Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 3 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 ● = 1 vote): banana ●●● · mango ●●●●● ● · apple ● · grape ●. How many votes did grape get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): winter ★★★★★ ★★★ · spring ★★ · autumn ★★★★★ ★★. How many more votes did winter get than autumn?
Answer: 1
- winter: 8; autumn: 7
- 8 − 7 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 1 = 20
4.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 1 vote): apple ■■■■■ ■■■■ · mango ■■■■■ ■■■ · pear ■■ · banana ■■■. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): pear ●● · mango ●●●●● · grape ●●● · banana ●. How many votes did mango get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■ · basketball ■. How many more votes did swimming get than basketball?
Answer: 4
- swimming: 5; basketball: 1
- 5 − 1 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 1 vote): bird ●● · dog ●●●● · cat ●●●●● ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · grape ◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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