Maharashtra Board Class 6 Chapter 6 Bar Graphs Set 6.2 Solution

Question 1.
The names of the heads of some families in a village and the quantity of drinking water their family consumes in one day are given below. Draw a bar graph for this data.
(Scale: On Y axis. 1 cm = 10 liters of water)

Name	Ramesh	Shobha	Ayub	Julie	Rahul
Liters of water Used	30 L	60 L	40 L	50L	55 L

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Question 2.
The names and numbers of animals in a certain zoo are given below. Use the data to make a bar graph. (Scale: On Y axis, 1 cm = 4 animals).

Animals	Deer	Tiger	Monkey	Rabbit	Peacock
Number	20	4	12	16	8

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Question 3.
The table below gives the number of children who took part in the various items of the talent show as part of the annual school gathering. Make a bar graph to show this data.
(Scale: On Y-axis, 1 cm = 4 children)

Programme	Theater	Dance	Vocal music	Instrumental music	One-act plays
Number of Children	24	40	16	8	4

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Question 4.
The number of customers who came to a juice centre during one week is given in the table below. Make two different bar graphs to show this data.
(On Y-axis, 1 cm = 10 customers, 1 cm = 5 customers)

Type of juice	Orange	Pineapple	Apple	Mango	Pomegranate
Number of customers	50	30	25	65	10

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Question 5.
Students planted trees in 5 villages of Sangli district. Make a bar graph of this data. (Scale: On Y-axis, 1 cm = 100 trees).

Name of Place	Dudhgaon	Bagni	Samdoli	Ashta	Kavathepiran
Number of Trees Planted	500	350	600	420	540

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Question 6.
Yashwant gives different amounts of time as shown below, to different exercises he does during the week. Draw a bar graph to show the details of his schedule using an appropriate scale.

Type of exercise	Running	Yogasanas	Cycling	Mountaineering	Badminton
Time	35 minutes	50 minutes	1 hr 10 min	11/2 hours	45 minutes

Solution:
1 hour = 60 minutes
∴ 1 hour 10 minutes = 1 hour + 10 minutes = 60 minutes +10 minutes = 70 minutes
and 11/2 hours = 1 hour + 1/2 hour = 60 minutes + 30 minutes = 90 minutes
The given table can be written as follows:

Type of Exercise	Running	Yogasanas	Cycling	Moutaineering	Badminton
Time	35 minutes	50 minutes	70 minutes	90 minutes	45 minutes

Question 7.
Write the names of four of your classmates. Beside each name, write his/her weight in kilograms. Enter this data in a table like the above and make a bar graph.
Solution:

Name of classmates	Weight (kg)
Rohan	32
Laxmi	28
Rakesh	40
Riya	36

Scale: On Y-axis, 1 cm = 4 kg [Note: Students can take their own examples]

Intext Questions and Activities

Question 1.
Collect bar graphs from newspapers or periodicals showing a variety of data. (Textbook pg. no. 38)
Solution:
(Student should attempt the activities on their own.)