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Creating Picture Graphs

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Creating Picture Graphs

Picture graph with fruits and counters

📊 Part 1: Building Picture Graphs

WALT: We Are Learning To create picture graphs from sorted data.

1. Look at this data about favourite pets. Draw circles (○) to complete the picture graph:

Data: Dogs: 4, Cats: 2, Fish: 3, Birds: 1

Dogs: ○ ○ _____ _____

Cats: _____ _____

Fish: ○ _____ _____

Birds: _____

2. Count the stickers in each row. Write the number in the box:

Apples: 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 = [____]

Bananas: 🍌 🍌 🍌 = [____]

Oranges: 🍊 🍊 🍊 🍊 = [____]

3. Which fruit is the most popular? Circle your answer:

Apples

Bananas

Oranges

4. Create your own picture graph! Ask 6 people about their favourite colour. Use ★ symbols to show your data:

Red: _________________________

Blue: _________________________

Green: _________________________

Yellow: _________________________

🔍 Part 2: Reading Picture Graphs

5. Look at this picture graph showing favourite sports. Answer the questions:

Football: ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽ ⚽

Swimming: 🏊 🏊 🏊

Tennis: 🎾 🎾 🎾 🎾

Rugby: 🏉 🏉

a) How many people chose swimming? ________
b) Which sport is the least popular?

Football

Swimming

Tennis

Rugby

c) Complete this sentence: "I notice that _________________ is the most popular sport."
6. True or False? Tick the correct boxes:

More people like football than tennis

Swimming and tennis have the same number of votes

Rugby has fewer votes than all other sports

⭐ Part 3: Challenge Activities

7. Extension: Design your own picture graph template. Choose a topic and create empty rows for 4 categories:

Topic ideas: favourite books, transport to school, favourite animals

My topic: _________________________

Category 1: _________________________

Category 2: _________________________

Category 3: _________________________

Category 4: _________________________

8. Compare two categories from any graph on this page. Write two sentences using "more than" or "fewer than":
9. Reflection: What did you learn about picture graphs today? Complete this sentence:

"Picture graphs help us to ________________________________"

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