Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — 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): bird ●●●●● ●●●● · cat ● · fish ●. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): red ●●●●● ● · purple ●●●●● · blue ●●●●● ●●●●. How many more votes did red get than purple?
Answer: 1
- red: 6; purple: 5
- 6 − 5 = 1
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): basketball ★★★★★ ★★ · swimming ★ · tennis ★★ · soccer ★★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 15
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 1 = 15
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆ · soccer ◆ · basketball ◆◆. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · winter ▲▲▲ · summer ▲▲▲ · autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 3
- 3 symbols × 1 = 3
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): cat ▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many more votes did rabbit get than dog?
Answer: 4
- rabbit: 8; dog: 4
- 8 − 4 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): apple ●●●● · banana ●●●●● · mango ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 13
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 1 = 13
8.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 1 vote): yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · purple ▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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