2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — 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 fruit (each ▲ = 2 votes): pear ▲▲▲▲ · apple ▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
2.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 5 votes): basketball ●●●● · soccer ●●●●● ●● · swimming ● · cricket ●●●●. How many more votes did soccer get than cricket?
Answer: 15
- soccer: 35; cricket: 20
- 35 − 20 = 15
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 5 votes): tennis ●●● · soccer ● · basketball ●●● · swimming ●●●●● ●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 75
- 15 symbols altogether
- 15 × 5 = 75
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): banana ★★★★★ ★★★ · pear ★★★ · grape ★★ · mango ★★. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: banana
banana has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 2 votes): green ◆◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆. How many ◆ would show 6 votes?
Answer: 3
- 6 ÷ 2 = 3
6.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ■ = 5 votes): apple ■ · banana ■ · mango ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes did mango get?
Answer: 35
- 7 symbols × 5 = 35
7.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ★ = 2 votes): soccer ★★★★ · tennis ★★ · swimming ★. How many more votes did tennis get than swimming?
Answer: 2
- tennis: 4; swimming: 2
- 4 − 2 = 2
8.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 2 votes): green ◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 28
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 2 = 28
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