Out of 20 boys, 5 play football, 8 play cricket, 4 play basketball, 2 play kabaddi and 1 plays tennis. Roughly represent this data as percentages on a pie chart. [3 MARKS]

Open in App

Solution

Concept: 1 Mark
Application: 2 Marks

$P e r c e n t a g e o f b o y s w h o p l a y e a c h s p o r t = \frac{n u m b e r o f b o y s p l a y i n g s p o r t}{t o t a l n u m b e r o f b o y s} \times 100$

Number of boys who play football
$= \frac{5}{20} \times 100 = 25 %$

Number of boys who play cricket
$= \frac{8}{20} \times 100 = 40 %$

Number of boys who play basketball
$= \frac{4}{20} \times 100 = 20 %$

Number of boys who play kabaddi
$= \frac{2}{20} \times 100 = 10 %$

Number of boys who play tennis
$= \frac{1}{20} \times 100 = 5 %$

This data can be represented in a pie chart as follows:

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

There are 2000 students in a school out of these 1000 play cricket, 600 play basketball, and 550 play football, 120 play cricket and basketball, 80 play baketball and football and 150 play cricket and football and 45 play all the three games. How many students play none of the games?

Q. Out of a total of

800

boys in a school,

224

play cricket,

240

play hockey, and

336

play basketball. Out of the total,

64

play both basketball and hockey,

80

play cricket and basketball, and

40

play cricket and hockey,

24

play all the three games. The number of boys who did not play any game is:

Q. From the above diagram, what is the percentage of boys who do not play any game? C is the set of all boys who play cricket, F is those who play football, and T is those who play tennis.

Examine carefully the following statements and answer the three items that follow.
Out of four friends A, B, C and D,
A and B play football and cricket,
B and C play cricket and hockey,
A and D play basketball and football,
C and D play hockey and basketball.
Who plays football, basketball and hockey?