Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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): tennis ★★★★★ · basketball ★★★ · cricket ★★★★. How many votes did cricket get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · mango ▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many more votes did apple get than mango?
Answer: 5
- apple: 7; mango: 2
- 7 − 2 = 5
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): yellow ◆◆ · green ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 17
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 1 = 17
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): blue ●●●●● · yellow ●●●● · purple ●●●●● ●●. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: purple
purple has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): mango ★★★★★ ★★ · banana ★★★★ · grape ★★★★★. How many votes did banana get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did bird get than fish?
Answer: 1
- bird: 7; fish: 6
- 7 − 6 = 1
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲ · soccer ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 17
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 1 = 17
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): grape ■■■■ · mango ■■■■■ ■■ · banana ■■■■■. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: mango
mango has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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