Data and charts · Ages 7–8

Reading and making pictograms worksheet

Part of: Pictograms and block charts

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Data and charts · Ages 7–8

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1.The pictogram shows friends' favourite things; each 🙂 is 1 person. How many chose 🍌?
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2.The pictogram shows friends' favourite things; each 🙂 is 1 person. How many chose 🍎?
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3.Each 🙂 is 1 person. How many more chose one of 🎈 and ⚽ than the other?
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4.Each 🙂 is 1 person. How many people chose a favourite in all?
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5.Each 🙂 is 1 person. How many more chose one of ⚽ and 🍪 than the other?
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6.One 🙂 stands for 1 person. 5 chose 🍎, so draw 🙂; 2 more chose 🍪 than 🍎, so draw 🙂.
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7.One 🙂 stands for 1 person. 2 chose ⚽, so draw 🙂; 2 more chose 🍌 than ⚽, so draw 🙂.
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8.One 🙂 stands for 1 person. 3 chose 🍎, so draw 🙂; 3 more chose 🍌 than 🍎, so draw 🙂.
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13.Tsz-hin asked friends their favourite thing; the pictogram shows the answers (each 🙂 is 1 person). If 3 more people chose 🍪, how many more would have chosen 🍪 than 🎈?
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14.Ka-yan is drawing a pictogram, one 🙂 per person. 12 people chose 🍪, and half as many chose 🍌. How many 🙂 go in the 🍌 row?
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15.The pictogram shows friends' favourite things (each 🙂 is 1 person). How many did not choose 🎈?
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16.Tsz-ching asked friends their favourite thing; the pictogram shows the answers (each 🙂 is 1 person). If 3 more people chose 🍪, how many more would have chosen 🍪 than 🍎?
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17.Tsz-hin is drawing a pictogram, one 🙂 per person. 8 people chose 🍎, and half as many chose 🎈. How many 🙂 go in the 🎈 row?
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18.The pictogram shows friends' favourite things (each 🙂 is 1 person). How many did not choose 🍓?
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Reading and making pictograms worksheet: Answers and working

1. 7 people
Find the 🍌 row and count its 🙂. Each 🙂 is 1 person.
Count the 🙂 in the 🍌 row: 7, so 7 people.
2. 1 person
Find the 🍎 row and count its 🙂. Each 🙂 is 1 person.
Count the 🙂 in the 🍎 row: 1, so 1 people.
3. 8 people
Count the 🙂 in the 🎈 row and in the ⚽ row, then find the difference.
🎈 has 1 and ⚽ has 9: 8 apart.
4. 20 people
Count the 🙂 in each row, then add the four rows together.
Add the four rows: 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 = 20.
5. 1 person
Count the 🙂 in the ⚽ row and in the 🍪 row, then find the difference.
⚽ has 5 and 🍪 has 6: 1 apart.
6. 5, 7
One 🙂 per person: draw as many as there are people. 2 more chose 🍪 than 🍎.
One 🙂 per person: 5 for 🍎; 🍪 has 5 + 2 = 7, so 7.
7. 2, 4
One 🙂 per person: draw as many as there are people. 2 more chose 🍌 than ⚽.
One 🙂 per person: 2 for ⚽; 🍌 has 2 + 2 = 4, so 4.
8. 3, 6
One 🙂 per person: draw as many as there are people. 3 more chose 🍌 than 🍎.
One 🙂 per person: 3 for 🍎; 🍌 has 3 + 3 = 6, so 6.

9. D
Check every row of each pictogram: 🍪 needs 4 faces, 🍓 7 and 🍌 7.
Each row's 🙂 must match the data: 4, 7, 7.
10. B
Check every row of each pictogram: 🍎 needs 7 faces, 🍪 5 and ⚽ 2.
Each row's 🙂 must match the data: 7, 5, 2.
11. A
Check every row of each pictogram: 🍓 needs 2 faces, 🍎 3 and 🍌 6.
Each row's 🙂 must match the data: 2, 3, 6.
12. B. 🍌
The pictures are the same size and lined up, so the longest row is the one most people chose.
Equal pictures lined up: the longest row is the most, 🍌 with 9.

Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.

13. 3 people
Count how many chose 🍪 and 🎈 first, then add the 3 extra people to 🍪.
🍪 would have 1 + 3 = 4 and 🎈 has 1: 3 more.
14. 6 faces
One 🙂 per person. What is half of 12?
Half of 12 is 6: draw 6.
15. 16 people
Those who didn't choose 🎈 are the other three rows. Add those three, or take the 🎈 row from the total.
Add the other three rows: 8 + 3 + 5 = 16; or take 7 from the total, 23.
16. 2 people
Count how many chose 🍪 and 🍎 first, then add the 3 extra people to 🍪.
🍪 would have 4 + 3 = 7 and 🍎 has 5: 2 more.
17. 4 faces
One 🙂 per person. What is half of 8?
Half of 8 is 4: draw 4.
18. 8 people
Those who didn't choose 🍓 are the other three rows. Add those three, or take the 🍓 row from the total.
Add the other three rows: 2 + 1 + 5 = 8; or take 2 from the total, 10.

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