Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 pet (each ★ = 5 votes): dog ★★★★★ ★★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★ · bird ★★★★★ · rabbit ★. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 5
- 1 symbols × 5 = 5
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 5 votes): yellow ●●●● · purple ●●●● · blue ●●●●● ●. How many more votes did blue get than yellow?
Answer: 10
- blue: 30; yellow: 20
- 30 − 20 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 2 votes): green ★ · blue ★ · purple ★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols altogether
- 4 × 2 = 8
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): apple ★★★ · mango ★★★★ · pear ★★★. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: mango
mango has the most symbols (4), so 20 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 5 votes): autumn ▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲▲ · summer ▲▲. How many ▲ would show 30 votes?
Answer: 6
- 30 ÷ 5 = 6
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 2 votes): dog ● · bird ●●●●● ●●● · rabbit ●● · fish ●●●. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 4
- 2 symbols × 2 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 2 votes): soccer ▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲. How many more votes did basketball get than tennis?
Answer: 2
- basketball: 6; tennis: 4
- 6 − 4 = 2
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): basketball ■ · soccer ■ · tennis ■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols altogether
- 6 × 2 = 12
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