Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 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 season (each ■ = 5 votes): autumn ■■ · winter ■■ · spring ■■■ · summer ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did spring get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): fish ▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many more votes did bird get than rabbit?
Answer: 20
- bird: 40; rabbit: 20
- 40 − 20 = 20
3.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 2 votes): apple ■■■■■ ■■ · banana ■■■■■ ■ · pear ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 42
- 21 symbols altogether
- 21 × 2 = 42
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 2 votes): summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: autumn
autumn has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): tennis ★★★★★ · swimming ★★★★★ ★★★ · soccer ★★★ · cricket ★★. How many ★ would show 20 votes?
Answer: 4
- 20 ÷ 5 = 4
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 5 votes): bird ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
7.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): bird ■■■■ · rabbit ■■■■ · cat ■■■■■ ■ · dog ■■■■■ ■■■. How many more votes did dog get than bird?
Answer: 8
- dog: 16; bird: 8
- 16 − 8 = 8
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): grape ●●●●● ●●● · apple ●●●●● · mango ●●● · pear ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 85
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 5 = 85
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