Question

The following bar graph represents the data for different sizes of shoes worn by the students in a school.

Read the graph and answer the following questions.

Scale: 1 unit length = 50 students

1. Find the number of students whose shoe sizes have been collected.
2. What is the number of students wearing shoe size 6?
3. What are the different sizes of the shoes worn by the students?
4. Which shoe size is worn by the maximum number of students?
5. Which shoe size is worn by minimum number of students?
6. State whether true or false:
   The total number of students wearing shoe sizes 5 and 8 is the same as the number of students wearing shoe size 6.

Answer 1

1. The total number of students whose shoes sizes have been collected = 250 + 200 + 300 + 400 + 150 = 1300
2. The number of students wearing shoe size 6 is 300.
3. The different sizes of the shoes worn by the students are 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
4. The shoe size 7 is worn by maximum number of students.
5. The shoe size 8 is worn by minimum number of students.
6. False: Since, the number of students wearing shoe size 5 and 8 is 350 and the number of students wearing shoe size 6 is 300.