3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 3rd 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 ▲ = 2 votes): blue ▲▲▲ · yellow ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · red ▲▲. How many votes did yellow get?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols × 2 = 12
2.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 5 votes): basketball ●●●●● ● · cricket ●●●●● ●●● · soccer ●●●●● · swimming ●●●. How many more votes did cricket get than soccer?
Answer: 15
- cricket: 40; soccer: 25
- 40 − 25 = 15
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 5 votes): soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · cricket ◆ · tennis ◆ · swimming ◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 55
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 5 = 55
4.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 5 votes): red ■ · purple ■■■■■ ■■ · yellow ■■■■ · green ■■■■. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: purple
purple has the most symbols (7), so 35 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite season (each ▲ = 2 votes): summer ▲▲▲▲ · autumn ▲▲ · winter ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲. How many ▲ would show 18 votes?
Answer: 9
- 18 ÷ 2 = 9
6.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): cricket ■■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■ · swimming ■. How many votes did tennis get?
Answer: 4
- 2 symbols × 2 = 4
7.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): fish ▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲. How many more votes did rabbit get than fish?
Answer: 8
- rabbit: 10; fish: 2
- 10 − 2 = 8
8.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ■ = 5 votes): apple ■■■■■ ■■ · grape ■■■■ · banana ■■■■■ ■. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 85
- 17 symbols altogether
- 17 × 5 = 85
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