Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — 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 colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 5 votes): red ★ · yellow ★★ · green ★★★. How many more votes did yellow get than red?
Answer: 5
- yellow: 10; red: 5
- 10 − 5 = 5
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): green ◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 26
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 2 = 26
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 5 votes): pear ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · banana ▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: mango
mango has the most symbols (7), so 35 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): fish ▲ · cat ▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 25 votes?
Answer: 5
- 25 ÷ 5 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): pear ★★★★ · banana ★★★★ · grape ★★★★★ ★. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): rabbit ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many more votes did fish get than rabbit?
Answer: 10
- fish: 14; rabbit: 4
- 14 − 4 = 10
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): spring ●●● · autumn ●● · summer ●●● · winter ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 24
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 2 = 24
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