2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 2nd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): swimming ■■ · tennis ■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ · cricket ■■■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 6
- 3 symbols × 2 = 6
2.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): fish ◆ · bird ◆◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆. How many more votes did bird get than fish?
Answer: 6
- bird: 8; fish: 2
- 8 − 2 = 6
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): swimming ■■■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■ · cricket ■■■■■ ■■■ · soccer ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 38
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 2 = 38
4.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 5 votes): swimming ●●●●● ● · soccer ● · tennis ●●. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: swimming
swimming has the most symbols (6), so 30 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 2 votes): bird ●● · cat ●●● · dog ●●● · fish ●●●●●. How many ● would show 10 votes?
Answer: 5
- 10 ÷ 2 = 5
6.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 5 votes): soccer ■■■■■ · cricket ■■ · basketball ■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
7.Pictograph of favorite season (each ● = 5 votes): summer ● · winter ●●●●● ●●● · autumn ●●●. How many more votes did winter get than autumn?
Answer: 25
- winter: 40; autumn: 15
- 40 − 15 = 25
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): rabbit ◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · bird ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 38
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 2 = 38
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