Year 2 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 season (each ▲ = 5 votes): spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · winter ▲ · summer ▲▲▲ · autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes did autumn get?
Answer: 30
- 6 symbols × 5 = 30
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): green ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆. How many more votes did green get than purple?
Answer: 4
- green: 8; purple: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 5 votes): tennis ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■ · soccer ■■■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 65
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 5 = 65
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): summer ▲ · winter ▲▲ · autumn ▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 10 votes?
Answer: 5
- 10 ÷ 2 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): spring ●●● · winter ●●●●● ●● · autumn ● · summer ●●●. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): pear ●● · grape ●●●● · banana ●●●●● ●●. How many more votes did banana get than pear?
Answer: 25
- banana: 35; pear: 10
- 35 − 10 = 25
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): apple ●●●●● ● · mango ● · grape ●●●●● ●● · banana ●●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 38
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 2 = 38
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