Question

The names of the heads of some families in a village and the quantity of drinking water their family consumes in one day are given below. Draw a bar graph for this data.
(Scale : On Y - axis, 1cm = 10 litres of water)

Name	Ramesh	Shobha	Ayub	Julie	Rahul
Litres of water used	30 litres	60 litres	40 litres	50 litres	55 litres

Answer 1

Steps to draw the bar graph:

(1) In the centre of the graph paper, write the title "Heads and quantity of drinking water consumed".

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

(3) Write the names of the head of the families on the X-axis at equal distances.

(4) The quantity of the drinking water consumed is taken on the Y-axis.

(5) Write the scale in the top right hand corner i.e. 1 cm = 10 litres of water on the Y-axis.

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