Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 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 pet (each ● = 1 vote): bird ●●●●● ● · cat ●●●●● ●●● · rabbit ●●●●● · dog ●●●●● ●●●●. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): spring ●●●● · summer ●●●●● ● · winter ●●● · autumn ●●●●●. How many more votes did autumn get than spring?
Answer: 1
- autumn: 5; spring: 4
- 5 − 4 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 1 vote): cat ●●● · bird ●●●●● ●●● · dog ●●●●● ●● · fish ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): mango ■■■■■ · grape ■ · banana ■■■■■ ■■■ · pear ■■■. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: banana
banana has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): cricket ▲▲ · soccer ▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): blue ★★★★ · yellow ★★★★★ ★★ · purple ★★. How many more votes did blue get than purple?
Answer: 2
- blue: 4; purple: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · mango ▲ · pear ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 10
- 10 symbols altogether
- 10 × 1 = 10
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): purple ▲ · blue ▲ · yellow ▲ · red ▲▲▲. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: red
red has the most symbols (3), so 3 votes.
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