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Following are the choices of games of 40 students of Class VI: football, cricket, football, kho-kho, hockey, cricket, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, tennis, cricket, football, football, hockey - Mathematics

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Question

Following are the choices of games of 40 students of Class VI:

football, cricket, football, kho-kho, hockey, cricket, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, tennis, cricket, football, football, hockey, kho-kho, football, cricket, tennis, football, hockey, kho-kho, football, cricket, cricket, football, hockey, kho-kho, tennis, football, hockey, cricket, football, hockey, cricket, football, kho-kho, football, cricket, hockey, football.

  1. Arrange the choices of games in a table using tally marks.
  2. Which game is liked by most of the students?
  3. Which game is liked by minimum number of students?
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Solution

a. On arranging the given data in a table using tally marks, as shown below

Name of the game Tally marks Number of students
Cricket `cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|) bb|bb|bb|bb|` 9
Football `cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|)` `cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|) bb|bb|bb|` 13
Hockey `cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|) bb|bb|bb|` 8
Kho-Kho `cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|) bb|` 6
Tennis `bb|bb|bb|bb|` 4
Total   40

b. From the table, we can observe that football is liked by most of the students.

c. From the table, we can observe that tennis is liked by minimum number of students.

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Chapter 5: Data Handling - Exercise [Page 75]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 6
Chapter 5 Data Handling
Exercise | Q 26. | Page 75
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