Page 259 - ICSE Math 7

Commonwealth Games

Y
Scale on Y-axis: 1 cm = 10 medals
80
Gold Silver Bronze
70

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50
Number of medals 40

30

20

10

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0 A B C D E
Countries

Looking at the multiple bar graph, answer the following questions.
(a) What is the number of silver medals won by country A?

(b) Which country has won a total of 101 medals?

(c) Which country has won the maximum number of gold medals?
(d) For which countries, G > S > B, where G, S and B are the number of gold, silver
and bronze medals respectively?

G + B
(e) For which country = S, where G, S and B are the number of gold, silver and
2
bronze medals respectively?

(f) What is the ratio of the number of bronze medals won by country B to the number
of gold medals won by country E?

Solution: (a) Country A has won 55 silver medals.
(b) Country B has won a total of 38 + 27 + 36 = 101 medals

(c) Country A

(d) Country A and Country E

G + B 12 + 10
(e) Country E;  = = 11 = S
2 2

(f) Bronze medals won by Country B : Gold medals won by Country E

= 36 : 12 = 3 : 1

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