Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 3 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): yellow ■■■■■ ■ · purple ■■■■■ ■■■ · red ■■■■■. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 30
- 6 symbols × 5 = 30
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): blue ▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ · green ▲. How many more votes did yellow get than blue?
Answer: 15
- yellow: 25; blue: 10
- 25 − 10 = 15
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 4 votes): mango ◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · pear ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 4 = 60
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 10 votes): tennis ★ · soccer ★ · cricket ★★★ · swimming ★. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (3), so 30 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 5 votes): cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆. How many ◆ would show 45 votes?
Answer: 9
- 45 ÷ 5 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 5 votes): cricket ■■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■ ■■■ · tennis ■■■■■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 25
- 5 symbols × 5 = 25
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): rabbit ★★★★★ ★★ · fish ★★★ · dog ★★ · cat ★★★. How many more votes did cat get than dog?
Answer: 5
- cat: 15; dog: 10
- 15 − 10 = 5
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 10 votes): summer ★★★★★ · autumn ★★★★★ ★★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 200
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 10 = 200
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