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Math: Reading and Making Pictographs

Read picture symbols and create simple pictographs

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Math: Reading and Making Pictographs

Read picture symbols and create simple pictographs

Math - Grade K-1

Instructions: Look at each pictograph carefully. Use the key to count, compare, or draw pictures. Show your work in the space provided.
  1. 1

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each apple picture means 1 apple. Red apples: 4 pictures. Green apples: 2 pictures. How many red apples are there?

    Count the pictures in the red apples row.

    There are 4 red apples because there are 4 apple pictures in the red apples row.
  2. 2

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each star means 1 vote. Cats: 3 stars. Dogs: 5 stars. Which pet got more votes?

    The row with more stars has more votes.

    Dogs got more votes because the dogs row has 5 stars and the cats row has 3 stars.
  3. 3

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each circle means 1 ball. Soccer balls: 2 circles. Basketballs: 2 circles. Are there more soccer balls, more basketballs, or the same number?

    There is the same number because both rows have 2 circles.
  4. 4

    Mia made a pictograph of fruit in her lunch. Key: each picture means 1 fruit. Apples: 1 picture. Bananas: 3 pictures. Oranges: 2 pictures. How many fruits are there in all?

    Count all the pictures in every row.

    There are 6 fruits in all because 1 plus 3 plus 2 equals 6.
  5. 5

    Make a pictograph for these snacks. Crackers: 3. Grapes: 4. Cheese sticks: 1. Use one picture for each snack.

    Draw one picture for each snack counted.

    The pictograph should show 3 pictures for crackers, 4 pictures for grapes, and 1 picture for cheese sticks.
  6. 6

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each smiley face means 1 student. Likes blue: 5 smiley faces. Likes yellow: 4 smiley faces. How many students like yellow?

    Four students like yellow because there are 4 smiley faces in the yellow row.
  7. 7

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each book picture means 1 book. Picture books: 6. Animal books: 2. How many more picture books are there than animal books?

    Match 2 picture books with the 2 animal books, then count what is left.

    There are 4 more picture books than animal books because 6 is 4 more than 2.
  8. 8

    Make a pictograph for the number of birds seen. Blue birds: 2. Red birds: 5. Yellow birds: 3. Use one bird picture for each bird.

    The pictograph should show 2 bird pictures for blue birds, 5 bird pictures for red birds, and 3 bird pictures for yellow birds.
  9. 9

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each leaf means 1 leaf. Monday: 3 leaves. Tuesday: 1 leaf. Wednesday: 4 leaves. Which day has the most leaves?

    Find the row with the greatest number of leaves.

    Wednesday has the most leaves because it has 4 leaves, which is more than 3 and 1.
  10. 10

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each fish picture means 1 fish. Goldfish: 4 pictures. Guppies: 4 pictures. How many fish are shown in all?

    Count the fish pictures in both rows.

    There are 8 fish shown in all because 4 plus 4 equals 8.
  11. 11

    Sara asked friends which playground game they like. Key: each heart means 1 vote. Tag: 2 hearts. Swings: 6 hearts. Slide: 3 hearts. Which game got the fewest votes?

    Tag got the fewest votes because it has only 2 hearts.
  12. 12

    Make a pictograph for favorite ice cream flavors. Vanilla: 2 votes. Chocolate: 4 votes. Strawberry: 2 votes. Use one scoop picture for each vote.

    The number of scoop pictures must match the number of votes.

    The pictograph should show 2 scoop pictures for vanilla, 4 scoop pictures for chocolate, and 2 scoop pictures for strawberry.
  13. 13

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each triangle means 1 block. Red blocks: 5 triangles. Blue blocks: 3 triangles. How many blocks are shown in all?

    There are 8 blocks shown in all because 5 plus 3 equals 8.
  14. 14

    Look at the pictograph. Key: each sun means 1 sunny day. Week 1: 4 suns. Week 2: 2 suns. How many more sunny days were in Week 1 than Week 2?

    Compare the two rows and count the extra suns in Week 1.

    There were 2 more sunny days in Week 1 because 4 is 2 more than 2.
  15. 15

    A class wants to make a pictograph of pets. The counts are dogs: 3, cats: 2, fish: 1. What key should they use if one picture will stand for one pet?

    A key tells what each picture stands for.

    The key should say that each picture means 1 pet.
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