Question

Students planted trees in 5 villages of Sangli district. Make a bar graph of this data. (Scale : on Y - axis, 1cm = 100 trees)

Name of place	Dudhgaon	Bagni	Samdoli	Ashta	Kavathepiran
No. of trees planted	500	350	600	420	540

Answer 1

Steps to draw the bar graph:

(1) In the centre of the graph paper, write the title "Places and number of trees planted".

(2) Draw the X-axis and Y-axis, and mark O, their point of intersection.

(3) Write the name of the places on the X-axis at equal distances.

(4) The number of trees planted is taken on the Y-axis.

(5) Write the scale in the top right hand corner i.e. 1 cm = 100 trees on the Y-axis.

(6) Draw a bar of the appropriate height above the name of each place on the X-axis.