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NCERT Solutions
Class 6
Maths
Chapter 4 Data Handling and Presentation
Exercise 4.2

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Data Handling and Processing Exercise 4.2

Exercise 4.2 in Chapter 4 - Data Handling and Processing - helps you to draw and understand pictographs. This exercise will be a practice to represent data using pictures or symbols as a representation of data. You will learn how to read a pictograph and then answer questions about it. 

All of the questions in this exercise are aligned with the latest NCERT syllabus and have been designed according with the CBSE guidelines for Class 6. These NCERT Solutions provide detailed step by step answers using clear and simple words. These solutions can help you practice your observational skills and thinking skills to help you at school, and in any exams you may have, including Olympiad exams. 

1.0Download NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Data Handling and Processing Exercise 4.2: Free PDF

Exercise 4.2 teaches pictographs and pictures instead of text, which helps you find out what the data means quickly and easily answer questions based on it. The NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 are available for free in PDF format which you can download from below:

NCERT Solutions for CLass 6 Maths Chapter 4 - Exercise 4.2

2.0NCERT Solutions Class 6 Chapter 4 Data Handling and Processing: All Exercises

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.1

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.2

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.3

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.4

NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.5

3.0NCERT Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Data Handling and Processing Exercise 4.2: Detailed Solutions

  1. The following pictograph shows the number of books borrowed by students, in a week, from the library of Middle School, Ginnori-
    a. On which day were the minimum number of books borrowed? b. What was the total number of books borrowed during the week? c. On which day were the maximum number of books borrowed? What may be the possible reason? Sol. (a) Thursday (b) Total number of books borrowed =5+4+2+0+5+8=24 books. (c) Saturday As the next day is the school holiday, they would have enough time to read the books.
  2. Magan Bhai sells kites at Jamnagar. Six shopkeepers from nearby villages come to purchase kites from him. The number of kites he sold to these six shopkeepers are given below-
ShopkeeperNumber of kites sold
Chaman250
Rani300
Rukhsana100
Jasmeet450
Jetha lal250
Poonam Ben700

Prepare a pictograph using the symbol to represent 100 kites. Answer the following questions: a. How many symbols represent the kites that Rani purchased? b. Who purchased the maximum number of kites? C. Who purchased more kites, Jasmeet or Chaman? d. Rukhsana says Poonam Ben purchased more than double the number of kites that Rani purchased. Is she correct? Why? Sol.

(a) Three symbols (b) Poonam Ben (c) Jasmeet (d) Yes. Kites purchased by Rani = 300 Kites purchased by Poonam Ben =700 Hence, Poonam Ben purchased more than double the number of kites that Rani purchased.

4.0Key Features and benefits for Class 6 Maths Chapter 4 Exercise 4.2

  • The focus of the exercise is reading and drawing pictographs using symbols/pictures.
  • All the questions are based on the NCERT syllabus and are based on what is prescribed for CBSE Class 6.
  • Practicing the NCERT solutions gives clear steps along the way for solving questions based on pictographs correctly.
  • It improves your data reading skills helpful for school exams and Maths Olympiad questions.
  • Completing these activities will help you become very confident to handle data, analyze, and have an understanding of visual information.

NCERT Class 6 Maths Ch. 4 Data Handling & Presentation Other Exercises:-

Exercise 4.1

Exercise 4.2

Exercise 4.3

Exercise 4.4

Exercise 4.5

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Other Chapters:-

Chapter 1: Patterns in Mathematics

Chapter 2: Lines and Angles

Chapter 3: Number Play

Chapter 4: Data Handling and Presentation

Chapter 5: Prime Time

Chapter 6: Perimeter and Area

Chapter 7: Fractions

Chapter 8: Playing With Construction

Chapter 9: Symmetry

Chapter 10: The Other Side of Zero

Frequently Asked Questions

Exercise 4.2 involves representing and interpreting information in pictographs using pictures and symbols.

The questions used real life scenarios, applying pictographs from given data and also creating pictographs for given situations.

Exercise 4.2 helps develop skills in reading and interpreting and then comparing the data, which is elementary skills of reasoning and associate questions in the Olympiads.

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