Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 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 colour (each ★ = 5 votes): purple ★ · blue ★★★★★ ★★★ · green ★★★★★ ★. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 5 votes): autumn ◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many more votes did summer get than autumn?
Answer: 25
- summer: 35; autumn: 10
- 35 − 10 = 25
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): soccer ■■■ · basketball ■■■■ · tennis ■■■ · swimming ■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 24
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 2 = 24
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · summer ▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): summer ▲▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 16 votes?
Answer: 8
- 16 ÷ 2 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 2 votes): soccer ★★★★★ ★★ · cricket ★★★★★ ★★ · tennis ★★★ · basketball ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): pear ●●●●● ●●● · mango ●●●●● · apple ●●●●●. How many more votes did pear get than mango?
Answer: 6
- pear: 16; mango: 10
- 16 − 10 = 6
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): pear ★★★★ · mango ★★★★★ ★ · banana ★★ · grape ★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 70
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 5 = 70
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