Bar charts, pictograms and tables – Year 3 maths worksheet with answers to download as PDF

Look at the tally chart for children’s pets. Write the frequency for each pet.

1. Dogs: |||| ||||
2. Cats: |||| |
3. Rabbits: ||||
4. Fish: |||| ||
5. How many children are there in the survey?

The table shows the number of school lunches sold each day.

1. How many lunches were sold on Wednesday?
2. Which day sold the fewest?
3. How many were sold on Monday and Tuesday together?
4. How many were sold altogether in the week?

Look at the pictogram. One circle stands for 2 balloons.

Key: one circle stands for 2 balloons

1. How many balloons were sold on Monday?
2. How many were sold on Tuesday?
3. How many were sold on Wednesday?
4. Which day sold the most?

The bar chart shows how many children chose each activity.

1. How many chose football?
2. How many chose dance?
3. Which activity is the most popular?
4. How many more chose football than swimming?

For each set of numbers, say which scale you would use on the vertical axis of a bar chart: steps of 1, 2, 5 or 10.

1. 3, 5, 4, 2
2. 10, 20, 40, 30
3. 12, 8, 16, 4
4. 25, 15, 30, 10

Complete the table, using the pictogram key: one symbol stands for 5 stickers.

Key: one star stands for 5 stickers

1. Anna has 4 symbols
2. Ben has 7 symbols
3. Cara has 6 symbols
4. How many stickers do the three children have in total?

The bar chart shows the number of sandwiches sold at the school cafe on Friday.

1. How many cheese sandwiches were sold?
2. How many more cheese than egg sandwiches?
3. How many sandwiches in total?
4. Each sandwich costs £2. How much money did the cafe take for ham sandwiches?

A pictogram shows the number of books borrowed from the school library in a week. One book symbol stands for 10 books.

Key: one symbol stands for 10 books

1. How many books were borrowed on Monday?
2. How many were borrowed on Thursday?
3. How many more were borrowed on Thursday than on Monday?
4. The library lent 160 books in the week. Is this more or less than the total for these 3 days?

The table shows the rainfall in millimetres each month in a Welsh village.

1. Which month had the least rain?
2. How much more rain fell in January than in March?
3. What was the total rainfall for the four months?
4. The village needs 160 mm for the reservoir. How much more is needed?

The bar chart shows goals scored by four players in a season.

1. How many goals did Sam score?
2. Who scored the fewest goals?
3. How many goals did the four players score in total?
4. Sam says "I scored more than Ella and Dev together." Is he right?

Year 3 vote for their favourite lunch. The results are shown in the table.

1. How many children voted altogether?
2. Which lunch got the most votes? How many more than salad?
3. Choose a scale for a bar chart. Explain your choice.
4. Pizza and pasta together got how many votes?

A survey asks 40 children how they travel to school. The pictogram shows the results. One symbol stands for 4 children.

Key: one symbol stands for 4 children

1. How many children walk?
2. How many come by bus?
3. How many come by car?
4. Draw how many symbols are needed for bicycle if 4 children cycle.

The school runs four clubs. The table shows how many children joined each club.

1. How many children joined the football and dance clubs together?
2. Which club has exactly 4 more children than dance?
3. How many children joined the four clubs?
4. Draw a bar chart. What scale and heights would you choose?

Mr Ali records the birthday months of his class of 28 children. The table has some missing numbers.

1. March has 3 birthdays, June has 6 and September has 5. The remaining months have the rest. How many birthdays are in the other months?
2. Which month has the most birthdays among those three?
3. Draw a pictogram where one cake symbol stands for 2 birthdays. How many symbols for June?
4. How many symbols for September? Can you draw it exactly?

Four stalls at the school fair took money. The bar chart shows how much each stall took, in pounds.

1. How much did the cake stall take?
2. How much more did the cake stall take than the book stall?
3. What was the total taken by all four stalls?
4. The school wants £150. How much more is needed? Is it fair to say they were halfway?

Zoe asks 60 children which sport they like best. She starts to make a table.

1. Football 24, tennis 12, swimming 18. How many chose another sport?
2. Zoe draws a pictogram with a ball symbol for 6 children. How many symbols for each sport?
3. How many symbols are needed altogether?
4. Which scale would you use for a bar chart? Why?

The table shows the midday temperature in a seaside town over six days in summer.

1. Which day was the warmest and which was the coolest?
2. What is the difference between the warmest and the coolest day?
3. Draw a bar chart. What scale would you choose?
4. The temperatures on Monday, Wednesday and Friday are 21, 24 and 23. What is the total? What is the middle number when you put them in order?

Four classes collect plastic bottles for recycling. The pictogram shows the bottles collected. One bottle symbol stands for 10 bottles.

Key: one symbol stands for 10 bottles

1. How many bottles did Class 3A collect?
2. How many bottles did Class 3B collect?
3. How many bottles did Class 3C collect if it collected half as many as 3A?
4. The classes need 250 bottles for a prize. Together 3A, 3B and 3C collect how many? Do they win the prize?

Priya makes a bar chart for the number of pets: dog 8, cat 6, rabbit 4. She wrote these statements. Check each one.

1. "The dog bar is the tallest."
2. "Cats are twice as popular as rabbits."
3. "There are 18 pets in all."
4. "Cat has 2 more than rabbit."

Mr Singh asks 40 children about their favourite colour. Some numbers are missing from his table.

1. Blue has twice as many children as green. How many chose blue?
2. How many chose yellow if all 40 children answered?
3. Draw a bar chart. What scale would you choose and how tall is each bar?
4. Is it true that red and yellow together got more than blue? Explain.