Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 data & graphs worksheet.
Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): mango ★★★★ · banana ★★★★★ · apple ★★★★★ ★. How many votes did apple get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): autumn ★★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★★★★ · summer ★★★★★ ★★. How many more votes did spring get than autumn?
Answer: 4
- spring: 7; autumn: 3
- 7 − 3 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): purple ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆ · yellow ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols altogether
- 8 × 1 = 8
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): grape ★★★★★ ★ · banana ★★★★★ ★★★★ · mango ★. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: banana
banana has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): banana ◆◆◆◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes did grape get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · purple ◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many more votes did green get than purple?
Answer: 8
- green: 9; purple: 1
- 9 − 1 = 8
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): basketball ★★★★★ · tennis ★★★★ · swimming ★★★★★ · cricket ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 22 symbols altogether
- 22 × 1 = 22
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · soccer ◆. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: basketball
basketball has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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