1. How would you show the number 7 in tally marks?
- A|||||||
- B||||̸ ||
- C||||| ||
- D|| ||| ||
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Answer: B) ||||̸ ||
7 = 5 + 2. One crossed group of five (||||̸) plus two single strokes.
Class 6 Data Handling — practice questions with answers
Data Handling · 5 sample questions from the school syllabus. Try each one, then open the answer and the worked solution.
2. What is the name given to a collection of facts or numbers gathered for a purpose?
- AData
- BFrequency
- CTally
- DGraph
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Answer: A) Data
A collection of facts or figures gathered for a purpose is called data.
3. The number of students absent on each day of a week was: Mon 3, Tue 5, Wed 2, Thu 4, Fri 6. On which day were the most students absent?
- AMonday
- BWednesday
- CThursday
- DFriday
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Answer: D) Friday
The highest absence count is 6, which is on Friday.
4. Runs scored by a batsman in 5 matches: 30, 45, 0, 60, 15. In how many matches did he score more than 25 runs?
- A4
- B2
- C3
- D6
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Answer: C) 3
Scores above 25 are 30, 45 and 60 — that is 3 matches.
5. A class collected the favourite colours of 36 students. Red 9, Blue 11, Green 7, Yellow got the rest. To draw a pictograph with 1 symbol = 3 students, how many symbols would the Yellow row need?
- A4
- B6
- C3
- D2
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Answer: C) 3
Yellow = 36 − (9 + 11 + 7) = 36 − 27 = 9 students. Symbols = 9 ÷ 3 = 3.
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