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Question P1 Read and complete data displays

read an unscaled picture graph

The shown picture graph has 5 circles in the Bananas row. Each circle means one fruit. How many Bananas are shown?

An unscaled picture graph: each circle represents one fruit.ApplesBananas
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Answer

5

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Read and complete data displays

Read the title and labels, locate the relevant values, then compare or complete only what the question asks.

In this one. In an unscaled picture graph, each symbol represents one item.

Locate, then comparetable or graphread the two relevant entriespie charttwo quarters make one half

How to spot it

The question shows a picture graph with rows of circles or icons. A key nearby says how many items one symbol stands for.

Common mistake

Children count the symbols correctly but forget to check the key, so they treat every symbol as one item even when it stands for two or more.

Practise a similar question

Standard In the shown picture graph, the Bananas row has 2 circles and each circle represents 2 fruits. How many Bananas are shown?
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