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2nd grade · Math · Unit 6 of 16

Graphs

Read picture graphs

What your child practices

Reading picture graphs: how many, which has the most or fewest, and how many more.

Alaska content standards learning standard: 2.MD.10 · reading picture graphs and bar graphs with a single-unit scale

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Read the title and labels first.
  2. Count the pictures or read the bar for each kind.
  3. To compare, subtract: bigger count minus smaller.

Example: 5 chose apples and 3 chose pears. How many more chose apples? Apples: 5. Pears: 3. 5 − 3 = 2. Answer: 2 more

Graphs in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 6 of 16 in 2nd grade Math, after Shapes and before Numbers to 1000.

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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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 the most?

    Weather this month

    cloudy days
    ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
    snowy days
    ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
    sunny days
    ☀️☀️☀️

    Each picture = 1

    • ❄️snowy days
    • ☀️sunny days
    • ☁️cloudy days

  2. Question 2

    How many sunny days?

    Weather this month

    sunny days
    ☀️☀️
    rainy days
    🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
    cloudy days
    ☁️

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 5
    • 6

  3. Question 3

    How many more cats than fish?

    Pets in our class

    cats
    🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱
    rabbits
    🐰
    fish
    🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 1
    • 6

  4. Question 4

    How many apples?

    Our favorite fruit

    bananas
    🍌🍌🍌
    grapes
    🍇
    apples
    🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎

    Each picture = 1

    • 5
    • 8
    • 10

  5. Question 5

    Which has the most?

    Pets in our class

    fish
    🐠🐠🐠
    rabbits
    🐰
    dogs
    🐶🐶

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐰rabbits
    • 🐶dogs
    • 🐠fish

  6. Question 6

    How many more cloudy days than sunny days?

    Weather this month

    snowy days
    ❄️❄️
    cloudy days
    ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
    sunny days
    ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

    Each picture = 1

    • 1
    • 7
    • 3

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