Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 ★ = 5 votes): soccer ★★★★★ ★★ · basketball ★ · swimming ★★★★★ ★★★. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
2.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): cat ▲▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many more votes did cat get than rabbit?
Answer: 4
- cat: 10; rabbit: 6
- 10 − 6 = 4
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): swimming ★★★ · tennis ★★ · basketball ★★ · cricket ★★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 5 = 60
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 2 votes): blue ■■■■■ ■■ · purple ■■■■■ ■■ · red ■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■■. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): cat ▲▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many ▲ would show 10 votes?
Answer: 2
- 10 ÷ 5 = 2
6.Pictograph of favourite season (each ◆ = 2 votes): summer ◆◆◆◆ · winter ◆◆◆ · spring ◆ · autumn ◆◆◆. How many votes did autumn get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
7.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ● = 5 votes): red ●●●●● ● · green ● · yellow ●●●●● ●● · purple ●●. How many more votes did purple get than green?
Answer: 5
- purple: 10; green: 5
- 10 − 5 = 5
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): pear ★★ · apple ★ · grape ★★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols altogether
- 8 × 5 = 40
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