The number of tigers in India went down drastically between 1900 and 1970. Project Tiger Class 6

The number of tigers in India went down drastically between 1900 and 1970. Project Tiger Class 6

Question 1.

The number of tigers in India went down drastically between 1900 and 1970. Project Tiger was launched in 1973 to track and protect tigers in India. Starting in 2006, the exact number of tigers in India was tracked. Shagufta and Divya looked up information about the number of tigers in India between 2006 and 2022 in 4-year intervals. They prepared a frequency table for this data and a bar graph to present this data, but there are a few mistakes in the graph. Can you find those mistakes and fix them? Class 6

Solution:

1. Mistake in 2006 bar. This bar should be increased in length to represent 1400 tigers. At present, it is representing the number of tigers as nearly 1000.

2. Mistake in 2014 bar. This bar should be reduced in length to represent the number of tigers as 2200. At present, it is representing about 3000 tigers.

3. Mistake in 2018 bar. This bar should be increased in length to represent the number of tigers as 3000. At present, it is representing about 2000 tigers.