2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 2nd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
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Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 5 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 20
- 4 symbols × 5 = 20
2.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 4 votes): swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆ · basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did swimming get than soccer?
Answer: 4
- swimming: 20; soccer: 16
- 20 − 16 = 4
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ★ = 5 votes): swimming ★★★ · basketball ★★★★★ · cricket ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 45
- 9 symbols altogether
- 9 × 5 = 45
4.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 10 votes): cricket ●●●●● ●●● · soccer ●●●●● ● · basketball ●●●●● ●●. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (8), so 80 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 4 votes): bird ●● · dog ●●●● · cat ●●●●● · fish ●●●. How many ● would show 8 votes?
Answer: 2
- 8 ÷ 4 = 2
6.Pictograph of favorite color (each ★ = 10 votes): yellow ★★★★★ ★★ · purple ★★★★★ ★ · green ★. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 70
- 7 symbols × 10 = 70
7.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲. How many more votes did rabbit get than dog?
Answer: 25
- rabbit: 40; dog: 15
- 40 − 15 = 25
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 10 votes): cat ●●●● · fish ●●● · rabbit ● · bird ●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 110
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 10 = 110
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