Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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): soccer ●●●●● ●● · cricket ●●●●● · tennis ●●●●. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 7
- 7 symbols × 1 = 7
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · spring ◆◆◆ · autumn ◆◆. How many more votes did spring get than autumn?
Answer: 1
- spring: 3; autumn: 2
- 3 − 2 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 23
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 1 = 23
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): tennis ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: basketball
basketball has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): spring ▲ · winter ▲▲ · autumn ▲▲▲. How many votes did spring get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): pear ●●●●● ●● · banana ●●● · apple ●●. How many more votes did pear get than banana?
Answer: 4
- pear: 7; banana: 3
- 7 − 3 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 1 vote): winter ■■■■■ ■■■■ · summer ■■■■■ · spring ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 22 symbols altogether
- 22 × 1 = 22
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): green ★★★★★ · blue ★★★★★ · yellow ★★★★★ · red ★★★★★ ★★. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: red
red has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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