Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 data & graphs worksheet.
Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 2 votes): autumn ◆◆◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆◆ · spring ◆. How many votes did summer get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · fish ▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many more votes did rabbit get than fish?
Answer: 25
- rabbit: 30; fish: 5
- 30 − 5 = 25
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 5 votes): dog ■■■ · bird ■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■■ · fish ■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 70
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 5 = 70
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): summer ■■■■■ ■■ · spring ■■ · autumn ■ · winter ■■■■. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 5 votes): fish ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆ · bird ◆. How many ◆ would show 15 votes?
Answer: 3
- 15 ÷ 5 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 2 votes): fish ★★★★★ ★★★ · dog ★★ · rabbit ★★. How many votes did fish get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): bird ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · cat ◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆. How many more votes did dog get than cat?
Answer: 2
- dog: 6; cat: 4
- 6 − 4 = 2
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 5 votes): yellow ■■■■ · green ■■■■■ ■ · red ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 90
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 5 = 90
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.
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