Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 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 pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): dog ▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 4
- 2 symbols × 2 = 4
2.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ■ = 5 votes): green ■■■■■ ■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■■ · red ■■ · blue ■■■■. How many more votes did green get than blue?
Answer: 10
- green: 30; blue: 20
- 30 − 20 = 10
3.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ● = 2 votes): cricket ●●●●● ● · basketball ●● · tennis ●●●●● ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 30
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 2 = 30
4.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ◆ = 5 votes): tennis ◆◆◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆◆ · basketball ◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (5), so 25 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): basketball ■■■■■ ■■■ · cricket ■ · swimming ■■. How many ■ would show 18 votes?
Answer: 9
- 18 ÷ 2 = 9
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did bird get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
7.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 2 votes): swimming ★★★ · cricket ★★★★★ ★★★ · tennis ★★. How many more votes did swimming get than tennis?
Answer: 2
- swimming: 6; tennis: 4
- 6 − 4 = 2
8.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): mango ●●●● · banana ●●●● · grape ● · pear ●●●●● ●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 34
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 2 = 34
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