Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 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 ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■ · soccer ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · swimming ◆. How many more votes did basketball get than soccer?
Answer: 2
- basketball: 9; soccer: 7
- 9 − 7 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): banana ◆◆◆◆◆ · pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · mango ◆◆◆◆ · grape ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 16
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 1 = 16
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): pear ●●●● · apple ●●●●● ● · grape ●●●. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): cricket ★★★★ · swimming ★★★★★ ★★ · tennis ★★★★★ ★★★ · soccer ★★★★★. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did fish get than bird?
Answer: 2
- fish: 7; bird: 5
- 7 − 5 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · soccer ◆ · tennis ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 10
- 10 symbols altogether
- 10 × 1 = 10
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆ · tennis ◆ · cricket ◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: soccer
soccer has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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