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NCERT Solutions for Class 8

Maths Chapter 5 Data Handling

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5 Data

Handling is crucial for the students of 8th class to clear their
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Students can also download PDF of NCERT Class 8 Maths

Solutions for Data Handling Chapter 5 or can view it online by
following the links. Data Handling is an important concept that
assures the uprightness of the research data. We have
information in the form of a numerical figure, no matter which
field we take. Every value of this kind is known as an
observation. Usually, the set of all the observation is called
data. Different data management methods are used to handle,
termed as data, which will be discussed in this chapter as well
as in the higher classes. These solutions for Data handling
are designed by subject experts, as per the CBSE syllabus
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prescribed by the board itself.

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Class 8 Maths 5- Data Handling

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Maths Chapter 5- Data Handling

Exercise 5.1 Page: 76

1. For which of these would you use a histogram to show
the data?

(a) The number of letters for different areas in a

postman’s bag.

(b) The height of competitors in an athletics meet.

(c) The number cassettes produced by 5 companies.

(d) The number of passengers boarding trains from 7.00

a.m. to 7.00 p.m. at a station. Give reason for each.

Solution:

We know that Histogram is a graphical representation of data

if the data represented using class- interval.

Since the cases mentioned in options (b) and (d) can be

divided into class intervals, histogram can be used to show
the data.

Similarly, since the cases mentioned in options (a) and (c)

cannot be divided into class intervals, histogram cannot be
used to represent the data.

2. The shoppers who come to a departmental store are

marked as: man (M), woman (W), boy (B) or girl (G). The
following list gives the shoppers who came during the
first hour in the morning.

W W W GBW W MGGMMW W W W GBMW BGGM

W W MMW W W MW BW GMW W W W GW MMW M
W G W M G W M M B G G W.

Make a frequency distribution table using tally marks. Draw a

bar graph to illustrate it.

Solution:

Frequency distribution table:

Bar-graph:

3. The weekly wages (in ₹) of 30 workers in a factory are:

830, 835, 890, 810, 835, 836, 869, 845, 898, 890, 820, 860,
832, 833, 855, 845, 804, 808,

812, 840, 885, 835, 835, 836, 878, 840, 868, 890, 806, 840.

Using tally marks, make a frequency table with intervals as

800 – 810, 810 – 820 and so on.

Solution:

The frequency table with intervals as 800 – 810, 810 – 820

and so on, using tally marks is given below:

4. Draw a histogram for the frequency table made for the

data in Question 3 and answer the following questions.

(i) Which group has the maximum number of workers?

(ii) How many workers earn ₹ 850 and more?

(iii) How many workers earn less than ₹ 850?

Solution:

(i) 830-840 is the group having maximum number of workers,

9, compared to other groups.

(ii) Workers earning ₹ 850 and more= 1+3+1+1+4=10

(iii) Workers earning less than ₹ 850= 3+2+1+9+5=20

5. The number of hours for which students of a particular

class watched television during holidays is shown
through the given graph.

Answer the following:

(i) For how many hours did the maximum number of

students watch T.V.?

(ii) How many students watched TV for less than 4 hours?

(iii) How many students spent more than 5 hours in

watching TV?

Solution:

(i) 32 students watched T.V for 4-5 hours. ∴, The maximum

number of students who watched T.V. for 4 – 5 hours.

(ii) The number of students who watched T.V. less than 4

hours= 22+8+4=34

(iii) The number of students who spent more than 5 hours in

watching TV
=8+6=14

Exercise 5.2 Page: 82

1. A survey was made to find the type of music that a
certain group of young people liked in a city.

Adjoining pie chart shows the findings of this survey. From this
pie chart, answer the following:

(i) If 20 people liked classical music, how many young

people were surveyed?

(ii) Which type of music is liked by the maximum number

of people?

(iii) If a cassette company were to make 1000 CD’s, how

many of each type would they

make?

Solution:

(i) 10% represents 100 people.

⟹20% represents = (100×20)/10 = 200

∴, 200 people were surveyed.

(ii) Since 40% of the total people surveyed liked light music
and no other form of song liked more than that, we can
conclude that Light music is liked by the maximum number of
people.

(iii) CD’s of classical music = (10 × 1000)/100 = 100

CD’s of semi-classical music = (20 × 1000)/100 = 200

CD’s of light music = (40 × 1000)/100 = 400

CD’s of folk music = (30 × 1000)/100 = 300

2. A group of 360 people were asked to vote for their

favorite season from the three

seasons rainy, winter and summer.

(i) Which season got the most votes?

(ii)Find the central angle of each sector.

(iii) Draw a pie chart to show this information

Solution:

(i) According to the table given in the question, Winter season

got the most votes.

