2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — 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 ▲ = 1 vote): green ▲▲▲ · red ▲ · purple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
2.Pictograph of favorite color (each ★ = 1 vote): blue ★★★ · green ★★★★★ · purple ★. How many more votes did green get than purple?
Answer: 4
- green: 5; purple: 1
- 5 − 1 = 4
3.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): mango ●●●●● · grape ●●● · apple ●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
4.Pictograph of favorite season (each ■ = 1 vote): winter ■■■■■ · summer ■■■ · spring ■■■■■ ■■■ · autumn ■■. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: spring
spring has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): bird ◆ · fish ◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
6.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): rabbit ★★★★★ ★★★ · bird ★★★★★ ★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★ · dog ★★★. How many more votes did fish get than bird?
Answer: 1
- fish: 7; bird: 6
- 7 − 6 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 1 vote): basketball ■■■■■ ■■■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■■■ · soccer ■ · swimming ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
8.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 1 vote): purple ◆◆ · red ◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (6), so 6 votes.
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