Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 5 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 colour (each ■ = 1 vote): green ■■■■■ ■■■■ · purple ■■■■■ ■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■ · red ■■■■■. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did cricket get than soccer?
Answer: 1
- cricket: 8; soccer: 7
- 8 − 7 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 27
- 27 symbols altogether
- 27 × 1 = 27
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): summer ★★★★★ ★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★ · winter ★★★★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): grape ◆ · apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did apple get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 1 vote): summer ■■ · autumn ■■■■■ ■ · spring ■■■■ · winter ■■■■■ ■■■■. How many more votes did winter get than summer?
Answer: 7
- winter: 9; summer: 2
- 9 − 2 = 7
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): banana ★★★★★ · apple ★ · grape ★★★ · pear ★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 13
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 1 = 13
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ · winter ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
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