Paddock Picture Graphs

"Let's count the animals in the paddock," said Suzy.

Little Thunder looked around. There were sheep, chickens and cows everywhere!

"Too many to remember," he said.

"Then let's make a picture graph," said Spike. He set out a big board with three rows.

They counted the sheep. One, two, three, four, five, six. Little Thunder drew six sheep in the top row.

Next, the chickens. One, two, three, four. Four chickens in the middle row.

Last, the cows. Canberra, Lima and Oslo. Three cows in the bottom row.

"Now we can see it all at once!" said Little Thunder.

"Which row is longest?" asked Suzy.

"Sheep! There are the most sheep."

"Which has the fewest?" asked Spike.

"Cows," said Little Thunder. "Only three."

"How many more sheep than cows?"

Little Thunder counted the gap. "Three more!"

Canberra the cow peered at the board. "I'm in a graph? How exciting!"

"Graphs help us count," said Suzy, "and share what we find."