The following were the scores of 35 students in a mathematics mock examination:
07, 19, 78, 53, 43, 67, 12, 54, 27, 22, 33, 80, 25, 58, 50, 36, 65, 33, 16, 19, 34, 20, 55, 27, 37, 41, 04, 32, 48, 28, 70, 31, 61, 08, 35
(a) Prepare the frequency distribution table using the class intervals: 0–9, 10–19, 20–29, etc.
(b) Which class interval has more students?
(c) Represent the information in a histogram and a frequency polygon and then find the mode.
(d) Calculate the median mark.
View Ans. The following marks were obtained by 32 students in a physics examination:
32, 35, 42, 50, 46, 29, 39, 38, 45, 37, 48, 52, 37, 58, 52, 48, 36, 54, 37, 42, 64, 37, 34, 28, 58, 64, 34, 57, 54, 62, 48, 67.
(a) Prepare a frequency distribution table using the class intervals: 24 29, 30 35 etc.
(b) Draw the histogram.
(c) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the median.
(d) Find the mean mark.
View AnsThe number of patients who attended maternity clinic daily in June 2 in a certain village was recorded as follows:
52 | 61 | 42 | 27 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 36 | 73 | 22 |
41 | 48 | 77 | 30 | 46 | 43 | 72 | 63 | 43 | 76 |
47 | 53 | 38 | 55 | 60 | 51 | 47 | 58 | 33 | 37 |
(a) Make a frequency distribution by grouping the number of patients in the class intervals: 20 - 29, 30 - 39, 40 - 49, ....
(b)By using the frequency distribution table obtained in part (a), calculate the mean number of patients per day.
(c) Construct a pie chart for the frequency distribution obtained in part (a).
View AnsThe examination scores in Basic Mathematics of 40 Form IV students are given in the following cumulative frequency table
Class Interval | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 |
Cumulative Frequency | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 40 |
(a)Find the mean score using assumed mean A=44.5
(b)Draw Histogram and use it to estimate the mode
(c)Calculate the median
View AnsThe following are the marks obtained by 40 students in one of the Basic Mathematics examinations:
48 | 47 | 57 | 56 | 71 | 62 | 46 | 45 | 50 | 76 |
58 | 66 | 48 | 32 | 89 | 60 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 67 |
64 | 49 | 37 | 64 | 67 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 34 |
47 | 44 | 73 | 44 | 58 | 43 | 54 | 35 | 54 | 52 |
(a) Prepare a frequency distribution using the information: number of classes = 8; size of each class = 8 and the lower limit of the first class interval = 32.
(b) Use the frequency distribution obtained in part (a) to find the actual mean when the assumed mean is 83.5.
(c) Calculate the difference between the actual mean and the median of this distribution. Hence, comment on the difference obtained.
View AnsThe table below represents the scores in general cleanliness of 30 students
SCORE x | FREQ f | fx |
1 | M |
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2 | 2m |
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3 | 10 |
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4 | 8 |
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5 | 3 |
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| ?f | ?fx |
Consider the following frequency distribution tale below;
Marks | 0-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89 | 90-99 | 100-109 | 110-119 |
Freq | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Draw the histogram and use it to estimate the mode in one decimal place.
View AnsThe number of workers absent in 52 working days is given in a cumulative frequency table below
No.of absent | 0 – 4 | 5 – 9 | 10 – 14 | 15 – 19 | 20 – 24 | 25 - 29 |
Cumulative frequency | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 48 | 52 |
Find
The heights of some plants grown in a laboratory were recorded after 5 weeks. The results are shown in the following table:
Height (cm) | 11 - 15 | 16 - 20 | 21 - 25 | 26 - 30 | 31 - 35 | 36 - 40 |
Frequency | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 3 |
(a) Calculate the mean and mode.
(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve for the data.
(c) Estimate the median from the graph.
View AnsCarefully study the frequency distribution table which shows the marks of 100 students in a Physics examination.
Marks | 41 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 - 100 |
Number of Students | 10 | 22 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 |
Calculate
(a) the mean given the assumed mean is 75.5,
(b) the median in two decimal places,
(c) the mode in two decimal places.
View AnsIn a survey of the number of children in 12 houses, the following data resulted: 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 3, 4, 3, 5, 3
(a) Show this data in a frequency distribution table.
(b) Draw a histogram and a frequency polygon to represent this data.
(c) Calculate the mean and mode number of children per house.
View AnsThe following table gives the scores of sixty students in a Basic Mathematics test.
Scores | Frequency |
0 – 10 | 5 |
10 – 20 | 7 |
20 – 30 | 15 |
30 – 40 | 25 |
40 – 50 | 8 |
Calculate:
(a) The mean score if the assumed mean is obtained from the mid mark of the modal class?
(b) The median?
(c) The range.
View AnsIf the first term of an arithmetic progression is 3 and the third term is 13, find the second term, the fourth term and the sum of the first ten terms.
View AnsThe masses of 40 parcels handled at transport office were recorded as shown in table below
Mass(kg) | 1.0- 1.9 | 2.0-2.9 | 3.0-3.9 | 4.0 - 4.9 | 5.0 - 5.9 | 6.0 - 6.9 |
Number Of Parcels | 6 | 2x | 10 | x | 2 | 1 |
a)Find value of x
b)Determine modal class and its corresponding class mark
c)Find Median
View AnsThe data below represent masses in kg of 36 men.
51 | 61 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 82 |
70 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 50 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 72 | 69 | 64 |
83 | 63 | 83 | 58 | 80 | 90 | 50 | 89 | 55 | 62 | 62 | 61 |
The following data represent the marks scored by 36 students of a certain school in geography examination.
72 | 76 | 90 | 89 | 74 | 82 | 63 | 74 | 70 |
73 | 58 | 71 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 74 | 71 | 64 |
71 | 85 | 70 | 61 | 64 | 75 | 51 | 83 | 50 |
61 | 83 | 68 | 70 | 80 | 50 | 60 | 66 | 68 |
(a)Prepare a frequency distribution table representing the given data by using the class intervals: 50 - 54, 55 -59, 60 - 64, and so on.
(b)Use the frequency distribution table obtained in part (a) to:
(i)Draw a histogram.
(ii)Calculate the median. Write the answer correct to 2 decimal places.
View AnsThe scores of 45 pupils in a Civics test were recorded as follows:
30 | 65 | 50 | 62 | 40 | 35 | 64 | 32 | 28 | 59 | 60 | 82 | 24 | 35 | 63 |
68 | 46 | 48 | 73 | 92 | 54 | 46 | 63 | 75 | 58 | 43 | 71 | 72 | 27 | 28 |
61 | 71 | 36 | 64 | 80 | 61 | 64 | 76 | 64 | 35 | 76 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 46 |
The heights of 50 plants recorded by a certain researcher are given below:
56 82 70 69 72 37 28 96 52 88 41 42 50 40 51 56 48 79 29 30 66 90
99 49 77 66 61 64 97 84 72 43 73 76
76 22 46 49 48 53 98 45 87 88 27 48
54 79 80 73
(a) Copy and complete this tally table for the data given above.
Height (cm) | Tally | Frequency |
21-30 | | |
31-40 | | |
41-50 | | |
51-60 | | |
61-70 | | |
71-80 | | |
81-90 | | |
91-100 | | |
Use this table to:
(b) Draw a histogram for the height of the plants.
(c) Find the mean height of the plants (do not use the assumed mean method).
(d) Find the median of the heights of the plants.
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