Students of Class VI in a school were given a task to count the number of articles made of different materials in the school. The information collected by them is represented as given. Which material is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal ?
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Students of Class VI in a school were given a task to count the number of articles made of different materials in the school. The information collected by them is represented as follows.
Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:
Which material is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal?


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Data from the pictograph can be tabulated as shown.
Material used Number of ArticlesWood
Glass
MEtal
Rubber
Plastic20+10=30
20
20+20+10=50
20+5=25
20+15=35 Total 160
From the table,
Number of articles for which Metal is used =50
Number of articles for which Rubber is used =25
Hence, Rubber is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal.