3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 3rd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite season (each ▲ = 1 vote): spring ▲▲▲▲ · summer ▲ · winter ▲. How many votes did winter get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
2.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): mango ●●●●● · grape ●● · banana ●●●●● ●●● · pear ●. How many more votes did grape get than pear?
Answer: 1
- grape: 2; pear: 1
- 2 − 1 = 1
3.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 1 vote): rabbit ●●●●● ●●●● · fish ●●●●● ● · cat ●●●●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 1 = 20
4.Pictograph of favorite season (each ■ = 1 vote): winter ■ · spring ■■■ · summer ■■■■. Which season got the most votes?
Answer: summer
summer has the most symbols (4), so 4 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ▲ = 1 vote): apple ▲▲ · banana ▲▲▲▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲▲ · pear ▲. How many votes did grape get?
Answer: 4
- 4 symbols × 1 = 4
6.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 1 vote): purple ■ · green ■■■■■ · yellow ■■■■ · blue ■■■■■ ■. How many more votes did green get than yellow?
Answer: 1
- green: 5; yellow: 4
- 5 − 4 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite color (each ▲ = 1 vote): red ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ · blue ▲▲▲▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · green ▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 23
- 23 symbols altogether
- 23 × 1 = 23
8.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 1 vote): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · blue ◆◆. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: green
green has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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