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1st grade · Math · Unit 14 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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-1.MD.4 · organizing, showing and reading data with up to three categories, and how many more or fewer

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 14 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after Jump by Tens and before Add Three Numbers.

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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    How many chose grapes?

    Our favorite fruit

    banana
    🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
    grapes
    🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇
    orange
    🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

    Each picture = 1

    • 7
    • 10
    • 11
    • 9

  2. Question 2

    Which has the fewest?

    Bugs we saw

    butterfly
    🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
    bee
    🐝🐝
    ladybug
    🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

    Each picture = 1

    • 🐝bee
    • 🐞ladybug
    • 🦋butterfly

  3. Question 3

    How many answers are there in all?

    Our pets

    cat
    🐱🐱🐱
    dog
    🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
    fish
    🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

    Each picture = 1

    • 19
    • 16
    • 14
    • 18

  4. Question 4

    How many more chose snowy than rainy?

    Our favorite weather

    rainy
    🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
    windy
    🌬️
    snowy
    ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

    Each picture = 1

    • 2
    • 6
    • 3
    • 4

  5. Question 5

    Which has more: walk or car?

    How we get to school

    bus
    🚌🚌
    car
    🚗🚗🚗
    walk
    🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶🚶

    Each picture = 1

    • 🚶walk
    • 🚗car

  6. Question 6

    Sort them: food or toy?

    Sort into: 🍽️ Food · 🧸 Toy

    • 🍌banana
    • 🍞bread
    • ⚽ball
    • 🪁kite
    • 🍎apple

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