Question

Suppose you are the Principal of a school. There are a few rules for the allocation of students to their sections. 50% of students go to section A, 30% to section B and 20% to section C. There are 150 students in total. If you have to represent the allocation using a graphical method, which one of the following would you prefer?

• A. Pictograph
• B. Line Graph
• C. Pie Chart
• D. Bar Graph

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Pie Chart

Here, we have a whole and we are dividing it into parts. In these situations, using a pie chart is the best option. This is because we can visually see that all the students add up to 100%.

So, whenever we have a whole and we are dividing it into parts, a pie chart is preferable.