Year 3 bar charts, pictograms and tables test to download as PDF

This Year 3 bar charts, pictograms and tables test lasts 30 minutes and is marked out of 20. It covers the whole chapter for pupils aged 7-8, and the full answers are on a separate page.

⏱️ Duration : 30 min
🎯 Total : 20 marks
❓ 5 questions

Mark/20

Question 1 – Pictogram
One symbol stands for 6 children. The table shows the number of symbols: football 4, hockey 2, netball 3.
1. How many children chose football? (1 mark)
2. How many children chose netball? (1 mark)
3. How many more chose football than hockey? (2 marks)
Question 2 – Table
The table shows the number of cars passing the school each hour.
Time Cars
9 am 35
10 am 28
11 am 18
1. How many cars passed at 9 am? (1 mark)
2. At which time were there the fewest cars? (1 mark)
3. How many cars passed in the three hours? (2 marks)
Question 3 – Bar chart
The bar chart shows the number of books read by four children.
1. How many books did Mia read? (1 mark)
2. Who read the fewest books? (1 mark)
3. How many more books did Mia read than Eli? (1 mark)
4. How many books did the four children read in total? (1 mark)
Question 4 – Choose a scale
The numbers of children in four clubs are 24, 16, 8 and 12.
1. Which scale would you use on a bar chart: steps of 1, 4 or 20? Explain. (2 marks)
2. Write the tally for the number 12. (1 mark)
3. How many children in total? (1 mark)
Question 5 – Problem: the school survey
A survey asks 50 children how they get to school. 22 walk, 14 come by car and 6 cycle. The rest come by bus.
1. How many come by bus? (2 marks)
2. How many more children walk than cycle? (1 mark)
3. Draw a pictogram. One symbol stands for 2 children. How many symbols for walking? (1 mark)

Time	Cars
9 am	35
10 am	28
11 am	18

How to use this Year 3 bar charts, pictograms and tables test

First, revise with the bar charts, pictograms and tables lesson and the worksheet. Then sit the test in one go, with a timer set to 30 minutes. After that, mark your work with the bar charts, pictograms and tables test answers. If you lose marks on a question, redo it the next day without help.

Finally, you can download this Year 3 bar charts, pictograms and tables test as a PDF and print it like a real exam paper. Moreover, all the pages of this chapter work together, so you can move between them at any time. For example, many pupils read the lesson on Monday, practise on Wednesday and test themselves on Friday.