Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 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 colour (each ▲ = 2 votes): yellow ▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · green ▲. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 10
- 5 symbols × 2 = 10
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 2 votes): basketball ▲▲ · soccer ▲▲▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many more votes did swimming get than soccer?
Answer: 4
- swimming: 14; soccer: 10
- 14 − 10 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 90
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 5 = 90
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 5 votes): winter ■■■■■ · autumn ■■ · summer ■■■. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: winter
winter has the most symbols (5), so 25 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · red ◆◆. How many ◆ would show 20 votes?
Answer: 4
- 20 ÷ 5 = 4
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 5 votes): pear ▲▲▲▲▲ · mango ▲▲ · banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes did banana get?
Answer: 25
- 5 symbols × 5 = 25
7.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 5 votes): blue ● · yellow ●●●● · green ●●●●● ●●. How many more votes did green get than blue?
Answer: 30
- green: 35; blue: 5
- 35 − 5 = 30
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): tennis ■■■■■ · soccer ■■■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■■■ ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 44
- 22 symbols altogether
- 22 × 2 = 44
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