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Homework for Ex14.1
1) Find the mean of the following distribution:
𝑥: 4 6 9 10 15
𝑓: 5 10 10 7 8

2) Following table shows the weight of 12 students, find the mean weight of the students
Weight (in kgs) 67 70 72 73 75
Number of Students 4 3 2 2 1

3) Find the mean of the following distribution:

𝑥: 10 30 50 70 89
𝑓: 7 8 10 15 10

4) If the mean of the following distribution is 6, find the value of 𝑝:

𝑥: 2 4 6 10 𝑝+5
𝑓: 3 2 3 1 2

5) Find the value of 𝑝, if the mean of the following distribution is 7.5

𝑥: 3 5 7 9 11 13
𝑓: 6 8 15 p 8 4

6) Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution if it is known that the mean of the
distribution is 1.46
Number of accidents (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Frequency (y) 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200

7) The number of telephone calls received at an exchange per interval for 250 successive one-minute intervals are
given in the frequency table. Compute the mean number of calls per interval.
No. of Calls (x): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of intervals (f): 15 24 29 46 54 43 39

8) Five coins were simultaneously tossed 1000 times and at each toss the number of heads were observed. The
number of tosses during which 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 heads were obtained are shown in the table below. Find the
mean number of head per toss
No. of heads per toss (x): 0 1 2 3 4 5
No of tosses (f): 38 144 342 287 164 25

9) The following table gives the number of branches and number of plants in a garden of a school. Calculate the
average number of branches per plant.
No of branches (x): 2 3 4 5 6
No of plants (f): 49 43 57 38 13

10) The following table gives the number of children of 150 families in a village. Find the mean number of children
per family.
No of children (x): 0 1 2 3 4 5
No. of family (f): 10 21 55 42 15 7

11) The marks obtained out of 50, by 102 students in a physics test are given in the frequency table below. Find the
average number of marks
Marks (x): 15 20 22 24 25 30 33 38 45
Frequency (y): 5 8 11 20 23 18 13 3 1

12) Calculate the mean for the following data:

x: 5 6 7 8 9
f: 4 8 14 11 3

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13) Find the mean for the following data
x: 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
f: 13 15 16 18 16 15 13

14) If the mean of the following data is 20.6, find the value of 𝑝
x: 10 15 𝑝 25 35
f: 3 10 25 7 5

15) If the mean of the following data is 15, find 𝑝

x: 5 10 15 20 25
f: 6 p 6 10 5

16) Find the value of 𝑝 for the following distribution whose mean is 16.6
x: 8 12 15 𝑝 20 25 30
f: 12 16 20 24 16 8 4

17) Find the missing value of 𝑝 for the following distribution whose mean is 12.58.
x: 5 8 10 12 𝑝 20 25
f: 2 5 8 22 7 4 2

18) Find the missing frequency 𝑝 for the following distribution whose mean is 7.68
x: 3 5 7 9 11 13
f: 6 8 15 𝑝 8 4

19) The arithmetic mean of the following data is 14. Find the value of 𝑘.
𝑥𝑖 : 5 10 15 20 25
𝑓𝑖 : 7 𝑘 8 4 5

20) The arithmetic mean of the following data is 25. Find the value of 𝑘.
𝑥𝑖 : 5 15 25 35 45
𝑓𝑖 : 3 𝑘 3 6 2

21) The mean of the following data is 18.75. Find the value of 𝑝.
𝑥𝑖 : 10 15 𝑝 25 30
𝑓𝑖 : 5 10 7 8 2

22) Find the value of 𝑝, if the mean of the following distribution is 20.
𝑥: 15 17 19 20+𝑝 23
𝑓: 2 3 4 5𝑝 6

23) Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution if it is known that the mean of the
distribution is 50.
𝑥: 10 30 50 70 90
𝑓: 17 𝑓1 32 𝑓2 19 Total 120

24) Find the mean of the following distribution:

Class – interval : 0 − 10 10 − 20 20 − 30 30 − 40 40 − 50
No. of workers 𝑓: 7 10 15 8 10

25) Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:

Class : 0 − 20 20 − 40 40 − 60 60 − 80 80 − 100
Frequency: 15 18 21 29 17

26) The following table gives the distribution of total household expenditure (in rupees) of manual workers in a city.
Find the average expenditure (in rupees) per household.
Expenditure: 100 – 150 150 – 200 200 – 250 250 – 300 300 – 350 350 – 400 400 – 450 450 – 500

