Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 ● = 2 votes): grape ●●●●● · banana ●●● · apple ●●●●● ●●●. How many votes did banana get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): winter ●●●● · autumn ●●●●● · summer ●●. How many more votes did winter get than summer?
Answer: 4
- winter: 8; summer: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): winter ■■■■■ · spring ■■■■ · summer ■■■■■ ■■ · autumn ■■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 42
- 21 symbols altogether
- 21 × 2 = 42
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 5 votes): grape ◆◆◆ · mango ◆◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · pear ◆◆◆◆. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: banana
banana has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): mango ★★★ · grape ★★★★★ · banana ★★. How many ★ would show 20 votes?
Answer: 10
- 20 ÷ 2 = 10
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 5 votes): cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 25
- 5 symbols × 5 = 25
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): fish ■■■■ · rabbit ■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■ · dog ■■■. How many more votes did fish get than dog?
Answer: 2
- fish: 8; dog: 6
- 8 − 6 = 2
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 5 votes): autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲ · winter ▲▲▲ · summer ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 90
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 5 = 90
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