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Learning Outcomes

� Pictograph � Bar graph � Circle graph

Boot-Up

There was a big excitement at the club where the Snooker Championship was held. The main contestants
for the title were Ankit, Deepak, Gaurav and Nitin.
Each player had his own fans following as shown below in the pictograph:

Favourite Number of people supporting
Players the players

Ankit

Deepak

Gaurav

Nitin

Key: = 2 people

From the pictograph answer the questions given below:
1. How many people want Nitin to win? ______________________________

2. How many people are cheering for Gaurav? ______________________________
3. Who is the favourite player for maximum number of people? ______________________________
4. Who is the least favourite player? ______________________________

Pictograph

Representing numerical data by pictures and symbols is called pictograph.
Drawing a Pictograph

To draw a pictograph, we follow these steps:

Step 1: Choose an appropriate symbol to represent data such that it easily divides all the
observations.

Step 2: Draw a pictograph with a suitable title.
Let us learn through examples.