Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 ▲ = 2 votes): banana ▲ · mango ▲ · apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes did banana get?
Answer: 2
- 1 symbols × 2 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): pear ★★★ · grape ★★★★★ · banana ★★★ · apple ★★★★. How many more votes did grape get than pear?
Answer: 4
- grape: 10; pear: 6
- 10 − 6 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 2 votes): basketball ★★★★★ ★ · tennis ★★ · cricket ★★ · swimming ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 2 = 22
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 5 votes): blue ■■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ · red ■■■■■ ■■ · green ■■■■■ ■. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: red
red has the most symbols (7), so 35 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 2 votes): tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · soccer ◆. How many ◆ would show 8 votes?
Answer: 4
- 8 ÷ 2 = 4
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 2 votes): red ■■■■■ ■■■ · blue ■■■■ · yellow ■■■■ · green ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): rabbit ◆◆◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆ · fish ◆. How many more votes did bird get than fish?
Answer: 8
- bird: 10; fish: 2
- 10 − 2 = 8
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): fish ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 34
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 2 = 34
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