Chapter 5 – Data Handling

Class 6 Mathematics · 51 questions · 34 with answers

Solved examples

example-1Multiple choice

Using tally marks which one of the following represents the number five?

  • (A)
  • (B)
  • (C)
  • (D)
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Solution: Answer is (D).

example-2Multiple choice

State whether the following statements are true or false:

  • (a)A tabular form of data is also a pictorial representation of the data.
  • (b)A pictograph represents data in the form of pictures of objects or parts of objects.
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Solution: (a) False (b) True 11.4.2018 UNIT-5

example-3Short answer

The blood groups of 25 students are recorded as under: A, B, O, A, AB, O, A, O, B, A, O, B, A, AB, AB, A, A, B, B, O, B, AB, O, A, B. Arrange the information in a table using tally marks.

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Solution: Blood group Tally marks Number of students A 8 B 7 O 6 AB 4

example-4Short answer

In a school, there are five sections of Class VI. The number of students in each section is given below: Section A B C D E Number of 40 44 42 36 32 students Represent the above data using a bar graph.

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Solution: First of all, draw a horizantal line and a vertical line. Choose a suitable scale along the vertical line, say 1 unit length= 4 students. On the horizontal line, write the sections A, B, C, D and E. Draw vertical bars on the respective section showing the number of students in that section. Number of students A B C D E Sections 11.4.2018

example-5Multiple choice

The number of vistors in a science exhibition on different days of a week is shown below: Look at the above pictograph and answer the following questions: Day Number of Visitors = 100 visitors Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

  • (a)What is the total number of visitors from Monday to Saturday?
  • (b)On which day was the number of visitors maximum? What was their total number?
  • (c)On which day was the number of visitors minimum?
  • (d)On which day was the number of visitors same as the number of visitors on two days taken together?
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Solution: Number of visitors on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday were 550, 700, 1000, 900, 900, and 1250 respectively. (a) The total number of visitors from Monday to Saturday = 550 + 700 + 1000 + 900 + 900 + 1250 = 5300 11.4.2018 (b) The number of visitors was maximum on Saturday and the number was 1250. (c) The number of visitors was minimum on Monday and the number was 550. (d) The number of visitors on Saturday was 1250 which was equal to the total number of visitors on Monday (550) and Tuesday (700). In questions 1 to 5, out of the four options, only one is correct. write the correct answer.

Questions

Q1Multiple choice

Using tally marks, which one of the following represents the number eight:

  • (A)
  • (B)
  • (C)
  • (D)
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(D)

Q2Short answer

The marks (out of 10) obtained by 28 students in a Mathematics test are listed as below: 8, 1, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 0, 1, 9, 7, 8, 0, 5, 8, 3, 0, 8, 10, 10, 3, 4, 8, 7, 8, 9, 2, 0 The number of students who obtained marks more than or equal to

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(D)

Q5Multiple choice

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  • (A)13
  • (B)15
  • (C)16
  • (D)17 3. In question 2 above, the number of students who scored marks less than 4 is (A) 15 (B) 13 (C) 12 (D) 10 4. The choices of the fruits of 42 students in a class are as follows: A, O , B , M , A , G , B , G , A , G , B , M , A , G , M , A , B , G , M , B , A , O , M , O , G , B , O , M , G , A , A , B , M , O , M , G , B , A , M , O , M , O, 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS where A, B, G, M and O stand for the fruits Apple, Banana, Grapes, Mango and Orange respectively. Which two fruits are liked by an equal number of students? (A) A and M (B) M and B (C) B and O (D) B and G 5. According to data of question 4, which fruit is liked by most of the students? (A) O (B) G (C) M (D) A In questions 6 to 13, state whether the given statements are true (T) or false (F).
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(C) 16

Q6Short answer

In a bar graph, the width of bars may be unequal.

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F

Q7Short answer

In a bar graph, bars of uniform width are drawn vertically only.

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F

Q8Short answer

In a bar graph, the gap between two consecutive bars may not be the same.

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F

Q9Short answer

In a bar graph, each bar (rectangle) represents only one value of the numerical data.

