Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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: 7
- 7 symbols × 1 = 7
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): cricket ■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■. How many more votes did swimming get than basketball?
Answer: 2
- swimming: 5; basketball: 3
- 5 − 3 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): mango ■■■■■ ■■ · apple ■ · pear ■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 12
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 1 = 12
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): soccer ★★ · cricket ★★ · swimming ★★★★★ ★★★★. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): autumn ▲ · summer ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): tennis ■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■. How many more votes did basketball get than tennis?
Answer: 1
- basketball: 3; tennis: 2
- 3 − 2 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · cricket ▲ · soccer ▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): red ◆◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
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