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Example 4: The pictograph given below shows the number of fans sold at a shop in the first 6 days
of a week.

Days Number of fans sold = 2 Fans

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

What can we conclude from the above pictograph?

Solution: (a) Number of fans sold on each day.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
5 × 2 = 10 8 × 2 = 16 5 × 2 = 10 4 × 2 = 8 7 × 2 = 14 5 × 2 = 10

(b) Maximum and minimum number of fans were sold on Tuesday and Thursday
respectively.
(c) Equal number of fans were sold on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

Pictorial representation of data
We have learnt that in a pictograph, numbers are represented using pictures or symbols.
Let’s learn to represent data using a pictograph from the following examples.

Example 5: A survey was conducted in a class to know the preferred fruit of the students. The result
is given in the table below.

Type of fruit Mango Apple Litchi Banana
No. of students 7 4 8 6

Represent the above data using a pictograph.
Solution: Type of fruit Number of students

Mango

Apple

Litchi

Banana

Here, each picture of a fruit represents 1 student.

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