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A pictograph or picture graph is a graph that uses symbols to represent

data.

In other words, we can say that representing numerical data by using picture

symbols is called pictorial representation of data.

The following table represents the number of flowers a nursery produces.

Jan – March – May – July – Sep – Nov –
Month
Feb April June Aug Oct Dec

No. of
650 800 200 700 550 100
Flowers

Month Flowers = 100 flowers = 50 flowers

Jan – Feb

Mar – April

May – June

July – Aug

Sep – Oct

Nov – Dec

Look at the another example.

Here is a pictograph showing the number of apples were sold at the local

shop over 4 months.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

= 10 apples = 5 apples

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