Name ______________________________________________
Picture Graphs
The cafeteria recorded how many lunches were ordered on Monday. The
data is shown in the picture graph. Use the key to find out how many orders
there were for each type of food.
Monday’s Cafeteria Orders
Key:
Number of Orders
= 5 orders
Pizza
Chicken
Nuggets
Grilled
Cheese
Hot Dog
Salad
Lunch Choices
1. What does 1 picture (symbol) represent?
____________ orders
2. How many students ordered grilled cheese?
____________ students
3. Which 2 foods had the same number of orders?
___________________ and ________________________
4. How many more chicken nugget orders are there than hot dogs? _________
5. Which food had 15 orders? ___________________
Mrs. Chucko’s students were asked about their favorite flowers. Use the key to
find out how many students liked each type of flower.
Favorite Flowers
Key:
Number of Students
= 2 students
Violet
Tulip
Rose
Lily
Daisy
Petunia
Types of Flowers
1. How many students chose tulips? _______________
2. Four students chose what type of flower? _________________
3. Write an addition sentence that represents the total number for rose.
_____________________________
Write a multiplication sentence that represents the total number for rose.
_____________________________
4. How many more students chose rose than tulip?
_______________
5. Ten students chose “petunia.” Add that data to the graph.
Name ______________________________________________ Date ___________________________
Painting Murals
Students at Mechanicsville Elementary are painting murals in the school
hallways. The graph below shows the cans of paint that were used. Use the
graph and key to answer the questions that follow.
Paints for Murals
Key:
Number of Cans
= 5 cans
Purple
Red
Green
Yellow
Blue
Colors of Paint
1. How many paint cans were used? ___________________________
2. Ten cans of blue were mislabeled as red. Change the graph to show the
new data.
3. Twenty cans of purple paint were just used to add more to the murals.
Change the graph to show the new data.
4. Write a question about this graph. Answer it.
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
5. How many more green cans were used than yellow?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Name _________________________________________________________
Use this “Mural Paints” Graph to answer the following questions.
Mural Paints
Key:
Number of Cans
= 2 cans
Purple
Red
Green
Yellow
Blue
Paint Colors
Write 2 questions about the graph. Answer your questions.
Question # 1- ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Answer - _______________________________________________________
Question#2 - ___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Answer - _______________________________________________________
The students need to mix equal amounts of red and yellow paints to make
orange paint. If they end up with 4 cans of orange paint, how many cans of
red and yellow are left that were not mixed?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Name _____________________________________________
Favorite Breakfast Cereals
Use the following data to complete the picture graph below.
Cereals Eaten by Friendship Valley Students
Brand
Number of Students
Lucky Charms
35
Raisin Bran
10
Corn Flakes
25
Cheerios
50
Cereals Eaten by Friendship Valley Students
Key:
= _____ students
Lucky Charms
Raisin Bran
Corn Flakes
Types of Cereal
Cheerios
1. What can you tell about the cereals by looking at your graph above?
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
2. Explain why your graph is correct. Use what you know about scale and
picture graphs in your explanation.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
4. How many more students chose Cheerios than Lucky Charms? Show your
work.
__________________
5. Forty-five students prefer Honey Chex. Add this information to the graph.
6. How many students (including the Honey Chex students) participated in the
survey? Show your thinking.
Name: _______________________________________________
Vacation Travel
Many third graders travelled from Westminster to other cities during the winter
break. Use the graph to answer the questions that follow.
Travel Time to Vacation Cities (by car)
Key:
Number of Hours
= 4 hours
New
Orleans
Lexington
Bar
Harbor
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Destination
1. Which question cannot be answered by using the pictograph?
A. How long does it take to drive to Bar Harbor?
B. How much longer is the trip to Dallas than the trip to Lexington?
C. How many students travelled to Pittsburgh?
D. Which city is the closest to Westminster?
2. How much longer does it take to drive to Dallas than to Bar Harbor?
_____________________________
3. If the trip to New Orleans was 2 hours shorter, how would the pictograph
need to be changed?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
4.
The trip to Pittsburgh is how much shorter than the trip to New Orleans?
____________________________________________________________________
The picture graph below is not complete. Use the data in the table to
complete the picture graph.
Pets Owned by 3rd Graders
Dogs
Cats
Hamsters
Chickens
21
12
15
6
Pets Owned by 3rd Graders
Key:
= _____ students
TYPE OF PET