Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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 sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): basketball ●●● · tennis ●●●●● ●●●● · soccer ●●●●● ● · cricket ●●●●●. How many more votes did soccer get than basketball?
Answer: 3
- soccer: 6; basketball: 3
- 6 − 3 = 3
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): cricket ●●●● · tennis ●● · soccer ●●●●● ● · swimming ●●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 17
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 1 = 17
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): apple ★ · grape ★★★★★ ★★★ · pear ★★★★★. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: grape
grape has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ ■■■ · soccer ■■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did blue get than green?
Answer: 1
- blue: 4; green: 3
- 4 − 3 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): bird ★★★★ · rabbit ★★★★★ ★ · cat ★★★★★ ★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): spring ★★★★ · summer ★★★★★ ★★ · winter ★★★★★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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