Tutorial: Revision Question 1

Question 2

Study the following pie-diagrams carefully and answer the questions given below it:

a) What percentage of the weight of the proteins in skin for the total weight of a human body ? b) What will be the quantity of water in the body of a person weighing 50 kg? c) What is the ratio of the distribution of proteins in the muscles to that of the distribution of proteins in the bones? d) To show the distribution of proteins and other dry elements in the human body, the arc of the circle should subtend at the centre an angle of: e) In the human body, what part is made of neither bones nor skin?

Solution: a) 1.6%. b) 35 kg

c) 2:1

d) 108

e) 11/15

Question 3

The following table shows the number of new employees added to different categories of employees in a company and also the number of employees from these categories who left the company every year since the foundation of the Company in 1995.

a) What is the difference between the total number of Technicians added to the Company and the total number of Accountants added to the Company during the years 1996 to 2000? b) What was the total number of Peons working in the Company in the year 1999? c) For which of the following categories the percentage increase in the number of employees working in the Company from 1995 to 2000 was the maximum? d) What is the pooled average of the total number of employees of all categories in the year 1997? e) During the period between 1995 and 2000, the total number of Operators who left the Company is what percent of total number of Operators who joined the Company?

Solution: a) 88

b) 1192

c) Managers d) 1195

e) 29 %

Question 4 The following chart shows the production of cars in thousands

a) How many companies have shown production below their average production in 2002 2003, but have showed above the average production in 2003 - 2004 ? b) The ratio of Hindustan Motors production in 2003 - 2004 to Honda's production in 2002 2003 is ? c) For how many companies has there been no decrease in production in any year from the previous year ?

Solution a) Average sales of company: Honda = (6 + 14 + 21)/3 = 13.66 GM = (12 + 18 + 18)/3 = 16 Maruti = (5 + 9 + 15)/3 = 9.66 Hindustan Motors= (16 + 9 + 12)/3 = 12.33 Hyundai = (8 + 14 + 7)/3 = 9.66

b) The required ratio is (9/6) = 1.5. c) By visual inspection we can say that Honda, GM and Maruti have not shown a decrease.

Question 5

Study the following pie-chart and the table and answer the questions based on them.

a) If the population of village R in 1997 is 32000, then what will be the population of village Y below poverty line in that year? b) The ratio of population of village T below poverty line to that of village Z below poverty line in 1997 is: c) Find the population of village S if the population of village X below poverty line in 1997 is 12160. d) If in 1998, the population of villages Y and V increase by 10% each and the percentage of population below poverty line remains unchanged for all the villages, then find the population of village V below poverty line in 1998, given that the population of village Y in 1997 was 30000.

Solution a) 15600 b) 22000 c) 22000 d)12760