Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.

1.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 2 votes): red ■■■■■ ■■■ · blue ■■ · purple ■■. How many votes did blue get?

Answer: 4

2 symbols × 2 = 4

2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): banana ● · pear ●● · mango ●●●●● ● · grape ●●. How many more votes did mango get than pear?

Answer: 8

mango: 12; pear: 4
12 − 4 = 8

3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): grape ◆◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · banana ◆. How many votes were there altogether?

Answer: 24

12 symbols altogether
12 × 2 = 24

4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 5 votes): summer ●●● · winter ●●●●● ●● · spring ●●●●● ●●● · autumn ●●●●● ●●. Which season got the most votes?

Answer: spring

spring has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.

5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 5 votes): autumn ●● · spring ●●●●● ●● · winter ●●●●● ● · summer ●●. How many ● would show 30 votes?

Answer: 6

30 ÷ 5 = 6

6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · banana ◆◆ · apple ◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did apple get?

Answer: 2

1 symbols × 2 = 2

7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 5 votes): basketball ●● · tennis ●●● · soccer ●●●●● ●●● · swimming ●●●. How many more votes did soccer get than basketball?

Answer: 30

soccer: 40; basketball: 10
40 − 10 = 30

8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 2 votes): cricket ● · swimming ●●● · soccer ●●●●● ●. How many votes were there altogether?

Answer: 20

10 symbols altogether
10 × 2 = 20

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