Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 data & graphs worksheet.
Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 5 votes): autumn ▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲▲ · winter ▲▲. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 10
- 2 symbols × 5 = 10
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 2 votes): basketball ●●● · swimming ●● · soccer ●●●●● ●. How many more votes did soccer get than basketball?
Answer: 6
- soccer: 12; basketball: 6
- 12 − 6 = 6
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): cat ▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 32
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 2 = 32
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): mango ●●●●● ● · grape ●●●●● ●●● · banana ●●●●● ●. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: grape
grape has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): bird ★★★★ · dog ★★★★★ ★ · rabbit ★ · cat ★★★★★ ★★. How many ★ would show 25 votes?
Answer: 5
- 25 ÷ 5 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): spring ▲▲▲▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols × 2 = 12
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): dog ▲▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲ · fish ▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did dog get than cat?
Answer: 5
- dog: 25; cat: 20
- 25 − 20 = 5
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): summer ■■■■ · autumn ■■ · spring ■■ · winter ■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 10 symbols altogether
- 10 × 2 = 20
Marking tips
- Give credit for correct method even when the final answer slips — the working shows where the thinking went right.
- For open-ended tasks, use the success criteria as a checklist rather than looking for one "right" answer.
- Celebrate what went well first, then pick one thing to work on next.
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