Basic Graphical Representations

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Basic Graphical Representations: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Representation of Data, Tabular Representation of Data, Multiple Line Graph & Comparison Using Multiple Line Graphs etc.

Important Questions on Basic Graphical Representations

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Study the following graph carefully and answer the given question. Number of students (Males & Females) passed out from various colleges in a year. (Number in thousands) is shown below:

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What is the average number of students (Males & Females) passed out from all the colleges together?

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

Suppose population of India and China are

Years195119611971198119912001 Population of India (in crores) 3644546884102 Population of China (in crores) 58647090100110

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

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Construct a double bar graph, using the table given below:

 Scores on the practice Test and the Test  Students  Practice Test  Test  Jeff 6070 Peter 7590 John 5555 Mary 8095

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The following table shows the growth in height in terms of the percentage of the full height of boys and girls of their respective ages.

Age(in years) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Boys 72% 75% 78% 81% 84% 88% 92% 95% 98% 99% 100%
Girls 77% 81% 84% 88% 91% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 100% 100%

Draw the line graph of given data.

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The following table shows the growth in height in terms of the percentage of the full height of boys and girls of their respective ages.

Age(in years) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Boys 72% 75% 78% 81% 84% 88% 92% 95% 98% 99% 100%
Girls 77% 81% 84% 88% 91% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 100% 100%

Draw the line graph of given data.

Use the graph to answer the following question:

Who grows faster at puberty (14 years to 16 years of age)?

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Kiara measured the weight of her dog at the end of every month. She used a line graph to display the data.

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Between which two months did the dog grow the most?

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Jane measured the weight of her kitten at the end of every month. She used a pictograph and a line graph to display the data.

Month 1 2 3 4
Weight (kg) 1 2 3 5

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In which two months did the kitten grow at the same rate? Which graph shows this more clearly?

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The line graph is given below shows the sales of a shopkeeper in the first week of January 2016.

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If the cost of one doll is Rs.100, then how many dolls were sold on 4th January 2016 by the shopkeeper.

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The following table gives the quantity of petrol and its cost.

Quantity of petrol (in litres) 10 15 20 25
Cost of petrol (in ₹) 500 750 1000 1250

The graph given below is showing the above data.

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At the cost of .200, how much liter petrol do you get?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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Should this data be represented in line graph?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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What is your prediction for the number of hours of homework that a grade 11 students will have?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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Between which two grades is there the greatest increase in homework requirement?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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In what grade are the homework requirements double those in grade 6?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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In what grade there are no homework requirements?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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What is the average amount of homework required daily for a grade 6 student?

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A study was done to collect data on the amount of homework required from students at a school in Canada.

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How much the average amount of homework increase in grade 7?

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This chart was used in an article that claimed, 'High school graduation rates have increased dramatically under new government!'

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Suppose data on graduation rates were gathered from several decades and represented in this line graph.

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How could this graph be used to justify the original conclusion about there being a dramatic increase in graduation rates?

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This chart was used in an article that claimed, 'High school graduation rates have increased dramatically under new government!'

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Suppose data on graduation rates were gathered from several decades and represented in this line graph.

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What in this graph, if anything, is misleading?

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Obesity prevalence in youth is represented in this line graph.

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Summarize what the statistics are representing. Is there any information missing?