Catherine threw a dice 40 times and noted the number appearing each time as shown below :

Make a table and enter the data using tally marks. Find the number that appeared.
(a) The minimum number of times
(b) The maximum number of times
(c) Find those numbers that appear an equal number of times.

Solution:

We use the concept of data handling to answer the given question.

(a) The number that appeared the minimum number of times = 4
(b) The number that appeared the maximum number of times = 5
(c) The numbers 1 and 6 appeared an equal number of times, that is 7.

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 9 Exercise 9.1 Question 3

Catherine threw a dice 40 times and noted the number appearing each time as shown below: Make a table and enter the data using tally marks. Find the number that appeared. (a) The minimum number of times (b) The maximum number of times (c) Find those numbers that appear an equal number of times.

Summary:

Using the concepts of data handling, we conclude that (a) the number that appeared the minimum number of times is 4 (b) the number that appeared the maximum number of times is 5 and (c) the numbers that appeared an equal number of times are 1 and 6. Both of them appeared 7 times.

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