(ii) Central angle of summer season= (90×360)/360= 90o

Central angle of rainy season= (120×360)/360= 120o

Central angle of winter season= (150×360)/360= 150o

(iii)

3. Draw a pie chart showing the following information.

The table shows the colours preferred by a group of
people.

Solution:

Here, central angle = 360o Total number of people = 36

4. The adjoining pie chart gives the marks scored in an

examination by a student in Hindi, English, Mathematics,
Social Science and Science. If the total marks obtained
by the students were 540, answer the following
questions.

(i) In which subject did the student score 105 marks?

(Hint: for 540 marks, the central angle = 360°. So, for 105
marks, what is the central angle?)

(ii) How many more marks were obtained by the student

in Mathematics than in Hindi?

(iii) Examine whether the sum of the marks obtained in

Social Science and Mathematics is more than that in
Science and Hindi. (Hint: Just study the central angles).
Solution:

(i) The student scored 105 marks in Hindi.

(ii) Marks obtained in Mathematics = 135 Marks obtained in

Hindi = 105 Difference = 135 – 105 = 30

Thus, 30 more marks were obtained by the student in

Mathematics than in Hindi.

(iii) The sum of marks in Social Science and Mathematics =

97.5 + 135 = 232.5 The sum of marks in Science and Hindi =
120 + 105 = 225

∴, the sum of the marks in Social Science and Mathematics is

more than that in Science and Hindi.

5. The number of students in a hostel, speaking different

languages is given below. Display the data in a pie chart.

Solution:

NCERT Solution For Class 8 Maths Chapter 5- Data Handling

Exercise 5.3 Page: 87

1. List the outcomes you can see in these experiments.

(a) Spinning a wheel (b) Tossing two coins together

Solution:

(a) There are four letters A, B, C and D in a spinning wheel.

So there are 4 outcomes.

(b) When two coins are tossed together. There are four
possible outcomes HH, HT, TH, TT.

2. When a die is thrown, list the outcomes of an event of

getting

(i) (a) a prime number (b) not a prime number.

(ii) (a) a number greater than 5 (b) a number not greater

than 5.

Solution:

(i) (a) Outcomes of event of getting a prime number are 2, 3

and 5.

(b) Outcomes of event of not getting a prime number are 1, 4

and 6.

(ii) (a) Outcomes of event of getting a number greater than 5

is 6.

(b) Outcomes of event of not getting a number greater than 5

are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

3. Find the.

(a) Probability of the pointer stopping on D in (Question

1-(a)).

(b) Probability of getting an ace from a well shuffled deck

of 52 playing cards.

(c) Probability of getting a red apple. (See figure below)

Solution:

(a) In a spinning wheel, there are five pointers A, A, B, C, D.

So there are five

outcomes. Pointer stops at D which is one outcome.

So the probability of the pointer stopping on D = 1/5

(b) There are 4 aces in a deck of 52 playing cards. So there

are four events of getting an ace.

So, probability of getting an ace = 4/52 = 1/13

(c) Total number of apples = 7

Number of red apples = 4

Probability of getting red apple = 4/7

4. Numbers 1 to 10 are written on ten separate slips (one

number on one slip), kept in a box and mixed well. One
slip is chosen from the box without looking into it. What
is the probability of .
(i) getting a number 6?

(ii) getting a number less than 6? (iii) getting a number

greater than 6? (iv)getting a 1-digit number?

Solution:

(i) Outcome of getting a number 6 from ten separate slips is

one.

∴, probability of getting a number 6 = 1/10

(ii) Numbers less than 6 are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 which are five.

So there are 5 outcomes.

∴, probability of getting a number less 6 =5/10 = ½

(iii)Number greater than 6 out of ten that are 7, 8, 9, 10. So

there are 4 possible outcomes.

∴, probability of getting a number greater than 6 = 4/10 = 2/5

(iv) One digit numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 out of ten.

∴, probability of getting a 1-digit number = 9/10

5. If you have a spinning wheel with 3 green sectors, 1

blue sector and 1 red sector, what is the probability of
getting a green sector? What is the probability of getting
a non-blue sector?

Solution:

A total of five sectors are present.

Out of the five sectors, three sectors are green.

∴, probability of getting a green sector = 3/5

Out of the five sectors, one sector is blue. Hence, Non-blue

sectors = 5 – 1 = 4 sectors

∴, probability of getting a non-blue sector= 4/5

6. Find the probabilities of the events given in Question

2.

Solution:

When a die is thrown, there are total six outcomes, i.e., 1, 2,

3, 4, 5 and 6.

(i)

(a) 2, 3, 5 are the prime numbers. So there are 3 outcomes

out of 6.

