2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 2nd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite color (each ● = 1 vote): blue ●● · green ●●●●● ●●● · purple ●●●●● ●. How many votes did green get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favorite color (each ▲ = 1 vote): red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · green ▲▲▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲. How many more votes did red get than green?
Answer: 1
- red: 6; green: 5
- 6 − 5 = 1
3.Pictograph of favorite season (each ● = 1 vote): autumn ●●●● · summer ●●●●● ●● · winter ●●●●● ●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 17
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 1 = 17
4.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): soccer ★★★★★ ★★★★ · cricket ★★ · basketball ★★★★ · tennis ★★★. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: soccer
soccer has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 1 vote): bird ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · rabbit ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · fish ◆◆. How many votes did bird get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
6.Pictograph of favorite season (each ■ = 1 vote): spring ■ · autumn ■■■■■ ■ · winter ■■■■■ ■■ · summer ■. How many more votes did winter get than autumn?
Answer: 1
- winter: 7; autumn: 6
- 7 − 6 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): grape ★★★★★ ★ · pear ★★★★★ ★ · banana ★★★★★ ★★★ · mango ★★★★★ ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 26
- 26 symbols altogether
- 26 × 1 = 26
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ★ = 1 vote): rabbit ★ · dog ★★★★★ ★★★★ · fish ★★★★★ ★★ · cat ★★★★★ ★★★. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: dog
dog has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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