2nd grade pictographs worksheets
Pictograph worksheets for second grade use a one-to-one key (each symbol stands for one) so reading the graph is careful counting. One question sits below each graph: how many in a category, which has the most, or how two rows compare.
Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core 2.MD.D.10.
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The kind of problems you'll get
Use each pictograph to answer the question.
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How many cats?
Answer: 8
- How many more baseball than soccer?
- Which had the fewest?
Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.
What's on each sheet
- Fluency. Use each pictograph to answer the question. 6 questions per page.
Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.
How to teach this
Read the key together before the first problem, even though each symbol stands for one. The habit pays off next year when keys scale up. Have your child touch each symbol as they count a row, and for compare questions, match symbols one to one across the rows to see the extras instead of counting both and subtracting.
Watch for: Kids count the symbols and stop, answering 4 when the key says each symbol = 2. Read the key first, then multiply. Kids treat a half symbol as one whole. A half symbol is worth half the key's value, so on a key of 10 it counts as 5.
Common questions about pictographs
- What does a problem look like?
- A small table with a row of symbols for each category and a key underneath, plus one question with a writing line: how many in a category, which has the most, or how two rows compare.
- Do second graders multiply here?
- Not yet. At this grade each symbol stands for one, so the work is careful counting and comparing. Scaled keys arrive in third grade.
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Aligned to Common Core 2.MD.D.10. Reviewed by the One more sheet curriculum team. Content version 123, updated July 2026.