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2. Given below is the histogram depicting the salaries earned
by employees of a company. Study the histogram and Y
answer the questions that follow:
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(a) What is the class size? 14
(b) In which group the number of employees was 12
maximum? Number of employees 10
(c) In which group the number of employees was 8
minimum? 6
(d) How many employees earn less than ` 2,500? 4
(e) What are the total number of employees in the 2
company? 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 X
1,500 2,500 3,500
(f) How many employees are paid the highest? Salary (in `)

3. The following table shows the subjects preferred by 300 students of a school during a survey. Represent
it in a pie chart.

Subjects Maths Science English Moral Science Social Science Total

Number of students 75 60 90 40 35 300
4. Plot the following points on a graph:
A (2, 0) B (–3, 4) C (0, –1) D (3, 2) E (–2, –5)
5. In which quadrants do the following points lie?
(9, 6) (–3, –7) (2, –4) (–8, 5) (3, –8)
6. The runs scored by a cricket team in the first 10 overs are given below:

Overs I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
Runs 4 3 6 2 1 4 8 10 6 12
Draw a graph to represent the above data.

Thinking Skills

1. Ranu and Manu are two runners in a 500 m race.
The graph shows the progress in a race made by them. Y
Read the graph and answer the following questions:
(a) At what time were Ranu and Manu at the same 600
level? 550
(b) Did Ranu finish before Manu or Manu before 500
Ranu? 450
Distance (in metres) 300
(c) Who had more speed in the first 10 seconds? 400
(d) Who was leading after 50 seconds? 350 Manu

250
200
150
100 Ranu
50
X
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Time (in seconds)

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