Grade 1 · Maths · Lessons
Three piles
🌸flowers⭐stars🍎apples📊graph
Picture graphs.The big ideaOne picture for each thing. Count a column to see how many.
How it works
A picture graph uses one picture for each thing.
Count a column to see how many.
Add the columns to find how many in all.
Example 1: Make the graph
- You have 3 blocks and 1 flower.
- Draw 3 block pictures and 1 flower picture.
- Each picture is one thing.
Example 2: How many in all?
- There are 1 fish, 2 flowers and 8 stars.
- 1 + 2 + 8 = 11.
- There are 11 things in all.
Example 3: Which is fewest?
- Apples 2, cars 5, stars 8.
- The shortest column is the fewest.
- The apple column has the fewest.
Words to know
- picture graph
- A graph that uses pictures to show how many.
- column
- A line of pictures going up.
Watch out
- One picture is one thing.
- Count each column on its own.
- The shortest column is the fewest.
Try it
- A column has 4 pictures. How many things is that?
- Columns have 2, 3 and 5. How many in all?
- Which column is longest: 2, 6 or 4?
- What does each picture stand for?
Answers: 1. 4 · 2. 10 · 3. 6 · 4. one thing
For grown-upsSort a bag of toys by kind and make a picture graph together.