3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 3rd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
3rd 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): basketball ■ · swimming ■ · tennis ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
2.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): bird ▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲ · fish ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many more votes did dog get than bird?
Answer: 8
- dog: 10; bird: 2
- 10 − 2 = 8
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 5 votes): cricket ■■■■■ ■ · basketball ■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 90
- 18 symbols altogether
- 18 × 5 = 90
4.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 2 votes): yellow ■■■ · red ■ · green ■■■■ · blue ■■■■■. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (5), so 10 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite color (each ◆ = 5 votes): green ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · blue ◆ · red ◆. How many ◆ would show 15 votes?
Answer: 3
- 15 ÷ 5 = 3
6.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): tennis ■■■■■ ■■ · swimming ■■ · soccer ■■■■■ · basketball ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 5 votes): mango ★★ · banana ★★★★★ ★ · pear ★★ · grape ★. How many more votes did mango get than grape?
Answer: 5
- mango: 10; grape: 5
- 10 − 5 = 5
8.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 2 votes): mango ★★ · pear ★★★★ · banana ★★ · grape ★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 22
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 2 = 22
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