Interpret picture graphs

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James shared some fruit at his soccer game. This pictograph shows how many of each fruit he shared.

🏫How many pieces of fruit did James share in all?
_______pieces of fruit

Count each type of fruit in the pictograph.

  • James shared this fruit:
  • 4 bananas
  • 3 apples
  • Add to find the total number of pieces of fruit.
  • 4+3=7
  • James shared 7 pieces of fruit in all.

Lucas bought some food for his pet rabbit. This pictograph shows how many of each food he bought.

🏫How many carrots did Lucas buy?
________carrots

Count the carrots in the pictograph.

  • There are 4 carrots. Lucas bought 4 carrots.

Willow asked some friends what they had for breakfast. Willow made a pictograph of the results.

🏫Which food did fewer people eat?

  • stacks of pancakes 
  • doughnuts 

Count each type of breakfast food in the pictograph.

  • Willow’s friends ate this food:
  • 3 friends ate pancakes
  • 5 friends ate doughnuts
  • 3 is less than 5.
  • Fewer people ate pancakes.

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