Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — 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 season (each ◆ = 1 vote): spring ◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did spring get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did purple get than red?
Answer: 1
- purple: 9; red: 8
- 9 − 8 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■ · cricket ■■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 14
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 1 = 14
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲ · summer ▲▲▲▲. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · swimming ◆◆◆. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): purple ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did yellow get than purple?
Answer: 1
- yellow: 4; purple: 3
- 4 − 3 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): basketball ●●●● · swimming ●●●●● ● · soccer ●●●●● ●● · cricket ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): tennis ●●●●● ●● · soccer ●●●●● ● · cricket ● · swimming ●●●●● ●●●. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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