Take a blank piece of paper and paste any small news item from a newspaper. Each student may Class 6
mediumTake a blank piece of paper and paste any small news item from a newspaper. Each student may Class 6
Question 1.
Take a blank piece of paper and paste any small news item from a newspaper. Each student may use a different article. Now, prepare a table on the piece of paper as given below. Count the number of each of the letters ‘c’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘r’, and ‘x’ in the words of the news article, and fill in the table. Class 6
Note: Do as directed. One has been done.
News item: “Dhaka blames India for flooding, Delhi hits back” Table has been filled accordingly.
(а) The letter found the most number of times is _____
(b) The letter found the least number of times is __________
(c) List the five letters ‘c’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘r’, ‘x’ in ascending order of frequency. Now, compare the order of your list with that of your classmates. Is your order the same or nearly the same as theirs? (Almost everyone is likely to get the order ‘x, c, r, i, e\) Why do you think this is the case?
(d) Write the process you followed to complete this task.
(e) Discuss with your friends the processes they followed.
(f) If you do this task with another news item, what process would you follow?
Solution:
| Letter | c | e | i | r | x | d | o |
| Number of times found in the news item | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
(a) i
(b) x
(c) x, (c, r), e, i, (c and r coming equal number of times.)
So, they have been put in a bracket.
Order may or may not be the same. Here, this is not the case. The case is different; x, (c, r), e, i.
(d) Counted each letter occurring in the news item.
(e) Do as directed.
(f) Will follow the same process