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T

Q10Short answer

To represent the population of different towns using bar graph, it is convenient to take one unit length to represent one person.

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F

Q11Short answer

Pictographs and bar graphs are pictorial representations of the numerical data.

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T

Q12Short answer

An observation occurring five times in a data is recorded as | | | | |, using tally marks.

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F

Q13Fill in the blanks

In a pictograph, if a symbol represents 50 books in a library shelf, then the symbol represents 25 books. In questions 14 to 20, fill in the blanks to make the statements true:

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T

Q14Fill in the blanks

A _______ is a collection of numbers gathered to give some meaningful information.

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data

Q15Fill in the blanks

The data can be arranged in a tabular form using _______ marks.

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tally

Q16Fill in the blanks

A _______ represents data through pictures of objects. DATA HANDLING 73 11.4.2018

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pictograph

Q17Fill in the blanks

In a bar graph, ________ can be drawn horizontally or vertically.

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bars

Q18Fill in the blanks

In a bar graph, bars of ________ width can be drawn horizontally or vertically with ________ spacing between them.

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uniform, equal

Q19Fill in the blanks

An observation occurring seven times in a data is represented as ________ using tally marks.

Q20Fill in the blanks

In a pictograph, if a symbol represents 20 flowers in a basket then stands for ________ flowers.

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60

Q21Fill in the blanks

On the scale of 1 unit length = 10 crore, the bar of length 6 units will represent ________ crore and of ——— units will represent 75 crore.

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60, 7.5

Q22Short answer

In an examination, the grades achieved by 30 students of a class are given below. Arrange these grades in a table using tally marks: B, C, C, E, A, C, B, B, D, D, D, D, B, C, C, C, A, C, B, E, A, D, C, B, E, C, B, E, C, D

Q23Short answer

The number of two wheelers owned individually by each of 50 families are listed below. Make a table using tally marks. 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1 Find the number of families having two or more, two wheelers.

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Grades Tally marks Number of Tally marks A two wheelers B 0 19 Families OOLRLPNOV

Q24Multiple choice

The lengths in centimetres (to the nearest centimetre) of 30 carrots are given as follows: 15, 22, 21, 20, 22,15, 15, 20, 20,15, 20, 18, 20, 22, 21, 20, 21, 18, 21, 18, 20, 18, 21, 18, 22, 20, 15, 21, 18, 20 Arrange the data given above in a table using tally marks and answer the following questions.

  • (a)What is the number of carrots which have length more than 20 cm? 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS
  • (b)Which length of the carrots occur maximum number of times? Minimum number of times?
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(a) What is the number of carrots which have length more than 20 cm? 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS

(b) Which length of the carrots occur maximum number of times? Minimum number of times?

Q25Long answer

Thirty students were interviewed to find out what they want to be in future. Their responses are listed as below: doctor, engineer, doctor, pilot, officer, doctor, engineer, doctor, pilot, officer, pilot, engineer, officer, pilot, doctor, engineer, pilot, officer, doctor, officer, doctor, pilot, engineer, doctor, pilot, officer, doctor, pilot, doctor, engineer Arrange the data in a table using tally marks.

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Responses Tally Marks Number of Responses Doctor 10 Engineer 6 Pilot 8 Officer 6

Q26Multiple choice

Following are the choices of games of 40 students of Class VI: football, cricket, football, kho-kho, hockey, cricket, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, tennis, cricket, football, football, hockey, kho-kho, football, cricket, tennis, football, hockey, kho-kho, football, cricket, cricket, football, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, football, hockey, cricket, football, hockey, cricket, football, kho-kho, football, cricket, hockey, football.

  • (a)Arrange the choices of games in a table using tally marks.
  • (b)Which game is liked by most of the students?
  • (c)Which game is liked by minimum number of students?
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(a) Arrange the choices of games in a table using tally marks.

(b) Which game is liked by most of the students?

(c) Which game is liked by minimum number of students?

