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Year 1 Maths — Reading a picture graph

Read a picture graph where one picture stands for one thing, and answer questions from it.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.A graph shows 6 red counters and 6 blue counters. How many more red counters are there than blue?

  2. 2.One row has 5 pictures and another has 3. How many pictures are there altogether?

  3. 3.A graph shows 3 apples, 9 bananas, 4 pears and 7 mangoes. Sort each fruit by whether there are fewer or more than 5.

    Groups: Fewer than 5 · More than 5

    • Apples
    • Bananas
    • Mangoes
    • Pears

  4. 4.Each square is one fruit picked. Tap the row with the most fruit.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  5. 5.A picture graph shows 4 cats, 6 dogs and 2 birds. Which has the most?

    • a) Birds
    • b) Cats
    • c) Dogs
    • d) All the same

  6. 6.Each square is one fruit picked. Tap the row with the fewest fruit.

    Write the number of the part.

    123

  7. 7.A graph shows 5 red cars, 2 blue cars, 8 green cars and 6 white cars. Put the colours in order, fewest cars first.

    • Blue
    • Green
    • Red
    • White

  8. 8.One row has 4 pictures and another has 7. How many more does the longer row have?

Answer key — Year 1 Maths — Reading a picture graph

  1. 1. 0
  2. 2. 8
  3. 3. Apples → Fewer than 5; Bananas → More than 5; Pears → Fewer than 5; Mangoes → More than 5
  4. 4. 3 — Pears
  5. 5. c) Dogs
  6. 6. 2 — Bananas
  7. 7. 1. Blue 2. Red 3. White 4. Green
  8. 8. 3