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GRADE 11 MATHEMATICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FROM UNIT 7 IN 2017/ 2025

✍. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES

1. Which of the following is a quantitative variable?
A. Hair color B. Salary of an employee C. Type of car D. Country of birth
2. What is the main difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
A. Qualitative data is always more reliable than quantitative data.
B. Quantitative data is expressed in words, while qualitative data is expressed in numbers.
C. Qualitative data describes characteristics, while quantitative data involves numerical
values.
D. Quantitative data cannot be counted, while qualitative data can.
3. A study collects data on the number of hours spent studying each week and the grade achieved by
each student. Which of the following data types would best describe the "number of hours spent
studying"?

A. Continuous quantitative data C. Qualitative data

B. Ordinal data D. Discrete quantitative data

4. When creating a survey to collect data on both the level of education (high school, undergraduate,
postgraduate) and the number of hours worked per week, which types of data would you be
gathering?
A. Only qualitative data C. Qualitative and quantitative data
B. Only quantitative data D. Ordinal data only
5. A researcher is analyzing data on the number of hours students sleep each night and their overall
academic performance. Which of the following statements is correct about the type of data?
A. The number of hours slept is quantitative data, while academic performance is qualitative
data.
B. Both hours slept and academic performance are qualitative data.
C. Both hours slept and academic performance are quantitative data.
D. The number of hours slept is quantitative data, while academic performance is ordinal data.
6. What is ungrouped data?
A. Data that is arranged in categories or classes
B. Data that is organized in intervals
C. Raw data that has not been sorted into groups or intervals
D. Data that has been summarized using frequency distributions
7. In a frequency distribution table, the class intervals are 0–5, 6–10, 11–15, etc. The midpoint of the
class 6–10 is: A. 6 B. 7.5 C. 8 D. 10
8. In a histogram, what does the height of each bar represent?
A. The frequency of data points in a class interval C. The total number of data points in the
dataset B. The average value of the data points D. The range of the data
9. Which of the following is an example of grouped data?
A. list of exam scores: 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70
B. A set of ages: 15, 18, 21, 25, 30, 35, 40
C. Data showing class intervals such as 10–20, 21–30, 31–40
D. A record of daily temperatures in Celsius

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 10. What is the primary advantage of using grouped data over ungrouped data?
A. Grouped data is more detailed than ungrouped data.
B. Grouped data is always more accurate than ungrouped data.
C. Grouped data helps in finding the exact values of each data point.
D. Grouped data is easier to interpret and analyze for large data
11. Suppose the average mark of group A on Mathematics exam is 50 and it is 60 for that group of B.
Given the combined average mark is 55, find the number of students in group A if the number of
students in group B is 40.
A. 45 B. 55 C. 40 D. 57

12. If ∑10
𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 = 60, then the mean(𝑥̅ ) is equal to
A. 6 B. 7 C. 60 D. 10
13. The following frequency table presents the exam that students score on Maths subject.
Score 10 – 20 20 - 30 30 – 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 and
above
Frequency 5 7 10 30 14 3 1

Which one of the following is correct about this frequency distribution?

A. The number of students who scored mark less than 10 is 5

B. The number of students who scored mark less than 50 is 52
C. The number of students who scored mark greater than or equal to 50 is 18
D. The number of students who scored mark less than 20 is 5
14. In a grouped frequency distribution, the mid values of the value of the classes are used to measure
which of the following central tendency?
A. Mode B. Median C. Mean D. Decile
15. Weights of 40 eggs were recorded as given below

Weight (in 85-89 90-94 95-99 100-104 105-109

gm)
No. of eggs 10 12 12 4 2

The lower limit of the median class is A. 90 B. 95 C. 94.5 D.89.5

16. The median class of the following distribution is

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Interval
frequency 8 10 12 22 30 18

A. 20 − 30 B. 40 − 50 C. 30 − 40 D. 10 − 20

17. The arithmetic mean of 12 observations is 7.5. If the arithmetic mean of the 7 observation is 6.5,
the mean of the remaining observation is
A. 8.5 B. 5.5 C. 9.2 D. 8.9
18. Mean of 100 items is 49. It was discovered the three items which should have been 60, 70, 80
were wrongly read as 40, 20, 50 respectively. The correct mean is
A. 82.5 B. 50 C. 80 D. 48

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 19. Which of the following diagrams is used to find the value of mode graphically?
A. Bar graph B. Histogram C. pie chart D. all
20. The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 25. Then the value of 𝑥 is

