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Marks obtained Tally marks No. of students

7 5

8 3

9 4

(a) Number of students who obtained marks equal to or more than 8 = 3 + 4 = 7.

(b) Number of students who obtained marks below 4 is = 3 + 2 + 4 = 9.
(c) 4 students scored the highest marks, i.e., 9.

Example 2: Following is the choice of eatables of 30 students of Class VI.
Pizza, Burger, Pizza, Ice cream, Pizza, Noodles, Ice cream, Pizza, Burger, Noodles,
Pizza, Ice cream, Pizza, Noodles, Pizza, Noodles, Ice cream, Pizza, Noodles, Pizza,
Pizza, Burger, Noodles, Noodles, Ice cream, Noodles, Pizza, Noodles, Ice cream,
Pizza
(a) Arrange the names of eatables in a table using tally marks.
(b) What is the most preferred choice of the students?
Solution: (a) Let’s arrange the given data in the following table:

Type of eatable Tally marks No. of students
Pizza 12

Burger 3

Ice cream 6

Noodles 9

(b) Clearly, pizza is preferred by most of the students.
Example 3: The following pictograph shows the number of bullock carts in five villages:

Villages Number of bullock carts = 1 Bullock cart

A

B

C

D

E

Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

(a) Which village has the maximum number of bullock carts?
(b) Which village has the minimum number of bullock carts?

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