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(in rupees)
Frequency: 24 40 33 28 30 22 16 7

27) If the mean of the following distribution is 54, find the value of 𝑝
Class : 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency : 7 p 10 9 13

28) The following table gives weekly wages in rupees of workers in a certain commercial organization. The frequency
of class 49-52 is missing. It is known that the mean of the frequency distribution is 47.2. Find the missing
frequency.
Weekly wages (in Rupees): 40-43 43-46 46-49 49-52 52-55
No. of workers 31 58 60 ? 27

29) The mean of the following frequency table is 50. But the frequencies 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 in class 20-40 and 60-80 are
missing. Find the missing frequencies.
Class: 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
Frequency: 17 𝑓1 32 𝑓2 19 120

Homework for Ex:14.2

30) Find the mode of the following data:

i. 3,5,7,4,5,3,5,6,8,9,5,3,5,3,6,9,7,4
ii. 3,3,7,4,5,3,5,6,8,9,5,3,5,3,6,9,7,4
iii. 15,8,26,25,24,15,18,20,24,15,19,15
31) The shirt size worn by a group of 200 persons, who brought the shirt from a store, are as follows. Find the modal
shirt size worn by the group.
Shirt size 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
No. of Persons 15 25 39 41 36 17 15 12

32) Find the mode of the following distribution:

i. Class Interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 5 8 7 12 28 20 10 10
ii. Class Interval 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
Frequency 30 45 75 35 25 15
iii. Class Interval 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-60
Frequency 25 34 50 42 38 14
33) Compare the modal ages of two groups of students appearing for an entrance test:
Age (in years) 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-24 24-26
Group A 50 78 46 28 23
Group B 54 89 40 25 17

34) The marks in science of 80 students of class X are given below. Find the mode of the marks obtained by the
students in science:
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Frequency 3 5 16 12 13 20 5 4 1 1

35) The following is the distribution of height of students of a certain class in a certain city. Find the average height of
maximum number of students.
Height (in cms) 160-162 163-165 166-168 169-171 172-174
No. of Students 15 118 142 127 18

36) The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in hospital during a year. Find the mode and mean of
the data given below. Compare and interpret the two measures of central tendency.
Age (in years) 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65
No. of Patients 6 11 21 23 14 5
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37) The following table gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory. Find mean, median and mode of the
following data.
Daily income in Rs 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
Number of workers 12 14 8 6 10

38) Find the mean, median and mode of the following data:
Class 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350
Frequency 2 3 5 6 5 3 1

39) The following frequency distribution gives monthly consumption of electricity of 68 consumers of a locality. Find
the mean, median and mode of the data and compare them.
Monthly consumption (in units) 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
Number of consumers 4 5 13 20 14 8 4

Homework for Ex: 14.3

40) The number of students absent in a school was recorded every day for 147 days and the raw data was
represented in the form of the following frequency table. Obtain the median and describe what information it
conveys
No. of students absent 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 20
No. of days 1 5 11 14 16 13 10 70 4 1 1 1

41) Calculate the median for the following data:

Marks: 0-10 10-30 30-60 60-80 80-90
No. of students: 5 15 30 8 2

42) If the median of the following frequency distribution is 46, find the missing frequencies.
Variable: 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 Total
Frequency: 12 30 ? 65 ? 25 18 229

43) Find the median of the following frequency distribution:

Weekly wages (in rupees) 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99 100-109 110-119
No. of days 5 15 20 30 20 8

44) Compute the median for the following data:

Mid-value 115 125 135 145 155 165 175 185 195
Frequency 6 25 48 72 116 60 38 22 3

45) Compute the median for the cumulative frequency distribution:

Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
0 4 16 30 46 66 82 92 100

46) The following are the lives in hours of 15 pieces of components of an aircraft engine. Find the median:
715,724, 725,710,729,745,694,699,696,712,734,728,716,705,719
47) The following is the distribution of height of students of a certain class in a certain city. Find the median height.
Height (in cms) 160-162 163-165 166-168 169-171 172-174
No. of students 15 118 142 127 18

