Read and Interpret Pictograms

Do you remember pictograms?

 

 

A pictogram is a type of chart that uses pictures or symbols to represent numerical data - like this one:

 

 

It represents the number of chocolate bars sold on a charity fundraising stand each day.

 

We can see the pictogram includes a key:

 

We use it to find how many chocolate bars were sold each day.

For example, on Tuesday, we have:

 

 

which is the same as

 

 

Since each of the full bars is 8:

 

 

we have:

 

 

Hence we get 8 + 8 +  6 = 22 chocolate bars!

 

 

Let's have a go at some questions!