Year 5 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 pet (each ■ = 2 votes): cat ■■■■■ ■■ · dog ■■■■■ ■■ · bird ■■■■■ ■ · fish ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 5 votes): green ●●●●● ●●● · blue ●●●●● ● · red ●●●●● ● · purple ●●●●● ●. How many more votes did green get than blue?
Answer: 10
- green: 40; blue: 30
- 40 − 30 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · bird ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 46
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 2 = 46
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): bird ■■■ · fish ■■■■■ ■ · cat ■■. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: fish
fish has the most symbols (6), so 12 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): apple ★★★★★ · pear ★★★★★ ★★★ · mango ★ · banana ★★★★★ ★★. How many ★ would show 6 votes?
Answer: 3
- 6 ÷ 2 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): soccer ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■ · swimming ■■■ · tennis ■■■■. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): rabbit ◆◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆. How many more votes did fish get than cat?
Answer: 4
- fish: 8; cat: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): basketball ■■ · swimming ■■■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■■■ · soccer ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 30
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 2 = 30
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