Question

Following pictograph represents some surnames of people listed in the telephone directory of a city.

Surname	Number of people  = 100 people
Khan
Patel
Rao
Roy
Saikia
Singh

Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

1. How many people have surname ‘Roy’?
2. Which surname appears the maximum number of times in the telephone directory?
3. Which surname appears the least number of times in the directory?
4. Which two surnames appear an equal number of times?

Answer 1

Surname	Number of people
Khan	3 × 100 + 50 = 350
Patel	5 × 100 = 500
Rao	4 × 100 = 400
Roy	4 × 100 = 400
Saikia	2 × 100 = 200
Singh	3 × 100 = 300

1. 400 people have surname ‘Roy’.
2. The surname ‘Patel’ appears the maximum number of times in the telephone directory.
3. The surname ‘Saikia’ appears the least number of times in the telephone directory.
4. The surnames ‘Rao’ and ‘Roy’ appear an equal number of times.