48) Following is the distribution of I.Q. of 100 students. Find the median I.Q.
I.Q. 55-64 65-74 75-84 85-94 95-104 105-114 115-124 125-134 135-144
No. of students 1 2 9 22 33 22 8 2 1

49) Calculate the median from the following data:

Rent(in Rs) 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95

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No. of Houses 8 10 15 25 40 20 15 7

50) Calculate the median from the following data:

Marks below: 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
No. of students: 15 35 60 84 96 127 198 250

51) Calculate the missing frequency from the following distribution, it being given that the median of the distribution
is 24.
Age in years 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No. of persons 5 25 ? 18 7

52) The following table gives the frequency distribution of married women by age at marriage. Calculate median and
interpret the result.
Age in years Frequency Age in years Frequency
15-19 53 40-44 9
20-24 140 45-49 5
25-29 98 50-54 3
30-34 32 55-59 3
35-39 12 60 and above 2

53) The following table gives the distribution of life time of 400 neon lamps. Find the median life
Life-time in hours Number of lamps
1500-2000 14
2000-2500 56
2500-3000 60
3000-3500 86
3500-4000 74
4000-4500 62
4500-5000 48

54) Find the missing frequencies and the median for the following distribution if the mean is 1.46
No. of Accidents 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Frequency ( No. of days) 46 ? ? 25 10 5 200

55) Draw an ogive and the cumulative frequency polygon for the following frequency distribution by less than
method.
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of students 7 10 23 51 6 3

56) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and cumulative frequency polygon for the following frequency distribution
by less than method:
Age (in years) 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
No. of Persons 5 15 20 23 17 11 9

57) The frequency distribution of scores obtained by 220 candidates in a medical entrance is as follows. Draw
cumulative frequency curves by less than method and more than method on the same axes. Also draw the two
types of cumulative frequency polygons.
scores 400 – 450 450 – 500 500 – 550 550 – 600 600 – 650 650 – 700 700 – 750 750 – 800
No of candidates 20 35 40 32 24 27 18 24

58) Draw an ogive by less than method for the following data:
No. of rooms 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of houses 4 9 22 28 24 12 8 6 5 2

59) The marks scored by 750 students in an examination are given in the form of frequency distribution table.
Prepare a cumulative frequency table by less than method and draw an ogive.

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Marks No. of students Marks No. of students
600 – 640 16 760 – 800 172
640 – 680 45 800 – 840 59
680 – 720 156 840 – 880 18
720 – 760 284

60) Draw an ogive to represent the following frequency distribution:

Class – interval 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24
No. of students 2 6 10 5 3

61) The monthly profits (in rupees) of 100 shops are distributed as follows. Draw the frequency polygon for it.
Profits per shop 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300
No. of shops 12 18 27 20 17 6

62) The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory. Convert the distribution to a less
than type cumulative frequency distribution and draw its ogive
Daily income in Rs. 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200
No. of workers 12 14 8 6 10

63) The following table gives production yield per hectare of wheat of 100 farms of a village. Draw ‘less than’ ogive
and ‘more than’ ogive.
Production yield in kg per hectare 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
No. of farms 2 8 12 24 38 16

64) During the medical checkup of 35 students of a class, their weights were recorded as follows. Draw a less than
type ogive for the data. Hence, obtain the median weight from the graph and verify it using formula.
Weight (in kg) No. of students
Less than 38 0
Less than 40 3
Less than 42 5
Less than 44 9
Less than 46 14
Less than 48 28
Less than 50 32
Less than 52 35

Miscellaneous Questions
65) The relationship between mean, median and mode for a moderately skewed distribution is
i. Mode = 2 Median – 3 Mean ii. Mode = Median – 2 Mean
iii. Mode = 2 Median – Mean iv. Mode = 3 Median – 2mean
𝑥𝑖
66) The mean of a discrete frequency distribution ⁄𝑓 ; 𝑖 = 1,2, … , 𝑛 is given by
𝑖
Σ𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 𝟏 𝒏 ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖
i. ii. ∑ 𝒇𝒙 iii. iv.
Σ𝑓𝑖 𝒏 𝒊=𝟏 𝒊 𝒊 ∑𝑛 ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 𝑖=1 𝑖