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Interval
frequency 5 18 15 𝑥 6

A. 20 B. 18 C. 16 D. 12
21. The class mark of a class is 10 and its class width is 6. The lower limit of the class is
A. 7 B. 8 C.10 D.5
22. In a frequency distribution the class width is 4 and the lower limit of the first class is 10. If there
are six classes, the upper limit of last class is
A. 22 B. 26 C. 30 D. 34
23. If the median of 12, 13, 16, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 4,28,30, 32 is 23, when the , 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 4 lie between 16
and 28 then the value of 𝑥 is
A. 18 B. 20 C. 22 D. 19
24. The mode of 12, 16, 19, 𝑥, 12, 16, 19,12 is 16, then the value of 𝑥 𝑖𝑠
A. 12 B. 16 C. 19 D. 18
25. For the following distribution what is the sum of lower limit of the median class and the modal
class?
Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Interval
frequency 10 15 12 20 9

A. 15 B. 25 C. 30 D. 35
26. What is the missing frequencies 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 respectively in table given below, it is being given that
the mean of the given frequency distribution is 50.

Class 0-20 20- 40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total

Interval
frequency 17 𝑓1 32 𝑓2 19 120

A. 12, 40 B. 28, 24 C. 20, 32 D. 37, 15

27. If the median of the distribution given below is 32 and if the total frequency is 100 what is the
value of 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 respectively?

Class 0-10 10- 20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Interval
frequency 10 𝑎 25 30 𝑏 10

A. 10, 15 B. 13, 12 C. 9, 16 D. 20, 5

28. In the following table, the class intervals are 0–10, 11–20, 21–30, 31–40. The frequencies are 10,
20, 30, and 40 respectively. What would be the mean of the data?
A. 25 B. 22.5 C. 20 D. 30
29. The first quartile (Q1) corresponds to which percentile?
A. 25th percentile B. 50th percentile C. 75th percentile D.100th percentile

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 30. The following data represents the scores of 20 students in a test:

12,15,20,25,28,30,35,38,40,42,45,50,55,60,65,70,72,75,80,85

What is the second quartile (Q2) or median of the data?

A. 40 B. 42.5 C. 50 D. 52
31. In ungrouped data, quartiles are calculated after arranging the data in:
A. Ascending order C. Both ascending and descending order

B. Descending order D. Random order

32. Deciles are used to divide data into equal parts based on the distribution of the data. Which of the
following is true regarding the 9th decile (D9)?
A. D9 represents the point below which 90% of the data falls
B. D9 represents the point below which 50% of the data falls
C. D9 is always greater than the median
D. D9 divides the data into 4 equal parts
33. What is the value of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 𝑒, 𝑓 respectively in the following distribution of height of students in
a class
Height (in 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180
cm)
frequency 12 𝑏 10 𝑑 𝑒 2
Cumulative 𝑎 25 𝑐 43 48 𝑓
frequency

A. 12, 13, 35, 78, 86, 88 C. 12, 13, 35, 8, 5, 50

B. 13, 12, 35, 78, 86, 88 D. 13, 10, 35, 40, 88, 100
34. Given the following data set of heights of 12 individuals in centimeters, what is the value of
the30th percentile (𝑃30 ): 150,160,165,170,175,180,185,190,195,200,205,210
A. 170 B. 175 C. 165 D. 160
35. The following data set represents the ages of 20 participants in a study:

20,25,30,30,35,35,40,40,45,45,50,50,55,55,60,60,65,65,70,75. What is the 4th decile (D4) for this

data set? A. 50 B. 40 C.35 D. 45

Based on the following table answer question 36- 38

Class 100-150 150- 200 200-250 250-300 300-350
Interval
frequency 6 3 5 20 10

36. What is the median for this distribution?

A. 250 B. 300 C. 280 D. 270
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37. What is the value of the 7 decile (𝐷7 ) for this grouped data?
A. 308 B. 229 C. 292 D. 334

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 38. What is the value of 𝑷𝟓𝟓 ?
A. 275.5 B. 260.2 C. 300.2 D. 252.5
39. A data set consists of 18 observations. To find the third quartile (Q3), the appropriate position is:
A. 14.25th value B. 13th value C. 14th value D. 4.75th value
40. A data set has 30 observations. The 20th percentile (P20) will be located at which of the following
positions?
A. 6.2th value B. 6th value C. 20th value D. 6.5th value

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