
How do you choose a scale for a pictograph?
Important Questions on Data Handling
Birthday chart of the students of class is shown below:
Month | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
No. of students |
Represent this information by placing faces in place of numbers in order to draw a pictograph of the above information.
Is there a month in which none of the students have their birthday?

A pictograph given below shows the number of visitors in Red Fort during a week:
On which day was the number of visitors minimum?

The number of fans sold by a shopkeeper during months are given below:
Month | March | April | May | June | July | August |
Number of fans sold |
Taking the scale fans sold, draw the pictograph.

In a school, the number of students in different classes of primary wing are as follows:
Represent this information through a pictograph using the symbol to represent students.
Class | I | II | III | IV | V |
No. of students |
How many circles will represent the students of Class ?

In Delhi, the following cars were sold and registered with the transport authority in a particular week.
Draw a pictograph where a picture of a car represents cars and answer the following:
Day |
Number of cars sold and registered |
Monday | |
Tuesday | |
Wednesday | |
Thursday | |
Friday | |
Saturday |
On which day were the maximum number of cars sold and registered?

Birthday chart of the students of class is shown below:
Month | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
No. of students |
Represent this information by placing faces in place of numbers in order to draw a pictograph of the above information.
In which month do maximum birthdays fall?

What advantage do bar diagrams have over pictographs? Explain with an example.

The beginning of a pictograph should have a _____ of what it represents.

A pictograph given below shows the number of visitors in Red Fort during a week:
Find the number of visitors on Friday.
Should we litter things around while visiting an old monument?

In a class test, the number of students passed in various subjects are given below.
Subject | English | Mathematics | Hindi | Drawing |
Number of students passed |
Taking the scale successful students, draw the pictograph.

Height of the students of Class is shown below:
Height | ||||||||||||
No. of students |
Represent this information by placing faces in place of numbers for the above information and answer the following question:
How many students have the minimum height?

In Delhi, the following cars were sold and registered with the transport authority in a particular week.
Draw a pictograph where a picture of a car represents cars and answer the following:
Day |
Number of cars sold and registered |
Monday | |
Tuesday | |
Wednesday | |
Thursday | |
Friday | |
Saturday |
How many pictures of cars will represent the number of cars sold and registered on Tuesday?

The number of students who absented from the class during a week are given below:
Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
No. of absentees. |
Take the scale absentees. Draw the pictograph.

In Delhi, the following cars were sold and registered with the transport authority in a particular week.
Draw a pictograph where a picture of a car represents cars and answer the following:
Day |
Number of cars sold and registered |
Monday | |
Tuesday | |
Wednesday | |
Thursday | |
Friday | |
Saturday |
How many cars were sold and registered during that week?
What is the minimum age required to drive a vehicle? Is it legal to drive a vehicle without a driving licence?

_____ is a graph that uses pictures to represent data. (Bar Graph/ Pictograph)

A pictograph given below shows the number of visitors in Red Fort during a week:
Find the total number of visitors during the week?


There needs to be at least _____ columns in a pictograph.

The number of stools in five rooms of a school are given below:
Room number | |||||
Number of stools |
Taking the scale stools, draw the pictograph.

Total number of animals in five villages are as follows:
Village A : Village B :
Village C : Village D :
Village E :
Prepare a pictograph of these animal using one symbol to represent animals and answer the following question:
Which village has more animals village A or village C?

