Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 colour (each ● = 2 votes): green ●●●●● ●● · purple ●●●●● ●●● · red ●●●●. How many votes did green get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
2.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 5 votes): tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · basketball ▲ · cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did cricket get than basketball?
Answer: 25
- cricket: 30; basketball: 5
- 30 − 5 = 25
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 2 votes): spring ●●●●● ● · summer ●●● · autumn ●●●●● ●● · winter ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 34
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 2 = 34
4.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 5 votes): summer ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · autumn ◆◆◆. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (6), so 30 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 5 votes): basketball ●●●● · swimming ●●●●● ●● · soccer ● · tennis ●●●●● ●. How many ● would show 45 votes?
Answer: 9
- 45 ÷ 5 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): mango ★★★★★ ★★ · banana ★★ · pear ★ · apple ★★★. How many votes did mango get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ▲ = 5 votes): blue ▲▲▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many more votes did yellow get than blue?
Answer: 20
- yellow: 40; blue: 20
- 40 − 20 = 20
8.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): autumn ■■■■■ ■ · spring ■■■ · summer ■■■■■ · winter ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 30
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 2 = 30
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