The sale of electric bulbs on different days of a week is shown below:
Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:
(a) How many bulbs were sold on Friday?
(b) On which day were the maximum number of bulbs sold?
(c) On which of the days same number of bulbs were sold?
(d) On which of the days minimum number of bulbs were sold?
(e) If one big carton can hold 9 bulbs. How many cartons were needed in the given week? Solution (a) Number of bulbs sold on Friday = 7 x 2 = 14
(b) On Sunday, the number of bulbs sold = 9 x 2 = 18 which is maximum in number.
(c) On Wednesday and Saturday, the same number of bulbs were sold, i.e., 4 x 2 = 8
(d) The minimum number of bulbs were sold on Wednesday and Saturday, i.e., 4 x 2 = 8
(e) Total number of bulbs sold in a week = 43 Number of cartons needed 5
= (43 x 2) ÷ 9 = 86 ÷ 9 = 959 = 10 cartons. |
