Q1: The following chart shows the number of birthdays of the students of Class 2A in each month.

Count the smilies and answer the following questions.
(i) In which months do 6 children have their birthday?
Ans: July - 6 children. There are six smiley faces shown for July.
(ii) Which month has the largest number of birthdays?
Ans: October - It has the largest number of birthdays as it shows the most smiley faces.
(iii) Which month has the least number of birthdays and how many?
Ans: May - Only 1 child has a birthday in May.
(iv) How many birthdays does the month of April have?
Ans: April - 3 children have birthdays in April.
Q2: Fill in the blanks.

(i) Which sport is liked by exactly 4 students? ______.
Ans: Badminton
(ii) The sport liked by the largest number is ______.
Ans: Cricket
(iii) The sport liked by the smallest number is ______.
Ans: Skipping
(iv) How many students like football? ______.
Ans: Three
Q3: Look at above picture given in Q2. This shows the sports liked by 15 students. Count the number of each sport and colour the same number of blocks for each sport.

Ans: Count how many students like each sport and then colour that many blocks for that sport. For example, if 5 students like football, colour 5 blocks in the football row. Do this for every sport so all 15 students are shown.

Q4: Shoes size of various students are given below:

Sort out the given data according to size and prepare a block chart for it.
Ans: First, list the shoe sizes from smallest to largest. Then count how many students have each size. For each size draw a row and colour one block for each student of that size. Example: if size 5 appears 3 times, draw 3 blocks for size 5. This gives a clear block chart showing how many students have each shoe size.

Q5: Arpita wanted to know the mode of transport of students commuting to the school. She prepared a table as shown below:

Prepare a block chart for the above data. Now, answer the following questions.
(i) Which mode of transport is least used by the students?
Ans: Walking - It is used by the fewest students according to the chart.
(ii) Which mode of transport do most of the students like?
Ans: Bus - Most students use the bus as shown by the largest number of blocks.
(iii) How many students come to school by bikes?
Ans: Eight - Eight students come to school by bikes according to the data.
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