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3rd grade · Math · Unit 14 of 14

Scaled Graphs

Each picture stands for more than 1

What your child practices

Reading picture graphs and bar graphs where each picture or step stands for 2, 5 or 10, answering how many more and how many in all, and choosing questions a survey can answer.

California Content Standards learning standard: 3.MD.3 · drawing and reading scaled picture graphs and bar graphs to answer questions

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Read the key: one picture can stand for 2, 5 or 10.
  2. Multiply the pictures by the key.
  3. Subtract to compare two rows.

Example: Each 🌷 stands for 5. Spring has 4 🌷. How many chose spring? 4 × 5 = 20. Answer: 20

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

    On a picture graph, each picture stands for 5. How many pictures show 40?

    • 40
    • 5
    • 8
    • 11

  2. Question 2

    How many more for Room 4 than for Room 3?

    Books read this month

    Room 1
    📕
    Room 2
    📗📗📗
    Room 3
    📘📘
    Room 4
    📙📙📙📙📙

    Each picture = 5

    • 15
    • 25
    • 10
    • 3
    • 30

  3. Question 3

    Which question could you answer with a class survey and a bar graph?

    • What time does the sun set today?
    • What is our class's favorite sport?
    • What is 6 × 7?
    • How far is it to the moon?

  4. Question 4

    How many for baseball?

    Favorite sport
    01020304050607080⚽ soccer🏀 basketball⚾ baseball🏊 swimming
    • 110
    • 60
    • 80
    • 70
    • 8

  5. Question 5

    How many in all?

    Animals seen on a hike
    0246810121416🐦 birds🐿️ squirrels🦌 deer🐸 frogs
    • 48
    • 21
    • 38
    • 42
    • 36

  6. Question 6

    Which question could you answer with a class survey and a bar graph?

    • What is my best friend's name?
    • Which pet is most popular in our class?
    • How far is it to the moon?
    • What is 6 × 7?

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