67) If the arithmetic mean of 𝑥, 𝑥 + 3, 𝑥 + 6, 𝑥 + 9 and 𝑥 + 12 is 10, then 𝑥 =

i. 1 ii. 2 iii. 6 iv. 4
68) If the median of the data: 24, 25, 26, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 3, 30, 31, 34 is 27.5, then 𝑥 =
i. 27 ii. 25 iii. 28 iv. 30
69) If the median of the data: 6, 7, 𝑥 − 2, 𝑥, 17, 20 written in ascending order, is 16. Then 𝑥 =
i. 15 ii. 16 iii. 17 iv. 18
70) The median of the first 10 prime numbers is:
i. 11 ii. 12 iii. 13 iv. 14
71) If the mode of the data: 64,60,48, 𝑥, 43,48,43,34 is 43, then 𝑥 + 3 =
i. 44 ii. 45 iii. 46 iv. 48
72) If the mode of the data: 16,15,17,16,15, 𝑥, 19,17,14 is 15, then 𝑥 =

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i. 15 ii. 16 iii. 17 iv. 19
73) The mean of 1,3,4,5,7,4 is 𝑚. The numbers 3,2,2,4,3,3,𝑝 have mean 𝑚 − 1 and median 𝑞. Then 𝑝 + 𝑞 =
i. 4 ii. 5 iii. 6 iv. 7
74) If the mean of 6,7, 𝑥, 8, 𝑦, 14 is 9, then
i. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 21 ii. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 19 iii. 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 19 iv. 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 21
75) If the difference of mode and median of the data is 24, then the difference of median and mean is
i. 12 ii. 24 iii. 8 iv. 36
76) If the arithmetic mean of 7,8, 𝑥, 11,14 is 𝑥, then 𝑥 =
i. 9 ii. 9.5 iii. 10 iv. 10.5
77) If mode of a series exceeds its mean by 12, then the mode exceeds the median by
i. 4 ii. 8 iii. 6 iv. 10
78) If the mean of first 𝑛 natural numbers is 15, then 𝑛 =
i. 15 ii. 30 iii. 14 iv. 29
Answers:

1) 9 2) 70.25 kg 3) 55 4) 𝑝=7
5) 𝑝 =3 6) 𝑓1 = 76 , 𝑓2 = 38 7) 3.54 8) 2.47
9) 3.62(approx) 10) 2.35 11) 26.08 12) 7.025
13) 25 14) 𝑝=20 15) 8 16) 18
17) 15 18) 9 19) 6 20) 4
21) 𝑝=20 22) 𝑝=1 23) 𝑓1 = 28, 𝑓2 = 24 24) 25.8
25) 53 26) Rs. 266.25 27) 𝑝=11 28) 44
29) 𝑓1 = 28, 𝑓2 = 24 30) i. 5 ii. 3 iii. 15
31) 40 32) i. 46.67 ii.22.14 iii.38.33
33) Group A = 18.93 years ; Group B = 18.83 years 34) 53.17 35) 167.35
36) Mode = 36.8 years ; Mean = 35.37 years
37) Mean = 145.20 ; Median = 138.57 ; Mode = 125 38) Mean = 169 ; Median = 170.83 ; Mode = 175
39) Mean = 137.05 units ; Median = 137 units ; Mode = 135.76 units
40) Median = 12, this means that for about half the number of days, more than 12 students were absent
41) Median = 40 42) 𝑓1 = 34, 𝑓2 = 45 43) Median = 92.5 44) Median = 153.80
45) Median = 62 46) 716 47) 167.13 cms 48) 99.35
49) 58 50) 59.35 51) 25
52) Median =24.5 years; nearly half the women were married between the age of 15 and 24.5 years.
53) Median life = 3406.98 hours
54) Missing frequencies = 76 and 38, median =1
62) Daily income (in rupees) Cumulative Frequency 63) Productive yield kg per hectare Cumulative Frequency

Less than – 120 12 More than or equal to 50 100

Less than – 140 26 More than or equal to 55 98
Less than – 160 34 More than or equal to 60 90
Less than – 180 40 More than or equal to 65 78
Less than – 200 50 More than or equal to 70 54
More than or equal to 75 16
64) 17.5kg 65) Mode = 3 Median – 2mean
Σ𝑓 𝑥
66) Σ𝑓𝑖 𝑖
𝑖
67) 4 68) 25 69) 17 70) 12
71) 46 72) 15 73) 7 74) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 19
75) 12 76) 10 77) 8
78) 29

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