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DIRECTIONS for the following four questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The length of an infant is one of the measures of his/her development in the early stages of his/her life.
The figure below shows the growth chart of four infants in the first five months of life.
Question: 1
After which month did Seeta's rate of growth start to decline?
After which month did Seeta's rate of growth start to decline?
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Growth rate in a month is the rise of the line in that month. Work out Seeta's rise for each of the five months and see where it is biggest.
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- Second month
- Third month
- Fourth month
- Never
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The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Understand what "rate of growth" means here.
The graph plots length (vertical axis) against month (horizontal axis, 0 to 5). The rate of growth in a month is how much the length rises during that month. On the graph this is how steep the line segment is between two neighbouring months.
So we need Seeta's rise in each month, and then we look for the month after which that rise starts to fall.
Step 2: Read Seeta's line (the blue one with diamond markers).
From the graph, Seeta's lengths are:
Month 0: 50, month 1: 51, month 2: 52, month 3: 54, month 4: 55, month 5: 56.
Step 3: Find the growth in each month.
Growth in month 1: \(51 - 50 = 1\).
Growth in month 2: \(52 - 51 = 1\).
Growth in month 3: \(54 - 52 = 2\).
Growth in month 4: \(55 - 54 = 1\).
Growth in month 5: \(56 - 55 = 1\).
So the monthly growth goes \(1, 1, 2, 1, 1\). It rises up to the third month, where it reaches 2, and then drops back to 1 in the fourth month.
Step 4: Check the same thing in percentage terms.
Growth as a percentage of the length at the start of the month:
\[ \frac{1}{50} = 2\%, \quad \frac{1}{51} \approx 1.96\%, \quad \frac{2}{52} \approx 3.85\%, \quad \frac{1}{54} \approx 1.85\%, \quad \frac{1}{55} \approx 1.82\% \]
The peak is again the third month, and the rate is lower after it. So the answer does not depend on whether we use plain increases or percentages.
Step 5: Decide when the decline starts.
The rate is at its highest in the third month and is lower in the fourth month. So the decline in the rate of growth starts after the third month.
Step 6: Why the other options are wrong.
Option (1), second month: after the second month the monthly growth jumped from 1 to 2, so the rate went up, not down.
Option (3), fourth month: the rate had already fallen during the fourth month itself (from 2 to 1). After that it stays at 1, so it does not start to decline after the fourth month.
Option (4), never: the rate clearly fell from 2 to 1 after the third month, so "never" is false.
Final Answer:
Seeta's monthly growth is 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, so the rate of growth begins to decline after the third month. This is option (2). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (2): Third month}} \]
The graph plots length (vertical axis) against month (horizontal axis, 0 to 5). The rate of growth in a month is how much the length rises during that month. On the graph this is how steep the line segment is between two neighbouring months.
So we need Seeta's rise in each month, and then we look for the month after which that rise starts to fall.
Step 2: Read Seeta's line (the blue one with diamond markers).
From the graph, Seeta's lengths are:
Month 0: 50, month 1: 51, month 2: 52, month 3: 54, month 4: 55, month 5: 56.
Step 3: Find the growth in each month.
Growth in month 1: \(51 - 50 = 1\).
Growth in month 2: \(52 - 51 = 1\).
Growth in month 3: \(54 - 52 = 2\).
Growth in month 4: \(55 - 54 = 1\).
Growth in month 5: \(56 - 55 = 1\).
So the monthly growth goes \(1, 1, 2, 1, 1\). It rises up to the third month, where it reaches 2, and then drops back to 1 in the fourth month.
Step 4: Check the same thing in percentage terms.
Growth as a percentage of the length at the start of the month:
\[ \frac{1}{50} = 2\%, \quad \frac{1}{51} \approx 1.96\%, \quad \frac{2}{52} \approx 3.85\%, \quad \frac{1}{54} \approx 1.85\%, \quad \frac{1}{55} \approx 1.82\% \]
The peak is again the third month, and the rate is lower after it. So the answer does not depend on whether we use plain increases or percentages.
Step 5: Decide when the decline starts.
The rate is at its highest in the third month and is lower in the fourth month. So the decline in the rate of growth starts after the third month.
Step 6: Why the other options are wrong.
Option (1), second month: after the second month the monthly growth jumped from 1 to 2, so the rate went up, not down.
Option (3), fourth month: the rate had already fallen during the fourth month itself (from 2 to 1). After that it stays at 1, so it does not start to decline after the fourth month.
Option (4), never: the rate clearly fell from 2 to 1 after the third month, so "never" is false.
Final Answer:
Seeta's monthly growth is 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, so the rate of growth begins to decline after the third month. This is option (2). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (2): Third month}} \]
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Question: 2
Who grew at the fastest rate in the first two months of life?
Who grew at the fastest rate in the first two months of life?
