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Question
Students planted trees in 5 villages of Sangli district. Make a bar graph of this data. (Scale: on Y-axis, 1cm = 100 trees)
| Name of place | Dudhgaon | Bagni | Samdoli | Ashta | Kavathepiran |
| No. of trees planted | 500 | 350 | 600 | 420 | 540 |
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Solution
Steps to draw the bar graph:
- In the centre of the graph paper, write the title "Places and number of trees planted".
- Draw the X-axis and Y-axis, and mark O, their point of intersection.
- Write the name of the places on the X-axis at equal distances.
- The number of trees planted is taken on the Y-axis.
- Write the scale in the top right-hand corner i.e. 1 cm = 100 trees on the Y-axis.
- Draw a bar of the appropriate height above the name of each place on the X-axis.

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