The Pictograph.

A pictorial representation, which show the type of quantity and number of each quantity is called a pictograph.

This pictograph represents the different toys available in the section of the supermarket.

And the symbol is a representation of the number of toys of each type. E.g. number of cars is 9 symbols.

The number at the base of the pictograph represents the number of items represented by one symbol in the diagram.

The total number of items of each type is equal:

Number of Symbols x Number of items represented by symbol.

Solved Example

How many items are there in the whole section in total?

Solution:

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