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Compare each infant's length at month 2 with the length at month 0. The one with the biggest increase wins.
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- Geeta
- Seeta
- Ram
- Shyam
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The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Understand the question.
We want the infant whose length grew fastest during the first two months, that is between month 0 and month 2. The growth over this period is the length at month 2 minus the length at month 0.
Step 2: Read the values at month 0 and month 2.
Seeta (blue): 50 at month 0 and 52 at month 2.
Geeta (orange, square markers): 49 at month 0 and 57 at month 2.
Ram (grey, triangles): 52 at month 0 and 56 at month 2.
Shyam (yellow, crosses): 53.5 at month 0 and 55 at month 2.
Step 3: Find the growth for each infant.
Seeta: \(52 - 50 = 2\).
Geeta: \(57 - 49 = 8\).
Ram: \(56 - 52 = 4\).
Shyam: \(55 - 53.5 = 1.5\).
Step 4: Check with percentage growth too.
Geeta: \(8/49 \approx 16.3\%\).
Ram: \(4/52 \approx 7.7\%\).
Seeta: \(2/50 = 4\%\).
Shyam: \(1.5/53.5 \approx 2.8\%\).
Geeta is on top in both ways of measuring.
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Seeta grew only 2 units, which is a quarter of Geeta's growth. Ram grew 4 units, which is half of Geeta's. Shyam grew just 1.5 units, the least of all four. Geeta started lowest and was the highest of all by month 2, which you can see in the picture because her line is the steepest at the start.
Final Answer:
Geeta grew by 8 units in the first two months, more than anyone else. This is option (1). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (1): Geeta}} \]
We want the infant whose length grew fastest during the first two months, that is between month 0 and month 2. The growth over this period is the length at month 2 minus the length at month 0.
Step 2: Read the values at month 0 and month 2.
Seeta (blue): 50 at month 0 and 52 at month 2.
Geeta (orange, square markers): 49 at month 0 and 57 at month 2.
Ram (grey, triangles): 52 at month 0 and 56 at month 2.
Shyam (yellow, crosses): 53.5 at month 0 and 55 at month 2.
Step 3: Find the growth for each infant.
Seeta: \(52 - 50 = 2\).
Geeta: \(57 - 49 = 8\).
Ram: \(56 - 52 = 4\).
Shyam: \(55 - 53.5 = 1.5\).
Step 4: Check with percentage growth too.
Geeta: \(8/49 \approx 16.3\%\).
Ram: \(4/52 \approx 7.7\%\).
Seeta: \(2/50 = 4\%\).
Shyam: \(1.5/53.5 \approx 2.8\%\).
Geeta is on top in both ways of measuring.
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Seeta grew only 2 units, which is a quarter of Geeta's growth. Ram grew 4 units, which is half of Geeta's. Shyam grew just 1.5 units, the least of all four. Geeta started lowest and was the highest of all by month 2, which you can see in the picture because her line is the steepest at the start.
Final Answer:
Geeta grew by 8 units in the first two months, more than anyone else. This is option (1). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (1): Geeta}} \]
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Question: 3
The rate of growth during the third month was the lowest for
The rate of growth during the third month was the lowest for
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The third month is the part of the graph between month 2 and month 3. Check which line rises the least, or even falls, in that part.
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- Geeta
- Seeta
- Ram
- Shyam
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The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Understand the question.
The third month is the stretch from month 2 to month 3 on the horizontal axis. The rate of growth in that month is the length at month 3 minus the length at month 2. We need the infant for whom this number is the lowest.
Step 2: Read the values at month 2 and month 3.
Seeta: 52 and 54.
Geeta: 57 and 56.
Ram: 56 and 60.
Shyam: 55 and 57.
Step 3: Compute the change during the third month.
Seeta: \(54 - 52 = +2\).
Geeta: \(56 - 57 = -1\).
Ram: \(60 - 56 = +4\).
Shyam: \(57 - 55 = +2\).
Step 4: Pick the lowest.
Three infants gained length (2, 4 and 2). Geeta is the only one whose line goes down, with a change of \(-1\). A negative growth is lower than any positive growth, so Geeta has the lowest rate.
In percentage terms the picture is the same: Geeta \(-1/57 \approx -1.75\%\), Seeta \(2/52 \approx 3.85\%\), Shyam \(2/55 \approx 3.64\%\), Ram \(4/56 \approx 7.14\%\).
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Seeta and Shyam both grew by 2 units, which is positive, and Ram grew by 4 units, the most of the four. None of them is lower than Geeta's fall of 1 unit. You can also see it on the graph: only the orange line slopes downward between months 2 and 3.
Final Answer:
Only Geeta's length dropped in the third month, so her rate of growth was the lowest. This is option (1). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (1): Geeta}} \]
The third month is the stretch from month 2 to month 3 on the horizontal axis. The rate of growth in that month is the length at month 3 minus the length at month 2. We need the infant for whom this number is the lowest.
