Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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 season (each ■ = 1 vote): autumn ■■ · winter ■■■ · spring ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ · basketball ◆◆. How many more votes did tennis get than basketball?
Answer: 3
- tennis: 5; basketball: 2
- 5 − 2 = 3
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): cricket ●●●●● ●●●● · basketball ●●●●● ●● · soccer ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 18
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 1 = 18
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: cat
cat has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 1 vote): spring ■■■■■ ■■ · winter ■■■■■ ■ · summer ■■■. How many votes did summer get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): apple ●●●●● ●● · banana ●●●●● ● · grape ● · pear ●●●●● ●●●. How many more votes did banana get than grape?
Answer: 5
- banana: 6; grape: 1
- 6 − 1 = 5
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): mango ▲▲▲▲ · pear ▲▲▲▲▲ · apple ▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: purple
purple has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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