Chapter 10: How Quantities Combine: Understanding Data
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About Chapter 10 (How Quantities Combine: Understanding Data)
Chapter 10 (How Quantities Combine: Understanding Data) is chapter 10 of 14 in the new edition of Ganita Manjari (NCERT Class 9 Mathematics), a textbook for Class 9 students at the Secondary stage. This is the new edition, the textbook brought out under the NEP 2020 / NCF-SE 2023 syllabus rollout.
Chapter 10 extends the idea of the average to the weighted average. It shows why an average of averages must account for group sizes, applies weighted means to mixtures, custom weights, ratings and marks, and then introduces stacked bar charts and 100% stacked bar charts as ways to visualise and interpret data, including what each chart can and cannot tell us.
In the book it comes after Chapter 9 (Propositions and their Converses) and before Chapter 11 (The World of Algorithms), so it helps to be comfortable with the earlier chapters before starting it.
Topics covered
- Average of averages
- Mixtures and concentration
- Weighted mean with custom weights
- Stacked bar charts
- 100% stacked bar charts and their interpretation
What you will find on NCERT Archive
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How to study How Quantities Combine: Understanding Data
- Read the worked examples before the exercises and copy out each step in your own hand.
- Attempt every exercise question yourself first; open the solution only to check your method or when you are stuck.
- Keep a short list of formulas and definitions from the chapter and revise it before tests.
- Redo the questions you got wrong after a day or two, without looking at the solution.
Frequently Asked Questions
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