MP Board Class 6th Maths Solutions Chapter 9 Data Handling Ex 9.2
Question 1.
Total number of animals in 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 many 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:
(a) 6 symbols represent animals of village E.
(b) Village B has the maximum number of animals.
(c) Village C has more animals than village A.
Question 2.
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 img 2 to represent 100 students and answer the following questions:
(a) How many symbols represent total number of students in the year 2002?
(b) How many symbols represent total number of students for the year 1998?
B. Prepare another pictograph of students using any other symbol each representing 50 students. Which pictograph do you find more informative?
Solution:
A.
(a) 6 symbols represent total number of students in the year 2002.
(b) Five completed and one incomplete symbols represent total number of students for the year 1998.
B.
Pictograph B is more informative than pictograph A.