Give five examples of data that you can collect from your day-to-day life.

Solution:

Following are the data we can collect in our day-to-day life which are around us

1. Number of houses in our housing society.

2. Monthly grocery expenses of our home.

3. Number of people who have used e-services of the state govt. over a year.

4. Number of students who have enrolled for the Math Olympiad in our school.

5. Population increase over the decade in our city.

☛ Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 14

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Give five examples of data that you can collect from your day-to-day life.

NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 14 Exercise 14.1 Question 1

Summary:

Following are the data we can collect in our day-to-day life which are around us: (1) Number of houses in our housing society. (2) Monthly grocery expenses of our home. (3) Number of people who have used e-services of the state govt. over a year. (4) Number of students who have enrolled for the Math Olympiad in our school. (5) Population increase over the decade in our city

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