Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — 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 pet (each ★ = 1 vote): cat ★★★★★ ★★ · rabbit ★★★ · dog ★★★★★ · fish ★★★★★. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): blue ▲ · green ▲▲▲▲ · yellow ▲▲ · red ▲▲. How many more votes did green get than red?
Answer: 2
- green: 4; red: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): tennis ●●●●● ● · soccer ●●●● · swimming ●●●● · basketball ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): spring ★★★★★ ★★★★ · summer ★ · autumn ★★★★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): cat ★★★★★ ★★★★ · dog ★★★★★ ★ · rabbit ★★★★★ ★★. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols × 1 = 7
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 1 vote): cat ●●●●● ●●● · rabbit ●●●●● · bird ●●●●● · fish ●●●●● ●●. How many more votes did fish get than bird?
Answer: 2
- fish: 7; bird: 5
- 7 − 5 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): cat ■■■■ · dog ■■■■■ · fish ■■■■■ ■■ · rabbit ■■■■■ ■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 25
- 25 symbols altogether
- 25 × 1 = 25
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): grape ★★ · apple ★★★ · pear ★★★★★ ★★ · banana ★★★★★. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: pear
pear has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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