Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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 sport (each ★ = 1 vote): swimming ★★ · tennis ★★★★★ ★★★ · basketball ★★★★★ ★★★★. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): banana ★★ · grape ★★★★★ ★ · apple ★★★ · pear ★. How many more votes did banana get than pear?
Answer: 1
- banana: 2; pear: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): green ▲▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): red ●●●●● · green ●●●● · blue ●●●●● ●●●. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): green ★★★★ · purple ★★ · red ★★★ · yellow ★★★. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): fish ■■■■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■■ · rabbit ■■■■. How many more votes did cat get than rabbit?
Answer: 4
- cat: 8; rabbit: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): spring ● · autumn ●●●●● ●● · winter ● · summer ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 13
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 1 = 13
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): pear ■■■■■ ■ · grape ■■ · mango ■■■■■ ■■. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: mango
mango has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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