Q27Fill in the blanks

Fill in the blanks in the following table which represents shirt size of 40 students of a school. Shirt size Tally Marks Number of students

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Shirt size 32 : 5, Shirt size 34 : , Shirt size 36 : 7 Shirt size 38 : , Shirt size 40 :

Q30Multiple choice

3 34 8 38 10 40 7 DATA HANDLING 75 11.4.2018 UNIT-5 28. Following pictograph represents some surnames of people listed in the telephone directory of a city Surname Number of people = 100 people Khan Patel Saikia Singh Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

  • (a)How many people have surname ‘Roy’?
  • (b)Which surname appears the maximum number of times in the telephone directory?
  • (c)Which surname appears the least number of times in the directory?
  • (d)Which two surnames appear an equal number of times? 29. Students of Class VI in a school were given a task to count the number of articles made of different materials in the school. The information collected by them is represented as follows: 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS Material used Articles = 20 articles Wood Glass Metal Rubber Plastic Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions: (a) Which material is used in maximum number of articles? (b) Which material is used in minimum number of articles? (c) Which material is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal? (d) What is the total number of articles counted by the students? 30. The number of scouts in a school is depicted by the following pictograph: Class Number of scouts = 10 scouts VIII DATA HANDLING 77 11.4.2018 UNIT-5 Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions: (a) Which class has the minimum number of scouts? (b) Which class has the maximum number of scouts? (c) How many scouts are there in Class VI? (d) Which class has exactly four times the scouts as that of Class X? (e) What is the total number of scouts in the Classes VI to X?
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(a) How many people have surname ‘Roy’?

(b) Which surname appears the maximum number of times in the telephone directory?

(c) Which surname appears the least number of times in the directory?

(d) Which two surnames appear an equal number of times? 29. Students of Class VI in a school were given a task to count the number of articles made of different materials in the school. The information collected by them is represented as follows: 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS Material used Articles = 20 articles Wood Glass Metal Rubber Plastic Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions: (a) Which material is used in maximum number of articles? (b) Which material is used in minimum number of articles? (c) Which material is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal? (d) What is the total number of articles counted by the students? 30. The number of scouts in a school is depicted by the following pictograph: Class Number of scouts = 10 scouts VIII DATA HANDLING 77 11.4.2018 UNIT-5 Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions: (a) Which class has the minimum number of scouts? (b) Which class has the maximum number of scouts? (c) How many scouts are there in Class VI? (d) Which class has exactly four times the scouts as that of Class X? (e) What is the total number of scouts in the Classes VI to X?

Q31Multiple choice

A survey was carried out in a certain school to find out the popular school subjects among students of Classes VI to VIII. The data in this regard is displayed as pictograph given below: Subject Number of Students = 50 students Hindi English Mathematics Science Social Studies

  • (a)Which subject is most popular among the students?
  • (b)How many students like Mathematics?
  • (c)Find the number of students who like subjects other than Mathematics and Science. 11.4.2018
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(a) Which subject is most popular among the students?

(b) How many students like Mathematics?

(c) Find the number of students who like subjects other than Mathematics and Science. 11.4.2018

Q32Multiple choice

The following pictograph depicts the information about the areas in sqkm (to nearest hundred) of some districts of Chhattisgarh State: District Area (in km2) = 1000sqkm Raigarh Rajnandgaon Koria Mahasamund Kabirdham Jashpur

  • (a)What is the area of Koria district?
  • (b)Which two districts have the same area?
  • (c)How many districts have area more than 5000 square kilometres?
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(a) What is the area of Koria district?

(b) Which two districts have the same area?

(c) How many districts have area more than 5000 square kilometres?

Q33Short answer

The number of bottles of cold drinks sold by a shopkeeper on six consecutive days is as follows: Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Number of 350 200 300 250 100 150 bottles Prepare a pictograph of the data using one symbol to represent 50 bottles.

