Data Through Pictures — Question 21

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NCERT Textbook Pages 185-186
Food Wastage in the School Canteen
Rani stays in a residential school. Her school’s dining hall displays the amount of food wasted and the number of children the food could have fed. Given below is the data collected over the weekdays for different food items.
Given below is the data collected over the weekdays for different food items.
Rani was shocked to see the data. What do you think about food wastage? How can we reduce the wastage of food? What can we do with the leftover food?
Solution:
Food wastege is a serious problem because many people do not get enough to eat, while good food is being thrown away. So we should be careful to take only as much food as we can eat.
To reduce wastage, we can plan meals properly store food safely and reuse leftover food by making sandwiches and cutlets. Left over food which is still fresh can also be shared with those who are in need.
Observe the above graph and answer the following questions.