Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 colour (each ■ = 2 votes): yellow ■■■■■ · red ■■■■■ ■■■ · purple ■■■. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 5 votes): dog ■■■■■ ■ · bird ■■ · fish ■■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■. How many more votes did cat get than bird?
Answer: 25
- cat: 35; bird: 10
- 35 − 10 = 25
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ · green ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 65
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 5 = 65
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 2 votes): soccer ★★★★★ · tennis ★★★★★ ★★ · swimming ★★★★★ ★ · cricket ★★★. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: tennis
tennis has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): winter ●●●●● ●● · spring ●●●● · autumn ●● · summer ●●●●●. How many ● would show 14 votes?
Answer: 7
- 14 ÷ 2 = 7
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): banana ★ · mango ★ · pear ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 2 votes): summer ★★★ · spring ★★★ · autumn ★★★★★ · winter ★★★★. How many more votes did autumn get than spring?
Answer: 4
- autumn: 10; spring: 6
- 10 − 6 = 4
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 2 votes): mango ■■■■■ ■ · apple ■■ · banana ■■■■■ · grape ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 28
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 2 = 28
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