Picture Graphs Practice
Use a symbol key to translate pictures into counts. Choose supported, standard, or challenge practice with a worked example, printable visual, and explained answers.
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Use a symbol key to translate pictures into counts.
Grade 5 review and application of earlier data skills. Use the stated units and scales. These activities do not claim to cover an entire Grade 5 standard.
Supported practice
Example: Two full circles represent 2 × 2 = 4 books. Read the key before counting.
1. How many books does one full circle represent?
2. Team A has four full circles. How many books is that?
3. Team B has three full circles. How many books is that?
4. What does a half circle represent?
Supported answers
1. 2 books.
2. 8 books: 4 × 2.
3. 6 books: 3 × 2.
4. 1 book, half of the 2-book key.
Standard practice
Example: Two full circles and a half circle represent 2 + 2 + 1 = 5 books.
1. How many books did Team C read?
2. How many books did all teams read?
3. How many more books did A read than C?
4. How would you draw Team B after it reads 3 more books?
Standard answers
1. 5 books.
2. 19 books: 8 + 6 + 5.
3. 3 more: 8 − 5.
4. B would have 9 books: four full circles and one half circle.
Challenge practice
Example: A half symbol need not mean half an object: the key determines the quantity it represents.
1. Does Team C’s half circle mean half a book? Explain.
2. A new key uses one square for 4 books. How many squares represent Team A’s original total?
3. Using the new key, how could you show Team C’s original 5 books exactly?
4. Why is it misleading to compare the number of symbols on two graphs with different keys?
Challenge answers
1. No. With this key, a half circle represents one whole book.
2. 2 full squares represent its 8 books.
3. One full square and one quarter square, with the new key clearly stated.
4. A symbol can represent different amounts; convert each symbol count using its own key before comparing.
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