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Example 1: In a school everyday some students are absent in each
class. The headmaster of the school decided to make

a pictograph by representing each student who was
absent by .

On Monday the pictograph looked like:

Classes No. of absentees

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V 

Answer the following questions.

(a) Which class has highest number of absent students?

(b) Which class has least number of absent students?

(c) In which class four students are absent?

(d) In which two classes the number of absent students

is equal?

(e) What is the total number of absent students on that
day?

Solution:
Classes I II III IV V

No. of absentees 3 5 8 5 4

(a) Class III has highest number of absentees.

(b) Class I has least number of absentees.

(c) Class V.

(d) Classes II and IV.

(e) Total number = 3 + 5 + 8 + 5 + 4 = 25.

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