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Day Bottles = 50 bottles Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Q34Short answer

The following table gives information about the circulation of newspapers (dailies) in a town in five languages. Language English Hindi Tamil Punjabi Gujarati Number of 5000 8500 500 2500 1000 newspapers Prepare a pictograph of the above data, using a symbol of your choice, each representing 1000 newspapers. 11.4.2018 UNIT-5

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Language News paper = 1000 news papers English Hindi Tamil Punjabi Gujarati

Q35Short answer

Annual expenditure of a company in the year 2007-2008 is given below: Items Expenditure (Rs in lakh) Salaries of employees 65 Advertisement 10 Purchase of machinery 85 Electricity and water 15 Transportation 25 Other expenses 30 Prepare a pictograph of the above data using an appropriate symbol to represent Rs 10 lakh.

Q36Multiple choice

The following bar graph shows the number of houses (out of 100) in a town using different types of fuels for cooking. Read the bar graph and answer the following questions: Scale: 1 unit length = 5 houses

  • (a)Which fuel is used in maximum number of houses?
  • (b)How many houses are using coal as fuel?
  • (c)Suppose that the total number of houses in the town is 1 lakh. From the above graph estimate the number of houses using electricity. 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS
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(a) Which fuel is used in maximum number of houses?

(b) How many houses are using coal as fuel?

(c) Suppose that the total number of houses in the town is 1 lakh. From the above graph estimate the number of houses using electricity. 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS

Q37Multiple choice

The following bar graph represents the data for different sizes of shoes worn by the students in a school. Read the graph and answer the following questions. Scale : 1 unit length = 50 students

  • (a)Find the number of students whose shoe sizes have been collected.
  • (b)What is the number of students wearing shoe size 6?
  • (c)What are the different sizes of the shoes worn by the students?
  • (d)Which shoe size is worn by the maximum number of students? (e) Which shoe size is worn by minimum number of students? (f) State whether true or false: The total number of students wearing shoe sizes 5 and 8 is the same as the number of students wearing shoe size 6.
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(a) Find the number of students whose shoe sizes have been collected.

(b) What is the number of students wearing shoe size 6?

(c) What are the different sizes of the shoes worn by the students?

(d) Which shoe size is worn by the maximum number of students? (e) Which shoe size is worn by minimum number of students? (f) State whether true or false: The total number of students wearing shoe sizes 5 and 8 is the same as the number of students wearing shoe size 6.

Q38Multiple choice

The following graph gives the Scale : 1 unit length = 10 tickets information about the number of railway tickets sold for different cities on a railway ticket counter between 6.00 am to 10.00 am. Read the bar graph and answer the following questions.

  • (a)How many tickets were sold in all?
  • (b)For which city were the maximum number of tickets sold? DATA HANDLING 81 11.4.2018 UNIT-5
  • (c)For which city were the minimum number of tickets sold?
  • (d)Name the cities for which the number of tickets sold is more than 20. (e) Fill in the blanks: Number of tickets sold for Delhi and Jaipur together exceeds the total number of tickets sold for Patna and Chennai by _______.
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(a) How many tickets were sold in all?

(b) For which city were the maximum number of tickets sold? DATA HANDLING 81 11.4.2018 UNIT-5

(c) For which city were the minimum number of tickets sold?

(d) Name the cities for which the number of tickets sold is more than 20. (e) Fill in the blanks: Number of tickets sold for Delhi and Jaipur together exceeds the total number of tickets sold for Patna and Chennai by _______.

Q39Multiple choice

The bar graph given below represents approximate length (in kilometres) of some National Highways in India. Study the bar graph and answer the following questions: Scale : 1 unit length = 200km

  • (a)Which National Highway (N.H.) is the longest among the above?
  • (b)Which National Highway is the shortest among the above?
  • (c)What is the length of National Highway 9?
  • (d)Length of which National Highway is about three times the National Highway10?
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(a) Which National Highway (N.H.) is the longest among the above?

(b) Which National Highway is the shortest among the above?

(c) What is the length of National Highway 9?

(d) Length of which National Highway is about three times the National Highway10?

