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Name of the item                    Number of the item
                                  Shuttle Cock                                         6

                                  Football                                             5

                                  Chair                                                2
                                  Hockey Stick                                         4

                  Now, let's sort the number of items in the above table in descending order. You
                  will get the following data:

                                      Name of the item                   Number of the Item

                                  Shuttle Cock                                         6
                                  Football                                             5

                                  Hockey Stick                                         4
                                  Chair                                                2


                      REPRESENTING INFORMATION

                  There are many ways to represent information like tables, pictograms, maps and pictures.


                             School Time Table
                   Period  1st 2nd 3rd 4th R 5th 6th 7th 8th
                   Day
                                       E
                   Monday
                   Tuesday             C
                   Wednesday           E
                   Thursday
                                       S
                   Friday
                                       S
                   Saturday
                                Tables                    Pictograms               Maps                Pictures
                      DECODING


                                                                                   Could you understand what
                                                                    What have
                                           8 5 12 12 15                            Mr Grumpy wants to say? To
                                                                     you said,
                                                                   Mr Grumpy?      understand what he said, we
                                                                                   have to decode the message.





                  Decoding is  the process of converting  a coded message  into understandable
                  language. Look at these codes Grumpy has used to tell a secret message.

                              A    1      E    5      I   9      M   13      Q   17     U    21

                              B    2      F    6      J   10     N   14      R   18     V    22

                              C    3      G    7      K   11     O   15      S   19     W    23     Y   25
                              D    4      H    8      L   12     P   16      T   20     X    24     Z   26



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