Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): bird ★ · dog ★★★★★ ★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★★. How many more votes did fish get than bird?
Answer: 35
- fish: 40; bird: 5
- 40 − 5 = 35
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 5 votes): spring ● · summer ●●● · autumn ●●●●● ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 55
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 5 = 55
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 2 votes): autumn ★★★ · summer ★★ · winter ★★★★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (6), so 12 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 2 votes): yellow ▲▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · purple ▲. How many ▲ would show 4 votes?
Answer: 2
- 4 ÷ 2 = 2
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did fish get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 2 votes): basketball ◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆ · swimming ◆. How many more votes did cricket get than swimming?
Answer: 10
- cricket: 12; swimming: 2
- 12 − 2 = 10
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 5 votes): summer ■■■■■ · autumn ■■■■■ ■■ · winter ■■■ · spring ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 80
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 5 = 80
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