Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 3 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 fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): apple ■■ · mango ■■ · pear ■■■■■ ■■■ · banana ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): soccer ■■■■ · cricket ■ · swimming ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■■■. How many more votes did tennis get than cricket?
Answer: 8
- tennis: 9; cricket: 1
- 9 − 1 = 8
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): autumn ●●●●● ●●●● · winter ●●●● · summer ●●●●● ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 1 = 20
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · red ◆◆◆◆. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: purple
purple has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): bird ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many votes did fish get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 1 vote): autumn ■■■■■ ■ · winter ■■■■■ · summer ■ · spring ■■■■. How many more votes did winter get than summer?
Answer: 4
- winter: 5; summer: 1
- 5 − 1 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): tennis ■■ · soccer ■■■■ · cricket ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols altogether
- 7 × 1 = 7
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲ · cat ▲. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: rabbit
rabbit has the most symbols (5), so 5 votes.
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