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Solutions: Collecting Data (Section 4.1)

January 20, 2025
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Page 75: Figure it Out

Q1. What would you do to find the most popular game among Naresh’s and Navya’s classmates? Ans: One of the effective ways is to arrange and organize the collected data into a table or frequency distribution table to clearly see the counts.

Q2. What is the most popular game in their class? Ans: Hockey. From the list provided in the text, Hockey appears 8 times (Frequency = 8).

Q4. Pari wants to respond to questions. Put a tick (✓) where she needs to collect data.

  • a. What is the most popular TV show among her classmates? (✓) (Need to ask classmates)
  • b. When did India get independence? (✕) (Fact, no collection needed)
  • c. How much water is getting wasted in her locality? (✓) (Observation required)
  • d. What is the capital of India? (✕) (Fact)

Page 76: Figure it Out

Q1. Complete the table to help Shri Nilesh purchase sweets.

Using the tally marks provided in the chapter:

  • Jalebi: |||| | = 6
  • Gulab Jamun: |||| |||| = 9
  • Gujiya: |||| |||| ||| = 13
  • Barfi: ||| = 3
  • Rasgulla: |||| || = 7

Answers:

  • a. How many students chose jalebi? 6
  • b. Barfi was chosen by 3 students.
  • c. How many students chose gujiya? 13
  • d. Rasgulla was chosen by 7 students.
  • e. How many students chose gulab jamun? 9

Q2. Is the above table sufficient to distribute each type of sweet to the correct student? Ans: No. The table only gives the total number (frequency) of each sweet needed. It does not tell us which specific student asked for which sweet. Shri Nilesh knows he needs 6 Jalebis, but he doesn’t know who to give them to. Alternative: Maintain a list with Student Name corresponding to their Choice.

Page 77: Figure it Out (Shoe Sizes)

Q1. Help her to figure out the following: The ordered data is: 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7.

  • a. The largest shoe size in the class is 7.
  • b. The smallest shoe size in the class is 3.
  • c. There are 10 students who wear shoe size 5. (Count the 5s).
  • d. There are 15 students who wear shoe sizes larger than 4. (Count sizes 5, 6, and 7: 10+4+1=1510 + 4 + 1 = 15).

Q2. How did arranging the data in ascending order help? Ans: It grouped identical values together, making it much faster to count frequencies and identify the minimum and maximum values without searching through a jumbled list.