Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — 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 sport (each ■ = 1 vote): soccer ■■ · basketball ■■■■ · tennis ■■■■■. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 2
- 2 symbols × 1 = 2
2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): apple ●●● · grape ●●●●● ● · mango ●●●●● ●●●. How many more votes did mango get than apple?
Answer: 5
- mango: 8; apple: 3
- 8 − 3 = 5
3.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): green ●●●●● ●●● · red ●●●●● ●●●● · blue ●●●●● · purple ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 24
- 24 symbols altogether
- 24 × 1 = 24
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): yellow ■■ · purple ■ · red ■■■■■ ■■■■ · blue ■■. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: red
red has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 1 vote): blue ■■■■■ ■■■ · green ■■■ · red ■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): fish ★★ · rabbit ★★★★ · bird ★★★★★ ★ · dog ★★★★★ ★★★. How many more votes did rabbit get than fish?
Answer: 2
- rabbit: 4; fish: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): grape ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · pear ▲▲▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 23
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 1 = 23
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■■■ ■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■■■■ · cricket ■■ · tennis ■■. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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