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A pictograph uses pictures/symbols to show amounts. Each icon represents a fixed number.
Legend is crucial: "1 🐘 = 10 elephants" tells you how to read the chart.
Great for elementary comparisons, less precise for big or unusual numbers.
Example
🐘🐘🐘½ means 3.5 × 10 = 35 elephants.
💡 Tip:Half icons are common. Always look for the legend first.
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5 questions to check what you just read.
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- Q1.1 🐘 = 10 elephants. 3.5 🐘 represents:
- Q2.Pictograph: 4 🍎 = 48 apples. Each icon =:
- Q3.A legend tells us:
- Q4.Half an icon means:
- Q5.Pictographs are best for: