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NUMERIC AND TEXTUAL DATA

In our daily life, we use both numbers and words to share information. Numbers
help us count, measure and compare things, while words help us describe people,

places and objects.

Numeric Data

Numeric data means numbers. We can use these numbers to do maths like adding,

subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Numeric data helps us measure things or
count them.

Examples of numeric data are shown in the table below:

Examples Numeric Value

Temperature of a room 22°C or 72°F
Number of books in a library 500 books, 20 maths books

Amount of rainfall 150 mm
Test scores of students 85, 92, 78

Distance travelled by a car 120 km, 55 km

Text Data fact bits

Every minute, over 500
Text data includes words, letters or characters that
hours of videos are
describe qualities, categories or attributes. It is used to uploaded on YouTube,
describe names, places or things. It is used for things creating vast data that
that are not measured numerically, such as names or helps analyse trends and

descriptions. improve user experience.

Examples of textual data are shown in the table below:

Example Textual Data
Names of students Vaibhav, Ayushi, Simran

Responses to a survey Yes, No

Categories of products Electronics, Furniture, Clothing
Job titles Teacher, Engineer, Doctor

City names London, New York, Mumbai

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