Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — 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 fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): mango ★ · apple ★★ · banana ★★★★ · pear ★★★★★ ★★★★. How many votes did banana get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): autumn ▲ · summer ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · spring ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many more votes did spring get than summer?
Answer: 2
- spring: 8; summer: 6
- 8 − 6 = 2
3.Pictograph of favourite season (each ● = 1 vote): spring ●●●●● · summer ●● · winter ●●●●● ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 16
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 1 = 16
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 1 vote): yellow ★★★★★ ★★★★ · blue ★ · purple ★★★★★ ★★★. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · apple ▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲. How many votes did apple get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆ · swimming ◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many more votes did cricket get than swimming?
Answer: 4
- cricket: 6; swimming: 2
- 6 − 2 = 4
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): tennis ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■■■ · basketball ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 12
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 1 = 12
8.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): cricket ■■■■■ ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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