4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 4th Grade data & graphs worksheet.
4th Grade Reading Pictographs Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Read the key first: it tells you how many votes each symbol stands for.
1.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 5 votes): basketball ■■ · tennis ■ · swimming ■■■. How many votes did swimming get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
2.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ● = 5 votes): grape ● · mango ●●● · apple ●●●●● ● · pear ●●. How many more votes did pear get than grape?
Answer: 5
- pear: 10; grape: 5
- 10 − 5 = 5
3.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ★ = 5 votes): dog ★★★★★ ★★★ · fish ★★★ · cat ★. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 60
- 12 symbols altogether
- 12 × 5 = 60
4.Pictograph of favorite fruit (each ▲ = 2 votes): banana ▲▲ · grape ▲▲▲ · mango ▲▲▲▲▲ · apple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲. Which fruit got the most votes?
Answer: apple
apple has the most symbols (6), so 12 votes.
5.Pictograph of favorite sport (each ■ = 2 votes): basketball ■■■■■ ■ · tennis ■■■■■ · soccer ■■■■■ ■■ · cricket ■■■■. How many ■ would show 12 votes?
Answer: 6
- 12 ÷ 2 = 6
6.Pictograph of favorite color (each ★ = 5 votes): purple ★★★ · yellow ★★★★★ ★★ · blue ★★★★ · red ★★★★★. How many votes did purple get?
Answer: 15
- 3 symbols × 5 = 15
7.Pictograph of favorite pet (each ● = 5 votes): cat ●●●●● ● · rabbit ●●● · bird ●●●●. How many more votes did bird get than rabbit?
Answer: 5
- bird: 20; rabbit: 15
- 20 − 15 = 5
8.Pictograph of favorite color (each ▲ = 5 votes): yellow ▲▲▲ · purple ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲▲ · green ▲▲▲▲▲ ▲ · red ▲▲▲. How many votes were there altogether?
Answer: 95
- 19 symbols altogether
- 19 × 5 = 95
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