Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — 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): fish ■■■■■ · bird ■■■■■ ■■■■ · dog ■■■■. How many votes did fish get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): soccer ▲▲▲ · cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲. How many more votes did cricket get than soccer?
Answer: 6
- cricket: 9; soccer: 3
- 9 − 3 = 6
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · banana ▲▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): cricket ★ · basketball ★★★★★ ★★★★ · soccer ★. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: basketball
basketball has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): cricket ● · soccer ●●● · tennis ●●. How many votes did cricket get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): purple ◆◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many more votes did green get than purple?
Answer: 2
- green: 7; purple: 5
- 7 − 5 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): autumn ★★★★★ ★★ · winter ★ · summer ★★★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 1 = 20
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): purple ■■ · blue ■■■■■ ■■ · yellow ■■ · red ■. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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