2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — 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 ■ = 5 votes): purple ■■■■■ ■■■ · yellow ■ · green ■■■■ · red ■■■. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 40
- 8 symbols × 5 = 40
2.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 5 votes): bird ●● · fish ●● · dog ●●●. How many more votes did dog get than fish?
Answer: 5
- dog: 15; fish: 10
- 15 − 10 = 5
3.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · purple ◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 26
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 2 = 26
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): mango ●● · banana ●●●● · grape ●●●●● ●●. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: grape
grape has the most symbols (7), so 35 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): banana ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · apple ◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆. How many ◆ would show 4 votes?
Answer: 2
- 4 ÷ 2 = 2
6.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): soccer ■■■■ · swimming ■■■■■ ■ · cricket ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■. How many votes did basketball get?
Answer: 10
- 5 symbols × 2 = 10
7.Pictograph of favorite color (each ★ = 5 votes): yellow ★★★★★ · purple ★★ · blue ★★★ · red ★★★★★ ★★. How many more votes did blue get than purple?
Answer: 5
- blue: 15; purple: 10
- 15 − 10 = 5
8.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): grape ●●●●● ●●● · apple ●●●●● ●● · pear ●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 95
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 5 = 95
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