Question

The pictograph shows different subject books which are kept in a library.

Subject	Number of books
Hindi
English
History
Science
Maths

= 100 books

(i) How many English books are there in the library?
(ii) How many maths books are there?
(iii) Which books are maximum in number?
(iv) Which books are minimum in number?

Answer 1

Given, 1 figure = 100 books
or
= 100 books
Based on the above pictograph and the given data, we can prepare the following chart to ascertain the number of books present in the library for each subject:

Subject	Number of books
Hindi	$5\frac{1}{2}\times 100=550$
English	8 × 100 = 800
History	2 × 100 = 200
Science	4 × 100 = 400
Maths	$2\frac{1}{2}\times 100=250$

(i) From the above chart we can say that there are 800 English books in the library.
(ii) The calculation on the above chart shows that there are 250 Maths books in the library.
(iii) From the above chart we can say that the English books are maximum in number, as there are 800 books of that subject.
∴ English
(iv) From the above chart we can see that the History books are minimum in number, as there are only 200 books of that subject.
∴ History