Year 3 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): mango ★★★★ · apple ★★ · banana ★. How many votes did apple get?
Answer: 4
- 2 symbols × 2 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): bird ★★★★ · rabbit ★★★★★ · dog ★★★★★ ★★. How many more votes did dog get than rabbit?
Answer: 10
- dog: 35; rabbit: 25
- 35 − 25 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ■ = 2 votes): autumn ■ · winter ■■■■■ ■■■ · spring ■■■■■ · summer ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 30
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 2 = 30
4.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): fish ◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: cat
cat has the most symbols (5), so 10 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 5 votes): basketball ●● · soccer ●●●●● ●● · swimming ●●●●●. How many ● would show 45 votes?
Answer: 9
- 45 ÷ 5 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 2 votes): soccer ●● · basketball ●●●●● ● · swimming ●●● · tennis ●●●●●. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): mango ★★★★★ ★★ · apple ★★★★★ · pear ★★★ · grape ★★★★★. How many more votes did mango get than apple?
Answer: 4
- mango: 14; apple: 10
- 14 − 10 = 4
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ■ = 5 votes): banana ■■■■■ ■ · mango ■■■■■ ■ · apple ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 100
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 5 = 100
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