Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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): yellow ▲▲▲▲ · blue ▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · green ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): cat ■■■ · dog ■■■■■ ■ · rabbit ■■■■■ ■■■■ · bird ■■■■■ ■. How many more votes did rabbit get than bird?
Answer: 3
- rabbit: 9; bird: 6
- 9 − 6 = 3
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): summer ●●●● · spring ● · autumn ●●●●● ●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 13
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 1 = 13
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · banana ▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: mango
mango has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 1 vote): rabbit ●●●●● ● · dog ●●●●● ●●●● · fish ●●● · cat ●●. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): dog ■■■■ · cat ■■■■■ · rabbit ■. How many more votes did cat get than dog?
Answer: 1
- cat: 5; dog: 4
- 5 − 4 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): purple ●●●● · green ●●● · yellow ●●●●● · red ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 16
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 1 = 16
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■■. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: tennis
tennis has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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