3rd Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 3rd Grade data & graphs worksheet.
3rd 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 color (each ◆ = 2 votes): purple ◆◆◆◆ · red ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · green ◆◆◆. How many votes did red get?
Answer: 16
- 8 symbols × 2 = 16
2.Pictograph of favorite color (each ● = 2 votes): red ●●● · yellow ●●● · blue ●●●●● ●●● · purple ●●●●. How many more votes did purple get than red?
Answer: 2
- purple: 8; red: 6
- 8 − 6 = 2
3.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ★ = 2 votes): rabbit ★★★★ · bird ★★★★★ ★★★ · fish ★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 32
- 16 symbols altogether
- 16 × 2 = 32
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 2 votes): mango ●●● · banana ●●●●● ●● · apple ●●●● · grape ●●. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: banana
banana has the most symbols (7), so 14 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 2 votes): swimming ◆◆◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆. How many ◆ would show 14 votes?
Answer: 7
- 14 ÷ 2 = 7
6.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ◆ = 2 votes): pear ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · banana ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · mango ◆◆◆ · grape ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆. How many votes did grape get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
7.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 2 votes): green ■■■■ · blue ■■■■■ ■■ · yellow ■. How many more votes did blue get than green?
Answer: 6
- blue: 14; green: 8
- 14 − 8 = 6
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): rabbit ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 38
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 2 = 38
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