2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 2nd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
2nd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): autumn ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · summer ▲▲▲▲ · spring ▲▲. How many votes did summer get?
Answer: 8
- 4 symbols × 2 = 8
2.Pictograph of favorite color (each ▲ = 2 votes): blue ▲▲▲▲▲ · purple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · green ▲▲. How many more votes did purple get than green?
Answer: 10
- purple: 14; green: 4
- 14 − 4 = 10
3.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): banana ★★★ · mango ★★★★★ · apple ★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 5 = 60
4.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ▲ = 2 votes): basketball ▲▲ · soccer ▲▲▲ · cricket ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · swimming ▲. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: cricket
cricket has the most symbols (8), so 16 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): cricket ■■■■■ ■■■ · tennis ■ · soccer ■■■. How many ■ would show 14 votes?
Answer: 7
- 14 ÷ 2 = 7
6.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 2 votes): red ◆◆◆◆ · yellow ◆◆◆◆◆ · green ◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
7.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): apple ◆◆ · pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆. How many more votes did pear get than apple?
Answer: 12
- pear: 16; apple: 4
- 16 − 4 = 12
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): rabbit ■■ · cat ■■■■ · fish ■■■■■ ■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 26
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 2 = 26
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