A pictogram is a chart which uses pictures to represent data in a simple way.
All pictograms have a key which tells you what one image represents. To read a pictogram, simply count up the number of images and check the key to see what each image is worth.
The pictogram below represents the number of pizzas sold by a restaurant on each day.
The key shows that in the pictogram one pizza image is the same as pizzas sold. You can see that on Sunday there are and a half pizza images so you can work out the number of pizzas sold as follows:
pizzas sold
Tip: When drawing your own pictogram, make sure that the picture you choose is simple to draw!
To read a pictogram simply count up the number of images and check the key to see what each image is worth.
A pictogram is a chart which uses pictures to represent data in a simple way.
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