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Math · Ages 6–8 · 15 minutes

Data Detective: Read a Picture Graph

Children count symbols in a graph and connect each column to a question about the data.

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Data Detective: Read a Picture Graph

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Today I am practising: reading category totals from one-picture-per-item graphs

1

A graph shows 3 cats and 5 dogs. Which has more?

2

Count the apple pictures in a fruit graph.

3

Write how many votes a row of 4 stars shows.

4

Circle the category with the fewest pictures.

5

How many more dogs than cats are shown?

6

Draw a picture graph for three red and two blue blocks.

Grown-up guide
  1. Confirm that one picture stands for one item before asking comparison questions.
  2. Cover one row at a time if several categories feel visually busy.
  3. Ask the child to point-count each symbol rather than estimate from column height.