Year 4 Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 sport (each ■ = 5 votes): tennis ■■■■■ ■■■ · cricket ■■■ · swimming ■. How many votes did cricket get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
2.Pictograph of favourite season (each ★ = 2 votes): summer ★★★★★ ★★ · winter ★★★★ · autumn ★★★★ · spring ★★★★★ ★★★. How many more votes did spring get than autumn?
Answer: 8
- spring: 16; autumn: 8
- 16 − 8 = 8
3.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): fish ◆◆ · bird ◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 26
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 2 = 26
4.Pictograph of favourite colour (each ★ = 5 votes): red ★★★★★ ★ · purple ★★★ · yellow ★★★★★ ★★. Which colour got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (7), so 35 votes.
5.Pictograph of favourite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): cricket ★★★ · tennis ★★★★★ ★ · swimming ★. How many ★ would show 10 votes?
Answer: 2
- 10 ÷ 5 = 2
6.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ● = 2 votes): dog ●●●●● ●● · fish ● · bird ●●●. How many votes did dog get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favourite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): pear ◆◆ · grape ◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many more votes did banana get than pear?
Answer: 12
- banana: 16; pear: 4
- 16 − 4 = 12
8.Pictograph of favourite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): rabbit ▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 80
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 5 = 80
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