Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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 pet (each ■ = 1 vote): dog ■■■ · bird ■■■■■ · cat ■■■■ · rabbit ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): apple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · banana ◆◆◆ · pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did grape get than banana?
Answer: 6
- grape: 9; banana: 3
- 9 − 3 = 6
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): cricket ●●●●● ● · soccer ●●●●● · swimming ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 12
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 1 = 12
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 1 vote): summer ★★★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★ · autumn ★★★★★ ★★★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: autumn
autumn has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): swimming ■■■■■ ■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■■ · basketball ■■■■■ · tennis ■■■. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 1 vote): basketball ●●●●● · cricket ●●●●● · tennis ●●●●● ● · soccer ●●●. How many more votes did basketball get than soccer?
Answer: 2
- basketball: 5; soccer: 3
- 5 − 3 = 2
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 1 vote): bird ■■■■■ ■■■■ · fish ■■ · dog ■■ · cat ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 21
- 21 symbols altogether
- 21 × 1 = 21
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): spring ● · summer ●●● · autumn ●●. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (3), so 3 votes.
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