Question 10 - Figure it out (Page 93-100) - Chapter 4 Class 6 - Data Handling and Presentation (Ganita Prakash)

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Question 10 Students and teachers of a primary school decided to plant tree saplings in the school campus and in the surrounding village during the first week of July. Details of the saplings they planted are as follows — (a) The total number of saplings planted on Wednesday and Thursday is 70 (30 + 40) (b) The total number of saplings planted during the whole week is 280 (50 + 40 + 30 + 40 + 50 + 60 + 40). (c) The greatest number of saplings were planted on _____ and the least number of saplings were planted on _____ . Why do you think that is the case? Why were more saplings planted on certain days of the week and less on others? Can you think of possible explanations or reasons? How could you try and figure out whether your explanations are correct? The greatest number of saplings were planted on Saturday and the least number of saplings were planted on Wednesday. Why do you think that is the case? More saplings might have been planted on Saturday because it’s a weekend and more student and teacher volunteers were available. Fewer might have been planted on Wednesday if there was another school event or bad weather.