Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): green ◆ · yellow ◆ · blue ◆◆. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 5
- 1 symbols × 5 = 5
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 5 votes): summer ◆ · winter ◆ · spring ◆◆◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many more votes did spring get than summer?
Answer: 10
- spring: 15; summer: 5
- 15 − 5 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 5 votes): winter ●●●●● ● · autumn ●●●● · summer ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 5 = 60
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): dog ◆ · fish ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: rabbit
rabbit has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): pear ★★ · mango ★★★★★ ★★ · apple ★. How many ★ would show 18 votes?
Answer: 9
- 18 ÷ 2 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 2 votes): mango ■■ · apple ■ · banana ■■■■ · pear ■■■■■. How many votes did apple get?
Answer: 2
- 1 symbols × 2 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): cat ▲▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲. How many more votes did fish get than cat?
Answer: 4
- fish: 12; cat: 8
- 12 − 8 = 4
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): banana ★★★★★ ★★★ · apple ★★★ · pear ★★ · grape ★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 75
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 5 = 75
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