Pictograms: Fluency and Exam Drill (Part 2) - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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1.13DB Pictograms: Fluency and Exam Drill (Part 2)

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Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.

Each recycling-bin symbol on a pictogram represents 4 boxes of recycling collected by a school's eco club. Work out how many boxes are represented by 5 recycling-bin symbols.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

At a village fete, a pictogram shows raffle tickets sold, with one ticket symbol representing 3 tickets. Priya sold 18 raffle tickets. How many whole ticket symbols are needed to represent Priya's sales on the pictogram?

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

A rescue centre's pictogram shows animals currently in its care. Each paw-print symbol represents 6 animals. The cats row shows 5 paw-print symbols and the dogs row shows 3 paw-print symbols.
Work out how many more cats than dogs are at the rescue centre.

(Total for Question 3 is 2 marks)

A garden centre's pictogram shows plant pots sold each day. One plant-pot symbol represents 8 plant pots. Tuesday's row shows 4 full plant-pot symbols and 1 symbol that is three-quarters shaded.
Work out how many plant pots were sold on Tuesday.

(Total for Question 4 is 2 marks)

A school bake sale pictogram shows cakes sold, with one cake symbol representing 5 cakes. The pictogram shows 3 symbols for sponge cakes, 4 symbols for flapjacks and 2 symbols for brownies.
Work out the total number of cakes sold.

(Total for Question 5 is 3 marks)

A pictogram shows spectators at an Under-14s football match. Each football symbol represents 12 spectators. The pictogram shows 4 full football symbols and 1 half symbol.
Show that 54 spectators are represented.

(Total for Question 6 is 3 marks)

A running club's pictogram shows laps completed in a sponsored event. Each trainer-shoe symbol represents 8 laps. Saturday's row shows 6 full symbols and 1 quarter symbol. The coach says, 'That means 54 laps were completed.'
Show that the coach's total is wrong, and work out the correct number of laps.

(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

A pictogram shows visitors to a village show across three days. Each flag symbol represents the same number of visitors. Friday shows 4 symbols, Saturday shows 7 symbols and Sunday shows 5 symbols. The show had 480 visitors in total across the three days.
Work out how many visitors are represented by each flag symbol.

(Total for Question 8 is 4 marks)

A library's summer reading challenge pictogram uses one book symbol to represent 6 books. Amara read 39 books during the challenge.
Work out how many full book symbols should be drawn on the pictogram, and state what fraction of a symbol is needed to represent the remaining books exactly.

(Total for Question 9 is 4 marks)

A PE department's pictogram shows pupils' favourite sport. Each symbol represents 4 pupils. Football has 6 symbols and netball has 4 symbols.
Write the ratio of pupils who chose football to pupils who chose netball, giving your answer in its simplest form.

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

A charity bookshop's pictogram shows books donated in one month, split by genre. Each stack symbol represents 20 books. The pictogram shows 5 symbols for fiction, 3 symbols for non-fiction and 1 small fifth-symbol (one fifth of a full symbol) for reference books.
(a) Work out the total number of symbols shown, counting the fifth-symbol as a fraction.
(b) Work out the total number of books donated.

(a)(a) Work out the total number of symbols shown, counting the fifth-symbol as a fraction.(1)

(b)(b) Work out the total number of books donated.(4)

(Total for Question 11 is 5 marks)

A school tuck shop keeps a pictogram of healthy snack packs sold each day. Each apple symbol represents 12 snack packs. Monday's row shows 3 full symbols and 1 quarter symbol. Tuesday's row shows 4 full symbols and 1 half symbol. The tuck shop's weekly target is to sell at least 90 snack packs across these two days combined.
Work out whether the tuck shop met its two-day target. You must show your working.

(Total for Question 12 is 5 marks)

Mark scheme · 1.13DB Pictograms: Fluency and Exam Drill (Part 2)

Question 1

B1 20 cao
Answer: 20 boxes

Question 2

B1 6 cao
Answer: 6 symbols

Question 3

M1 Correct method shown, e.g. (5 x 6) - (3 x 6) or 30 and 18 identified
A1 12 cao
Answer: 12 more cats

Question 4

M1 Recognise three-quarters symbol = 0.75 x 8 and show method, e.g. (4 x 8) + (0.75 x 8)
A1 38 cao
Answer: 38 plant pots

Question 5

M1 Correct number of symbols identified for each type: 3, 4 and 2, or totals 15, 20 and 10 shown
M1 Addition of all three totals shown, e.g. 15 + 20 + 10
A1 45 cao
Answer: 45 cakes

Question 6

M1 Method for full symbols shown, e.g. 4 x 12 (= 48)
M1 Method for half symbol shown, e.g. 0.5 x 12 (= 6)
C1 48 + 6 = 54 cso, with both parts of the working shown
Answer: 54 spectators (shown)

Question 7

M1 Correct method for full symbols, e.g. 6 x 8 (= 48)
M1 Correct method for quarter symbol, e.g. 0.25 x 8 (= 2)
A1 50 cao
C1 States clearly that the coach is wrong because the correct total is 50, not 54, oe
Answer: 50 laps; the coach is wrong (54 is incorrect)

Question 8

M1 Sum of symbols found: 4 + 7 + 5 = 16 shown
M1 Method to divide total visitors by number of symbols: 480 / 16
A1 30 cao
B1 State result as visitors per symbol, e.g. '30 visitors per symbol' oe
Answer: 30 visitors per symbol

Question 9

M1 Method shown to divide total books by symbol value, e.g. 39 / 6
A1 6.5 or 6 and a half (oe) cao
B1 6 full symbols stated
B1 A half symbol (0.5 of a symbol) stated oe
Answer: 6 full symbols and a half symbol (0.5 of a symbol)

Question 10

M1 Correct totals found: 24 and 16 (or method shown)
M1 Ratio written as 24 : 16 (oe) before simplifying
A1 3 : 2 cao
Answer: 3 : 2

Question 11

(a) B1 5 + 3 + 1/5 = 8 1/5 (oe, e.g. 41/5) shown
(a) Answer: 8 and 1/5 symbols
(b) M1 Convert fifth-symbol to books: 1/5 x 20 (= 4)
(b) M1 Full symbols converted: 8 x 20 (= 160)
(b) M1 Total method shown, e.g. 160 + 4
(b) A1 164 cao
(b) Answer: 164 books

Question 12

M1 Monday method shown, e.g. (3 x 12) + (0.25 x 12)
M1 Monday total identified: 39
M1 Tuesday method shown, e.g. (4 x 12) + (0.5 x 12), giving 54
A1 93 cao (39 + 54)
C1 Correct conclusion stated with comparison to 90, e.g. 'Yes, the target was met, with 3 packs to spare' oe
Answer: Yes; 93 snack packs were sold, which is 3 more than the target of 90.

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