Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 2 data & graphs worksheet.
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Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): tennis ◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): blue ■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■■ · red ■■■■■ · purple ■. How many more votes did red get than blue?
Answer: 2
- red: 5; blue: 3
- 5 − 3 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■■■ ■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ · swimming ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): grape ■■■■■ ■■■■ · pear ■ · mango ■■■■ · apple ■■■■■ ■. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: grape
grape has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): basketball ●● · tennis ●●●●● ●●●● · swimming ●●●●● ● · cricket ●●●●. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): banana ◆◆◆◆ · mango ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did mango get than grape?
Answer: 4
- mango: 8; grape: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 1 vote): autumn ■■ · spring ■ · summer ■■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols altogether
- 8 × 1 = 8
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ ■■ · soccer ■ · cricket ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■ ■■■■. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: basketball
basketball has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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