3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 3rd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ◆ = 1 vote): apple ◆◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · mango ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆◆. How many votes did mango get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favorite season (each ● = 1 vote): winter ●●●●● ●● · summer ● · autumn ●●●●● ●●●● · spring ●●●●● ●●●. How many more votes did autumn get than summer?
Answer: 8
- autumn: 9; summer: 1
- 9 − 1 = 8
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): basketball ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · cricket ◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): banana ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · mango ▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · pear ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · purple ◆◆◆◆◆ · blue ◆◆◆. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 5
- 5 symbols × 1 = 5
6.Pictograph of favorite season (each ◆ = 1 vote): spring ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆ · summer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · autumn ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · winter ◆◆. How many more votes did summer get than autumn?
Answer: 1
- summer: 9; autumn: 8
- 9 − 8 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 1 vote): dog ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 29
- 29 symbols altogether
- 29 × 1 = 29
8.Pictograph of favorite season (each ★ = 1 vote): spring ★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★ · autumn ★★★ · summer ★★★★★ ★★★★. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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