables)
Extract multiple values from a table to compare or perform calculations
Try three free questions from our read data tables course. They start easy and get harder, so you can see where your child's confidence runs out. If they manage the last one without a hint, this topic is probably secure. If not, the steps above show where to start.
Alice is buying snacks. How much does juice cost?
What time does the comedy start on Screen 2?
How many more hot drinks were sold on Wednesday than on Tuesday?
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?
Use the Fruit heading to choose the column to search
Step 1 of 3
Holly is buying fruit at the school tuck shop. The table is the shop's price list.
How much does an orange cost?
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.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in read data tables, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Sitting the SEAG test this November? Read our last-month revision plan, Paper 1 vs Paper 2 and test day guide.
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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