Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — 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): cricket ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■■■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): fish ◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆. How many more votes did cat get than dog?
Answer: 6
- cat: 8; dog: 2
- 8 − 2 = 6
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · cricket ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 23
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 1 = 23
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: fish
fish has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): bird ★★★ · dog ★★★★★ ★ · cat ★★★. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): swimming ●● · basketball ●●●● · cricket ●● · tennis ●●. How many more votes did basketball get than swimming?
Answer: 2
- basketball: 4; swimming: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): red ●● · purple ●●● · green ●●●●● ●● · yellow ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 14
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 1 = 14
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 1 vote): dog ● · cat ●●●●● · fish ●●●●● ●● · rabbit ●●●. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: fish
fish has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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