Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): pear ◆◆◆◆◆ · mango ◆◆◆◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes did mango get?
Answer: 10
- 5 symbols × 2 = 10
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): winter ●●●● · summer ● · autumn ●●●●● ●. How many more votes did autumn get than summer?
Answer: 10
- autumn: 12; summer: 2
- 12 − 2 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 2 votes): blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · purple ▲▲▲▲ · green ▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 40
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 2 = 40
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): cat ★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★★ · bird ★ · dog ★★★. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: fish
fish has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): soccer ★★★★ · cricket ★★★★★ ★★★ · tennis ★★★★★ ★ · swimming ★★. How many ★ would show 40 votes?
Answer: 8
- 40 ÷ 5 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 5 votes): cat ◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): tennis ★★★★★ ★★★ · soccer ★ · cricket ★★★★★. How many more votes did cricket get than soccer?
Answer: 20
- cricket: 25; soccer: 5
- 25 − 5 = 20
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 5 votes): tennis ● · basketball ●● · cricket ●●●●● ●●● · soccer ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 5 = 60
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