4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 4th Grade data & graphs worksheet.
4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆ · fish ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆◆◆ · rabbit ◆. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 14
- 7 symbols × 2 = 14
2.Pictograph of favorite color (each ■ = 5 votes): green ■ · red ■■■■■ ■ · purple ■■■■■ · yellow ■■■■■ ■■. How many more votes did yellow get than red?
Answer: 5
- yellow: 35; red: 30
- 35 − 30 = 5
3.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ◆ = 2 votes): tennis ◆ · soccer ◆◆◆◆◆ · cricket ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 24
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 2 = 24
4.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ● = 5 votes): soccer ●●●●● ●●● · basketball ●●● · swimming ●●●●● ●● · tennis ●●●●●. Which sport got the most votes?
Answer: soccer
soccer has the most symbols (8), so 40 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 5 votes): fish ▲▲▲▲ · cat ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · bird ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲▲. How many ▲ would show 15 votes?
Answer: 3
- 15 ÷ 5 = 3
6.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ◆ = 2 votes): fish ◆◆◆◆◆ · dog ◆◆◆ · cat ◆◆◆◆◆ ◆. How many votes did cat get?
Answer: 12
- 6 symbols × 2 = 12
7.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ■ = 2 votes): bird ■ · fish ■■■■■ ■ · rabbit ■■■■ · dog ■■. How many more votes did fish get than dog?
Answer: 8
- fish: 12; dog: 4
- 12 − 4 = 8
8.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ▲ = 2 votes): fish ▲▲▲ · rabbit ▲▲▲▲ · bird ▲▲ · dog ▲▲▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 28
- 14 symbols altogether
- 14 × 2 = 28
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