One Apple Means Two: Author's Purpose

Read about pictographs, then work out why the author wrote it.

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Pictographs are special pictures that show information.

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Pictographs are special pictures that show information. Each picture stands for a certain number of things. For example, if one picture of an apple means 2 apples, then three pictures of apples mean 6 apples!

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Pictographs help us see and understand data easily. They make it fun to learn about numbers and compare different groups.

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Why did the author most likely write this passage?

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Authors use examples to explain their ideas. Which sentence from the passage gives an example?

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