Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 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 colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): green ▲▲ · blue ▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 30
- 6 symbols × 5 = 30
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): winter ●● · summer ●●●● · spring ●. How many more votes did summer get than winter?
Answer: 4
- summer: 8; winter: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 2 votes): mango ▲ · grape ▲▲ · pear ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 2 = 22
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · green ▲▲▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): basketball ★★★ · tennis ★ · cricket ★★★★★ ★★ · soccer ★★★. How many ★ would show 50 votes?
Answer: 10
- 50 ÷ 5 = 10
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 5 votes): spring ■■■■■ ■■ · summer ■■■■ · autumn ■■■■■. How many votes did autumn get?
Answer: 25
- 5 symbols × 5 = 25
7.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): winter ■■ · autumn ■ · summer ■■■. How many more votes did winter get than autumn?
Answer: 2
- winter: 4; autumn: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): grape ● · pear ●●●●● ●●● · banana ●●●●● ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 75
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 5 = 75
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