4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 4th Grade data & graphs worksheet.
4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite season (each ■ = 1 vote): winter ■ · summer ■■■■■ ■ · spring ■■■■■ ■■■ · autumn ■■■■■. How many votes did spring get?
Answer: 8
- 8 symbols × 1 = 8
2.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ★ = 1 vote): tennis ★★★★★ ★ · swimming ★★★★ · cricket ★★★ · basketball ★. How many more votes did tennis get than basketball?
Answer: 5
- tennis: 6; basketball: 1
- 6 − 1 = 5
3.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ★ = 1 vote): banana ★ · apple ★★★ · pear ★★★★★ ★★★★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 13
- 13 symbols altogether
- 13 × 1 = 13
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 1 vote): pear ●● · mango ●● · apple ●●●●● ●●. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (7), so 7 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 1 vote): blue ■■■■■ ■■■■ · purple ■■■■ · red ■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■■. How many votes did blue get?
Answer: 9
- 9 symbols × 1 = 9
6.Pictograph of favorite season (each ■ = 1 vote): spring ■■■ · summer ■■■ · winter ■■■■■ ■■■. How many more votes did winter get than spring?
Answer: 5
- winter: 8; spring: 3
- 8 − 3 = 5
7.Pictograph of favorite color (each ● = 1 vote): purple ●●●●● ● · yellow ●●●●● · red ●●●●● ●● · blue ●●. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 20
- 20 symbols altogether
- 20 × 1 = 20
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 1 vote): fish ●●●● · rabbit ●●●● · bird ●● · cat ●●●●● ●●●. Which pet got the most votes?
Answer: cat
cat has the most symbols (8), so 8 votes.
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