Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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): tennis ▲▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲ · soccer ▲▲▲. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols × 1 = 7
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): swimming ●●●●● ● · soccer ●●●●● ●●●● · tennis ●●●●● ●●. How many more votes did tennis get than swimming?
Answer: 1
- tennis: 7; swimming: 6
- 7 − 6 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 16
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 1 = 16
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): fish ★★★★★ ★ · dog ★★★★ · bird ★. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: fish
fish has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): blue ★ · purple ★★★★★ ★★★★ · green ★★★★★ ★★ · yellow ★★★★★ ★. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · grape ▲▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · banana ▲. How many more votes did grape get than banana?
Answer: 1
- grape: 2; banana: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): grape ●● · pear ●●●●● ●● · apple ●●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 14
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 1 = 14
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): dog ■■■■ · bird ■■■■■ ■ · fish ■. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: bird
bird has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
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