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1st grade · Math · Unit 15 of 16

Picture Graphs

Ask, count and compare

What your child practices

Reading picture graphs with three groups: how many in each, how many more, how many in all, and which question a class survey can answer.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.16 · reading picture graphs and answering questions about the totals

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Count each row of the graph.
  2. Find the most and the fewest.
  3. Subtract to find how many more.

Example: 5 chose 🐶 and 3 chose 🐱. How many more chose 🐶? 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2

Picture Graphs in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 15 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after Jump by Tens and before Coins & Cents.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which has more: dog or bird?

    Our pets

    dog
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
    cat
    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
    bird
    🐦🐦🐦

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐶dog
    • 🐦bird

  2. Question 2

    How many chose bee?

    Bugs we saw

    bee
    🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
    butterfly
    🦋🦋
    ant
    🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 7
    • 4
    • 3

  3. Question 3

    How many more chose walk than bus?

    How we get to school

    bus
    🚌
    bike
    🚲🚲🚲🚲
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶

    Each picture = 1

    • 7
    • 4
    • 5
    • 9

  4. Question 4

    Which has the fewest?

    Our pets

    cat
    🐱🐱
    bird
    🐦🐦🐦
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐦bird
    • 🐟fish
    • 🐱cat

  5. Question 5

    How many answers are there in all?

    Our favorite fruit

    orange
    🍊🍊
    banana
    🍌🍌🍌
    apple
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎

    Each picture = 1

    • 15
    • 11
    • 12
    • 13

  6. Question 6

    Sort them: food or toy?

    Sort into: 🍽️ Food · 🧸 Toy

    • 🪀yo-yo
    • ⚽ball
    • 🍞bread
    • 🥕carrot

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