CBSE Class 6 Mathematics Question 34 of 36

Data Handling and Presentation — Question 35

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The number of tigers in India went down drastically between 1900 and 1970. Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to track and protect tigers in India. Starting in 2006, the exact number of tigers in India was tracked. Shagufta and Divya looked up information about the number of tigers in India between 2006 and 2022 in 4-year intervals. They prepared a frequency table for this data and a bar graph to present this data, but there are a few mistakes in the graph. Can you find those mistakes and fix th
Answer

To correct the bar graph, follow the steps given below.
(i) Ensure that the bars are drawn with the correct heights corresponding to the number in the table.
2006 1400 (bar height should correspond to 1400)
2010 1700 (bar height should correspond to 1700)
2014 2200 (bar height should correspond to 2200)
2018 3000 (bar height should correspond to 3000)
2022 3700 (bar height should correspond to 3700)
(ii) Check that the scale on the X-axis, match the numbers provided.
(iii) Correct any inconsistencies in the graph, where the height of the bars does not match the number of tigers.
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