Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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): dog ●●●●● ●● · cat ●●●● · rabbit ●●●●● ●. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): green ■ · purple ■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■■. How many more votes did purple get than green?
Answer: 1
- purple: 2; green: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · bird ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 21
- 21 symbols altogether
- 21 × 1 = 21
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: winter
winter has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · red ▲▲ · green ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): pear ★★ · banana ★★★★★ ★★★★ · apple ★★★★ · mango ★★★★. How many more votes did banana get than apple?
Answer: 5
- banana: 9; apple: 4
- 9 − 4 = 5
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · basketball ◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 22 symbols altogether
- 22 × 1 = 22
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): yellow ★★★★★ ★ · red ★★★★★ · purple ★. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
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