Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 2 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 sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■■■ ■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ · purple ▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did yellow get than purple?
Answer: 3
- yellow: 5; purple: 2
- 5 − 2 = 3
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): rabbit ◆◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 24
- 24 symbols altogether
- 24 × 1 = 24
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): summer ◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: autumn
autumn has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆ · tennis ◆ · soccer ◆◆◆. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many more votes did cricket get than tennis?
Answer: 2
- cricket: 8; tennis: 6
- 8 − 6 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · basketball ▲▲▲ · soccer ▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · blue ◆. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: green
green has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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