∴,probability of getting a prime number =3/6 = ½

(b) 1, 4, 6 are not the prime numbers. So there are 3

outcomes out of 6.

∴,probability of getting a prime number =3/6 = ½

(ii)

(c) Only 6 is greater than 5.

So there is one outcome out of 6.

∴,probability of getting a number greater than 5= 1/6

(d) Numbers not greater than 5 are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. So there

are 5 outcomes out of 6.

∴,probability of not getting a number greater than 5= 5/6

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths

Chapter 5- Data Handling
Solving the NCERT Solutions for Class 8 (https://byjus.com
/ncert-solutions-class-8/) is very important from the CBSE
board examination point of view. Data Handling is one of the
chapters in Class 8 Maths that contains the concepts that are
likely to be used in daily life. The chapter deals with different
concepts related to Data Handling. Let us have a look at
some of them.

Data mostly available to us in an unorganised form is

called raw data.
In order to draw meaningful inferences from any data,
 we need to organise the data systematically.
Frequency gives the number of times that a particular
entry occurs.
Raw data can be ‘grouped’ and presented
systematically through ‘grouped frequency distribution’.
Grouped data can be presented using a histogram. The
histogram is a type of bar diagram, where the class
intervals are shown on the horizontal axis and the
heights of the bars show the frequency of the class
interval. Also, there is no gap between the bars as
there is no gap between the class intervals.
Data can also be presented using a circle graph or pie
chart. A circle graph shows the relationship between a
whole and its parts.
There are certain experiments whose outcomes have
an equal chance of occurring.
A random experiment is one whose outcome cannot be
predicted exactly in advance.
Outcomes of an experiment are equally likely if each
has the same chance of occurring. Probability of an
event = Number of outcomes that make an event Total
number of outcomes of the experiment, when the
outcomes are equally likely.
One or more outcomes of an experiment make an
event.
Chances and probability are related to real life.

Main topics covered in this chapter include:

5.1 Looking for Information

5.2 Organising Data

5.3 Grouping Data

5.3.1 Bars with a difference

5.4 Circle Graph Or Pie Chart

5.4.1 Drawing pie charts

5.5 Chance and Probability

5.5.1 Getting a result

5.5.2 Equally likely outcomes

5.5.3 Linking chances to probability

5.5.4 Outcomes as events

5.5.5 Chances and Probability related to real life.

Exercise 5.1 Solutions (https://byjus.com/ncert-solutions-for-

class-8-maths-chapter-5-about-data-handling-ex-5-1/) 5
Questions (5 Short Answer Questions)

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Questions (3 Long Answer Questions and 2 Short Answer
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class-8-maths-chapter-5-about-data-handling-ex-5-3/) 6
Questions (2 Long Answer Questions and 4 Short Answer
Questions)

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths

Chapter 5- Data Handling
Information that we collect in our day to day life is called Data.
The graphical representation of the data collected gives a
clear idea of what it represents. The different types of graphs
used to represent the data include pictograph, bar graph,
double bar graph, pie charts, etc. Chapter 5 of Class 8 Maths,
Data handling deals with organising data and grouping the
data. The data can be grouped using the frequency
distribution table. In this chapter, the students also learn about
the chances or probability of an event as well as how these
probabilities can be represented.

Studying Chapter 5 of Class 8, Data Handling helps the

students in:

Reading bar-graphs, ungrouped data, arranging it into

groups, representation of grouped data through bar-
graphs, constructing and interpreting bar-graphs.
Simple pie charts with reasonable data numbers.
Consolidating and generalising the notion of chance in
events like tossing coins, dice etc. Relating it to chance
in life events.
Visual representation of frequency outcomes of
 repeated throws of the same kind of coins or dice.
Throwing a large number of identical dice/coins
together and aggregating the result of the throws to get
large number of individual events.
Observing the aggregating numbers over a large
number of repeated events.
Comparing with the data for a coin.
Observing strings of throws, notion of randomness.

Disclaimer:

Dropped topics – 5.2 Organising Data, 5.3 Grouping Data

and 5.3.1 Bars with difference.

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Solutions are available in PDF format on BYJU’S website.

List out the concepts covered in NCERT

Solution for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5?
The concepts are covered in NCERT Solution for Class 8
Maths Chapter 5 are provided below
5.1 Looking for Information
5.2 Organising Data
5.3 Grouping Data
5.3.1 Bars with a difference
5.4 Circle Graph Or Pie Chart
5.4.1 Drawing pie charts
5.5 Chance and Probability
5.5.1 Getting a result
5.5.2 Equally likely outcomes
5.5.3 Linking chances to probability
5.5.4 Outcomes as events
5.5.5 Chances and Probability related to real life.
By learning these concepts students will be able to solve
questions on Data handling.

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