Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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 season (each ★ = 1 vote): winter ★★★★★ ★ · summer ★★★★★ ★★ · autumn ★★★★★. How many votes did summer get?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols × 1 = 7
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · bird ◆◆ · cat ◆. How many more votes did rabbit get than cat?
Answer: 7
- rabbit: 8; cat: 1
- 8 − 1 = 7
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): yellow ■■■■■ ■ · red ■■■■■ · green ■■■■ · blue ■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 17
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 1 = 17
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ ■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■ · soccer ■■ · basketball ■■■■■ ■■. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: basketball
basketball has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): bird ■■ · dog ■ · fish ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did bird get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): green ▲▲▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many more votes did blue get than green?
Answer: 2
- blue: 6; green: 4
- 6 − 4 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): pear ◆ · apple ◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols altogether
- 7 × 1 = 7
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): yellow ★ · blue ★★★ · red ★★★★★ ★★★ · green ★★★★★ ★. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: red
red has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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