Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 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 colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): red ◆ · yellow ◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): dog ★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★★ · cat ★★. How many more votes did fish get than cat?
Answer: 30
- fish: 40; cat: 10
- 40 − 10 = 30
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 36
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 2 = 36
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 5 votes): rabbit ◆◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: dog
dog has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆◆◆◆ · green ◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆. How many ◆ would show 16 votes?
Answer: 8
- 16 ÷ 2 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 5 votes): autumn ■■ · summer ■■■■■ · winter ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 35
- 7 symbols × 5 = 35
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 2 votes): fish ● · rabbit ●●●● · dog ●●●●● · cat ●●. How many more votes did dog get than cat?
Answer: 6
- dog: 10; cat: 4
- 10 − 4 = 6
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 2 votes): cricket ◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 2 = 22
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