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Course: Grade 3 (FL B.E.S.T.) > Unit 13

Lesson 1: Picture graphs
Math
Grade 3 (FL B.E.S.T.)
Represent and interpret data
Picture graphs
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Reading picture graphs

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Interpret picture graphs (pictographs) to answer single-step questions about a context.

Reading picture graphs

Picture graphs use pictures or symbols to represent data. Let's look at the picture graph below.
Hopper the rabbit and her friends are collecting carrots. They made a picture graph to show how many carrots each of them collected.
Each
represents 3 carrots collected by the rabbits. Since Hopper has 4
above her name in the picture graph, we can multiply to find out how many carrots she collected.
4×3=12
Hopper collected 12 carrots.
We can follow the same steps to find how many carrots each of Hopper's friends collected.
Practice Problem 1
How many carrots did Floppy collect?
Choose 1 answer:

Example 1: Flowers

John graphed the number of flowers he planted in his garden.
Practice Problem 2A
How many total flowers did John plant?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
flowers

Practice Problem 2B
How many more lilies did John plant than roses?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
more lilies.

Practice Problem 2C
John planted the same amount of which two flowers?
Choose all answers that apply:

Example 2: Boat captains

Four boat captains, Ron, Dora, Jess, and Mark made a graph of the number of whales they saw while at sea last month.
Practice Problem 3A
Dora saw
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
fewer whales than Mark.

Practice Problem 3B
Which captain(s) saw more than 10 whales?
Choose all answers that apply:

Example 3: Creating a picture graph then reading it

Alyssa counts sheep to help her go to sleep. She made a table of how many sheep she counted over the past four days.
DayNumber of sheep counted
Monday18
Tuesday12
Wednesday14
Thursday10
Practice Problem 4A
**Use the table to create a picture graph. Click above each category to insert the correct number of
symbols.**

Now that we have created our picture graph, let's answer some questions.
Practice Problem 4B
Alyssa counted
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
fewer sheep on Tuesday than on Monday.

Practice Problem 4C

Challenge question

How many more sheep did Alyssa count on Monday and Tuesday combined than on Wednesday?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
more sheep

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