Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 fruit (each ■ = 5 votes): mango ■■■■■ · apple ■ · pear ■■ · grape ■■■. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 10
- 2 symbols × 5 = 10
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 2 votes): dog ★★★★★ ★★★ · rabbit ★★★★★ ★★ · bird ★★★★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★. How many more votes did dog get than rabbit?
Answer: 2
- dog: 16; rabbit: 14
- 16 − 14 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 5 votes): fish ■■■■■ ■ · bird ■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■■ · dog ■■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 100
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 5 = 100
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 5 votes): winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · autumn ◆◆◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: winter
winter has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 5 votes): autumn ■■■■ · summer ■■■■■ ■ · winter ■ · spring ■■. How many ■ would show 50 votes?
Answer: 10
- 50 ÷ 5 = 10
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): bird ■■■■■ ■■ · dog ■■■ · cat ■■■. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 5 votes): cricket ◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆. How many more votes did tennis get than cricket?
Answer: 15
- tennis: 20; cricket: 5
- 20 − 5 = 15
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 5 votes): soccer ▲▲▲ · tennis ▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 45
- 9 symbols altogether
- 9 × 5 = 45
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