2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 2nd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): tennis ◆◆◆◆ · swimming ◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes did soccer get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
2.Pictograph of favorite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): autumn ◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many more votes did spring get than summer?
Answer: 1
- spring: 8; summer: 7
- 8 − 7 = 1
3.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): grape ▲▲▲▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲ · banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · pear ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 19
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 1 = 19
4.Pictograph of favorite color (each ▲ = 1 vote): green ▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: yellow
yellow has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
6.Pictograph of favorite color (each ★ = 1 vote): red ★★ · green ★★★★★ ★★★ · purple ★ · yellow ★★. How many more votes did red get than purple?
Answer: 1
- red: 2; purple: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): apple ●●●●● · mango ●●●● · pear ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
8.Pictograph of favorite season (each ● = 1 vote): autumn ● · summer ●●●● · winter ●●●●● ●● · spring ●●●●. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: winter
winter has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
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