Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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): swimming ■■■■ · basketball ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): cat ■ · bird ■■■■■ ■■■ · rabbit ■■. How many more votes did rabbit get than cat?
Answer: 1
- rabbit: 2; cat: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): red ■■■ · purple ■■■■■ ■■■■ · blue ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): rabbit ★★★ · cat ★★★★★ ★★ · dog ★★★★★. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: cat
cat has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): tennis ●●● · basketball ● · soccer ●●●●● · cricket ●. How many votes did cricket get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): winter ★★★ · spring ★ · summer ★★ · autumn ★★★★★. How many more votes did summer get than spring?
Answer: 1
- summer: 2; spring: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■ · soccer ■ · swimming ■■■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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