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3rd grade · Math · Unit 15 of 16

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-3.MD.3 · drawing and reading scaled picture graphs and bar graphs to answer how-many-more 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

Scaled Graphs in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 15 of 16 in 3rd grade Math, after Halves & Fourths of an Inch and before Equal Areas.

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

    On a picture graph, each picture stands for 2. How many pictures show 16?

    • 16
    • 9
    • 8
    • 2

  2. Question 2

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

    • What time does the sun set today?
    • What is my best friend's name?
    • What is 6 × 7?
    • What is our class's favorite sport?

  3. Question 3

    How many for frogs?

    Animals seen on a hike

    birds
    🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
    squirrels
    🐿️
    deer
    🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌
    frogs
    🐸🐸

    Each picture = 2

    • 4
    • 8
    • 2
    • 6
    • 10

  4. Question 4

    How many in all?

    Favorite season

    spring
    🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
    summer
    ☀️☀️
    fall
    🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
    winter
    ⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄

    Each picture = 2

    • 40
    • 42
    • 46
    • 52
    • 23

  5. Question 5

    How many more for birds than for frogs?

    Animals seen on a hike
    0510152025303540🐦 birds🐿️ squirrels🦌 deer🐸 frogs
    • 15
    • 40
    • 6
    • 35
    • 30

  6. Question 6

    On a picture graph, each picture stands for 10. How many pictures show 40?

    • 4
    • 5
    • 40
    • 10

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