Question

The number of girl students in each class of a co-educational middle school is depicted by the pictograph:

Class	Number of girl students - 4 girls
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII

Observe this pictograph and answer the following questions:

(a) Which class has the minimum number of girl students?

(b) Is the number of girls in Class VI less than the number of girls in Class V?

(c) How many girls are there in Class VII?

Answer 1

From the above table, it can be concluded that in classes I, II, III, IV, V ,VI, VII, VIII, there are 24, 18, 20, 14, 10 , 16, 12, 6 girls respectively.

(a) Class VIIIhas the minimum number of girls, i.e., only 6 girls.

(b) No. In class V and VI, there are 10 and 16 girls respectively. Clearly, the number of girls is more in class VI than that in class V.

(c) There are 12 girls in class VII.