A The following table gives the number of children grouped according to their favourite subjects-Draw a bar graph using a suitable scale- -4 MARKS- begin array - - hlineSubject - No- of Children IWhlineEnglish - 32 Whline Hindi - 18 WhlineMathematics - 28 WhlineScience - 40 WhlineHistory - 36 Whline Geography - 26 Whlineb According to the graph- in which month is the number of people attending mass prayers maximum and in which month is the number of people attending lunch minimum-

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Standard VII

Mathematics

Double Bar Graphs

a The followi...

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(a) The following table gives the number of children grouped according to their favourite subjects :

Draw a bar graph using a suitable scale. [4 MARKS]

$\begin{matrix} S u b j e c t & N o . o f C h i l d r e n E n g l i s h & 32 H i n d i & 18 M a t h e m a t i c s & 28 S c i e n c e & 40 H i s t o r y & 36 G e o g r a p h y & 26 \end{matrix}$

(b) According to the graph, in which month is the number of people attending mass prayers maximum and in which month is the number of people attending lunch minimum?

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(a) Scale: x axis - Subjects
y axis - Number of children; 1 cm = 5 units

Bar graph :

(b)

As seen from the graph, the month in which the maximum number of people attended the mass prayer is in April because the blue bar is longest for the month of April. Similarly, the month in which the minimum number of people attended lunch is in March because the orange bar is shortest for the month of March.

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“You are William Playfair!!!” Jack exclaimed with super surprise. “Yes, I am”, he replied. While Jack was still in the state of astonishment, William asked him, “Can you help me again? I have a list of the number of people who have attended the mass prayers and lunch offered at the church. But I am facing difficulty comparing them. Can you help me to compare them easily?” According to his list, then, Jack drew a bar chart (which William doesn’t know anything about). It came as:

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