4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 4th Grade data & graphs worksheet.
4th 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 pet (each ■ = 1 vote): dog ■■■■■ ■■■■ · bird ■■■■■ · fish ■■■■■ ■■■ · rabbit ■■■■■ ■. How many votes did rabbit get?
Answer: 6
- 6 symbols × 1 = 6
2.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 1 vote): soccer ●● · cricket ●●●● · swimming ●●●●● ●●●. How many more votes did swimming get than soccer?
Answer: 6
- swimming: 8; soccer: 2
- 8 − 2 = 6
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 1 vote): cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆◆ · soccer ◆◆ · tennis ◆◆◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 14
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 1 = 14
4.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 1 vote): blue ■■■■■ ■■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ · red ■. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): grape ★★ · pear ★ · banana ★★★★★ ★★★★. How many votes did pear get?
Answer: 1
- 1 symbols × 1 = 1
6.Pictograph of favorite season (each ★ = 1 vote): summer ★★★ · autumn ★★★★★ ★★★★ · winter ★★★★★ ★★★. How many more votes did autumn get than winter?
Answer: 1
- autumn: 9; winter: 8
- 9 − 8 = 1
7.Pictograph of favorite season (each ★ = 1 vote): winter ★★ · spring ★ · autumn ★★ · summer ★★★★★ ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 11
- 11 symbols altogether
- 11 × 1 = 11
8.Pictograph of favorite color (each ● = 1 vote): green ●● · purple ● · blue ●●●●● ●●●●. Which color got the most votes?
Answer: blue
blue has the most symbols (9), so 9 votes.
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