Gujarat Board GSEB Textbook Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 9 Data Handling Ex 9.2 Textbook Questions and Answers.
Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 9 Data Handling Ex 9.2
Question 1.
The total number of animals in the five villages are as follows:
Village A: 80
Village B: 120
Village C: 90
Village D: 40
Village E: 60
Prepare a pictograph of these animals using one symbol to represent 10 animals and answer the following questions:
(a) How may symbols represent animals of village E?
(b) Which village has the maximum number of animals?
(c) Which village has more animals: village A or village C?
Solution:
We have the following pictograph using the given data, such that. represents 10 animals.
(a) 6 symbols represent the animals of village E.
(b) Village B has the maximum number of animals.
(c) Village C has more animals than village A.
GSEB Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 9 Data Handling Ex 9.2
Question 2.
The total number of students of a school in different years is shown in the following table
A. Prepare a pictograph of students using one symbol to represent 100 students and answer the following questions:
(a) How many symbols represent the total number of students in the year 2002?
(b) How many symbols represent the total number of students for the year 1998?
GSEB Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 9 Data Handling Ex 9.2
B. Prepare another pictograph of students using any other symbol each representing 50. students. Which pictograph do you find more informative?
Solution:
A.We have the following pictograph using = 100 students.
(a) In the year 2002, a total number of students is represented by 6 symbols.
B. By taking 5 = 50, we prepare another pictograph as shown below:
Obviously, the second pictograph is more informative.