Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 ◆ = 2 votes): autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes did spring get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 5 votes): green ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · blue ◆. How many more votes did red get than blue?
Answer: 20
- red: 25; blue: 5
- 25 − 5 = 20
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆ · green ◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 28
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 2 = 28
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 2 votes): soccer ▲▲ · tennis ▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 5 votes): green ★★★★★ ★★ · red ★★★★★ ★ · yellow ★★★★ · blue ★★★★★ ★★★. How many ★ would show 25 votes?
Answer: 5
- 25 ÷ 5 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): cat ★★ · bird ★★★★★ · dog ★★★★★ ★ · fish ★★★. How many more votes did bird get than fish?
Answer: 10
- bird: 25; fish: 15
- 25 − 15 = 10
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 48
- 24 symbols altogether
- 24 × 2 = 48
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