A survey was carried out in a certain school to find about different modes of transport used by students to travel to school each day. 30 student of class VI were interviewed and the data obtained was displayed in the form of a pictographs given below:

Mode of transport Number of students

Scooter

Public Bus

School Bus

Cycle

Walking

Look at the above pictograph and answer the following questions:

(i) How many students are using cycle or walking as a mode of travel?
(ii) Which is most popular mode of travel?

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Solution

(i) Number of students shown travelling to school using cycle = 3
Number of students shown walking to school = 8
∴ Number of students using cycle or walking as a mode of travelling to school = 3 + 8 = 11

(ii) The pictograph shows that the maximum number of students, i.e.,10, are using the school bus as a mode of travelling to school.
∴ The most popular mode of travelling to school is the school bus.

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