Pie Chart

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Pie Chart: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Pie Chart, Advantages of Pie Charts, Disadvantage of Pie Chart, Understanding Pie Charts with Values in Percentages / Fractions and, Drawing Pie Charts with Given Data in Absolute Numbers

Important Questions on Pie Chart

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The size of the circle can be made proportional to the total quantity using a pie chart.

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A pie chart is used to display relative proportions of multiple classes of data.

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It is easy to summarise a large dataset in visual form using a pie chart.

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Is pie chart visually simpler than the other type of graphs? Explain.

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What are the advantages of pie charts?

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The pie chart shows percentage the water used in a household on a Sunday. Identify one disadvantage of the pie chart. 

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Many pie charts may be needed to show changes over time.

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The pie chart shows populations of English native speakers. Identify one disadvantage of the pie chart. 

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The pie chart shows the percentage of earning of three members of a family. Their total earning in a month is $40000. Identify one disadvantage of the pie chart. 

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Write two disadvantages of pie chart.

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In a company there are 1080 workers of different religions. The data of the different religion are given below:

Religion Number of workers
Hindu 450
Muslim 270
Sikh 255
Christian 105

Represent the above data by a pie graph in degrees.

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Various modes of transport used by 1260 students in a given school are given below

Mode of transport Number of students
School bus 350
Private bus 245
Bicycle 210
Rickshaw 175
on foot 280

Represent the above data by a pie graph in degrees.

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Draw a pie chart of the data in degrees given below.

The time spent by a child during a day:

Activity Time spent
Sleep 8 hours
School 6 hours
Home-work 5 hours
Play 3 hours
others 2 hours

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There are 320 children in RMM High School. 14 of them went for a picnic. 12 of them went for a visit to the museum. The remaining didn’t go anywhere. Then, the number of children went for the picnic is _____.

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This circle graph shows pets of Rose dale Pet Show. Observe the graph and if the total percentage of cats is k%, find the value of k. (Write the answer up to 2 decimal places) 

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This circle graph shows pets of Rose dale Pet Show. From the graph, find how many more dogs are there than half the pets?

 

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The pie chart shows the number of students who drank water, milk, juices and soft drinks. Observe the graph.

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 How many students are shown in all?

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This pie chart shows the favourite fruits of all students of Ratan International School. Observe the chart and answer the questions.

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Was apple more or less popular than banana and pear together? By how many votes?

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label the circle graph and answer the questions.

There are 320 children in RMM High School. 14 of them went for a picnic. 12 of them went for a visit to the museum. The remaining didn’t go anywhere.

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How many children went for the picnic and to the museum in all?

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There are 320 children in RMM High School. 14 of them went for a picnic. 12 of them went for a visit to the museum. The remaining didn’t go anywhere. How many children didn’t go anywhere?