Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 4 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 sport (each ● = 1 vote): cricket ●●●●● ●●●● · soccer ●●●●● ●● · tennis ●●●●● ●●● · basketball ●. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ◆ = 1 vote): yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many more votes did green get than yellow?
Answer: 2
- green: 7; yellow: 5
- 7 − 5 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · spring ◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 23
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 1 = 23
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ▲ = 1 vote): soccer ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · tennis ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · swimming ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: soccer
soccer has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 1 vote): green ●●●●● ●● · blue ●●●●● ● · yellow ●●●●● · purple ●●. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): green ★★★★★ ★★ · purple ★★★★★ ★★ · yellow ★★ · red ★★★★★ ★★★. How many more votes did green get than yellow?
Answer: 5
- green: 7; yellow: 2
- 7 − 2 = 5
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): pear ▲▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲▲ · banana ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 18
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 1 = 18
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): bird ★★★★★ ★★★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★★ · cat ★ · dog ★★★. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: bird
bird has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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