Step 2: Read the values at month 2 and month 3.
Seeta: 52 and 54.
Geeta: 57 and 56.
Ram: 56 and 60.
Shyam: 55 and 57.
Step 3: Compute the change during the third month.
Seeta: \(54 - 52 = +2\).
Geeta: \(56 - 57 = -1\).
Ram: \(60 - 56 = +4\).
Shyam: \(57 - 55 = +2\).
Step 4: Pick the lowest.
Three infants gained length (2, 4 and 2). Geeta is the only one whose line goes down, with a change of \(-1\). A negative growth is lower than any positive growth, so Geeta has the lowest rate.
In percentage terms the picture is the same: Geeta \(-1/57 \approx -1.75\%\), Seeta \(2/52 \approx 3.85\%\), Shyam \(2/55 \approx 3.64\%\), Ram \(4/56 \approx 7.14\%\).
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Seeta and Shyam both grew by 2 units, which is positive, and Ram grew by 4 units, the most of the four. None of them is lower than Geeta's fall of 1 unit. You can also see it on the graph: only the orange line slopes downward between months 2 and 3.
Final Answer:
Only Geeta's length dropped in the third month, so her rate of growth was the lowest. This is option (1). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (1): Geeta}} \]
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Question: 4
Among the four infants, who grew the least in the first five months of life? (in %)
Among the four infants, who grew the least in the first five months of life? (in %)
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Percentage growth is the increase divided by the starting length. Use the length at month 0 and the length at month 5 for each infant.
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- Geeta
- Seeta
- Ram
- Shyam
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The Correct Option is B
Solution and Explanation
Step 1: Understand the question.
We need the infant with the smallest growth in the first five months, measured in percent. Percentage growth is the increase in length divided by the starting length, multiplied by 100. The starting point is month 0 and the end point is month 5.
Step 2: Read the values at month 0 and month 5.
Seeta: 50 to 56.
Geeta: 49 to 62.
Ram: 52 to 62.
Shyam: 53.5 to 62.
By month 5 Geeta, Ram and Shyam meet at the same point, 62.
Step 3: Compute percentage growth.
Seeta: \(\dfrac{56 - 50}{50} \times 100 = 12\%\).
Geeta: \(\dfrac{62 - 49}{49} \times 100 = \dfrac{13}{49} \times 100 \approx 26.5\%\).
Ram: \(\dfrac{62 - 52}{52} \times 100 = \dfrac{10}{52} \times 100 \approx 19.2\%\).
Shyam: \(\dfrac{62 - 53.5}{53.5} \times 100 = \dfrac{8.5}{53.5} \times 100 \approx 15.9\%\).
Step 4: Pick the smallest.
The values are 12%, 26.5%, 19.2% and 15.9%. The smallest is 12%, which is Seeta's.
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Geeta grew the most, 26.5%, because she started lowest and ended at the top. Ram grew 19.2% and Shyam 15.9%, both more than Seeta. Even the plain increase in length agrees: Seeta gained 6 units, while Shyam gained 8.5, Ram 10 and Geeta 13.
Final Answer:
Seeta grew by only 12 percent in five months, the smallest of the four. This is option (2). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (2): Seeta}} \]
We need the infant with the smallest growth in the first five months, measured in percent. Percentage growth is the increase in length divided by the starting length, multiplied by 100. The starting point is month 0 and the end point is month 5.
Step 2: Read the values at month 0 and month 5.
Seeta: 50 to 56.
Geeta: 49 to 62.
Ram: 52 to 62.
Shyam: 53.5 to 62.
By month 5 Geeta, Ram and Shyam meet at the same point, 62.
Step 3: Compute percentage growth.
Seeta: \(\dfrac{56 - 50}{50} \times 100 = 12\%\).
Geeta: \(\dfrac{62 - 49}{49} \times 100 = \dfrac{13}{49} \times 100 \approx 26.5\%\).
Ram: \(\dfrac{62 - 52}{52} \times 100 = \dfrac{10}{52} \times 100 \approx 19.2\%\).
Shyam: \(\dfrac{62 - 53.5}{53.5} \times 100 = \dfrac{8.5}{53.5} \times 100 \approx 15.9\%\).
Step 4: Pick the smallest.
The values are 12%, 26.5%, 19.2% and 15.9%. The smallest is 12%, which is Seeta's.
Step 5: Why the other options are wrong.
Geeta grew the most, 26.5%, because she started lowest and ended at the top. Ram grew 19.2% and Shyam 15.9%, both more than Seeta. Even the plain increase in length agrees: Seeta gained 6 units, while Shyam gained 8.5, Ram 10 and Geeta 13.
Final Answer:
Seeta grew by only 12 percent in five months, the smallest of the four. This is option (2). \[ \boxed{\text{Option (2): Seeta}} \]
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