Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — 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 sport (each ▲ = 5 votes): swimming ▲▲▲ · soccer ▲▲▲ · cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 5 votes): basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ · soccer ▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲. How many more votes did basketball get than soccer?
Answer: 15
- basketball: 25; soccer: 10
- 25 − 10 = 15
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): apple ★★★★★ ★★★ · grape ★★★★★ ★★ · pear ★★★★★ · mango ★★★★★ ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 130
- 26 symbols altogether
- 26 × 5 = 130
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): green ▲▲ · blue ▲ · purple ▲▲▲. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: purple
purple has the most symbols (3), so 15 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): red ▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲ · purple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 35 votes?
Answer: 7
- 35 ÷ 5 = 7
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): winter ■■■ · summer ■■■■■ ■■■ · autumn ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did autumn get?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols × 2 = 12
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): dog ■■■■■ ■■■ · rabbit ■ · bird ■■■■■. How many more votes did dog get than rabbit?
Answer: 14
- dog: 16; rabbit: 2
- 16 − 2 = 14
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 5 votes): pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · banana ◆◆ · apple ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 50
- 10 symbols altogether
- 10 × 5 = 50
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