Q40Multiple choice

The bar graph given below represents the circulation of newspapers in different languages in a town. Study the bar graph and answer the following questions: 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS Scale : 1 unit length = 200 Newspapers

  • (a)What is the circulation of English newspaper?
  • (b)Name the two languages in which circulation of newspaper is the same.
  • (c)By how much is the circulation of newspaper in Hindi more than the newspaper in Bengali?
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(a) What is the circulation of English newspaper?

(b) Name the two languages in which circulation of newspaper is the same.

(c) By how much is the circulation of newspaper in Hindi more than the newspaper in Bengali?

Q41Multiple choice

Read the bar graph given below and answer the following questions: Scale : 1 unit = 50 students

  • (a)What information is given by the bar graph?
  • (b)In which year is the number of students maximum?
  • (c)In which year is the number of students twice as that of 2001-02?
  • (d)In which year did the number of students decrease as compared to previous year? (e) In which year is the increase in number of students maximum as compared to the previous year? DATA HANDLING 83 11.4.2018 UNIT-5
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(a) What information is given by the bar graph?

(b) In which year is the number of students maximum?

(c) In which year is the number of students twice as that of 2001-02?

(d) In which year did the number of students decrease as compared to previous year? (e) In which year is the increase in number of students maximum as compared to the previous year? DATA HANDLING 83 11.4.2018 UNIT-5

Q42Short answer

The lengths in km (rounded to nearest hundred) of some major rivers of India is given below: River Length (in km) Narmada 1300 Mahanadi 900 Brahmputra 2900 Ganga 2500 Kaveri 800 Krishna 1300 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information.

Q43Short answer

The number of ATMs of different banks in a city is shown below: Bank Number of ATMs Syndicate Bank 5 Dena Bank 15 Indian Bank 20 State Bank of India 25 Vijaya Bank 10 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information by choosing the scale of your choice.

Q44Short answer

Number of mobile phone users in various age groups in a city is listed below: Age group (in years) Number of mobile users 1—20 25000 21—40 40000 41—50 35000 61—80 10000 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information. 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS

Q45Short answer

The following table gives the number of vehicles passing through a toll gate, every hour from 8.00 am. to 1.00 pm: Time 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 Interval to to to to to 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 1.00 Number 250 450 300 250 150 of vehicles Draw a bar graph representing the above data.

Q46Short answer

The following table represents income of a Gram Panchayat from different sources in a particular year: Sources Income (in Rs.) Income from local taxes 75000 Funds received from government 150000 Donations 25000 Income from other resources 50000 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information.

Q47Short answer

The following table gives the data of number of schools (stage-wise) of a country in the year 2002. Stage Number of schools (in thousands) Primary 80 Upper Primary 55 Secondary 30 Higher Secondary 20 Draw a bar graph to represent the above data: DATA HANDLING 85 11.4.2018 UNIT-5

Q48Short answer

Home appliances sold by a shop in one month are given as below: Home appliance Number of home appliances Refrigerator 75 Television 45 Washing Machine 30 Cooler 60 DVD Player 30 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information.

Q49Multiple choice

In a botanical garden, the number of different types of plants are found as follows: Type of the plant Number of plants Herb 50 Shrub 60 Creeper 20 Climber 45 Tree 95 Draw a bar graph to represent the above information and answer the following questions:

  • (a)Which type of plant is maximum in number in the garden?
  • (b)Which type of plant is minimum in number in the garden?
Q50Short answer

Prepare a bar graph of the data given in question 28.

Q51Short answer

Refer to question 39. Prepare a pictograph of the data by taking a suitable symbol to represent 200 kilometers.

Q52Short answer

Prepare a pictograph of the information given in question 38.

Q53Short answer

Refer to question 23. Prepare a bar graph of the data. 11.4.2018 MATHEMATICS

Q54Short answer

The following table shows the area of the land on which different crops were grown. Crop Area of land (in million hectares) Rice 50 Wheat 30 Pulses 20 Sugarcane 25 Cotton 15 Prepare a pictograph by choosing a suitable symbol to represent 10 million hectares.

Q55Short answer

Refer to question 54. Prepare a bar graph of the data. DATA HANDLING 87 11.4.2018 UNIT-5 Rough Work 11.4.2018