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Students of Class VI in a school were given a task to count thenumber of articles made of different materials in the school. The information collected by them is represented as follows

Material used Articles                          = 20 articles
Wood  
Glass  
Metal  
Rubber  
Plastic  

Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

(a)    Which material is used in maximum number of articles?

(b)    Which material is used in minimum number of articles?

(c)    Which material is used in exactly half the number of articles asthose made up of metal?

(d)    What is the total number of articles counted by the students?

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\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \text { Material used } & \text { Number of articles } \\ \hline \text { Wood } & 20+10=30 \\ \hline \text { Glass } & 20 \\ \hline \text { Metal } & 20+20+10=50 \\ \hline \text { Rubber } & 20+5=25 \\ \hline \text { Plastic } & 20+15=35 \\ \hline \text { Total } & 160 \\ \hline \end{array}

(a) Metal is used in the maximum number of articles.
(b) Glass is used in the minimum number of articles.
(c) Rubber is used in exactly half the number of articles as those made up of metal.
(d) There are a total of 160 articles counted by the students.

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