SURAJ SIR PRIVATE TUITION
Mathematics
CLASS 10 - MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 1:15 hour Maximum Marks : 40
Section A
1 What is the mean of the following numbers: 23, 45, 87, 40, 50? [1]
a) 49
b) 34
c) 56
d) None of the above
2 [1]
The upper limit of the median class is
a) 17
b) 17.5
c) 18
d) 18.5
3 An ogive curve is used to determine [1]
a) Range
b) Mean
c) Mode
d) median
4 If the classes of a frequency distribution are 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, …, 51-60, then [1]
the size of each class is
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 5.5
5 If the classes of a frequency distribution are 1-10, 11-20, 21-30,…, 61-70, then the [1]
upper limit of the class 11-20 is
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 19.5
(d) 20.5
6 The median of 18, 29, 15, 14 and 21 is : [1]
a) 15
b) 18
c) 29
d) 21
7 The mean of 5 variables is 20. If four of them are 15, 25, 10 and 12; the fifth [1]
variable is :
a) 38
b) 60
c) 48
d) 28
8 Numbers 5, 15, 20, x, 28, 30, 35 are in ascending order and have median = 23; [1]
then the value of x is :
a) 24
b) 29
c) 17.5
d) 23
9 The following table gives the heights of plants in centimeter. If the mean height of [3]
plants is 60.95 cm; find the value of 'f'.
10 The contents of 100 match boxes were checked to determine the number of [3]
matches they contained.
(i) Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the mean number of matches per box.
(ii) Determine, how many extra matches would have to be added to the total
contents of the 100 boxes to bring the mean up to exactly 39 matches ?
11 Find the mean (correct to one place of decimal) by using short-cut method. [3]
12 The marks obtained by 19 students of a class are given below : [3]
27, 36, 22, 31, 25, 26, 33, 24, 37, 32, 29, 28, 36, 35, 27, 26, 32, 35 and 28. Find:
(i) Median
(ii) lower quartile
(iii) Upper quartile
(iv) Inter-quartile range
13 From the data, given below, calculate the mean wage, correct to the nearest [4]
rupee.
(i) If the number of workers in each category is doubled, what would be the new
mean wage ?
(ii) If the wages per day in each category are increased by 60%; what is the new
mean wage ?
(iii) If the number of workers in each category is doubled and the wages per day
per worker are reduced by 40%; what would be the new mean wage ?
14 In the following table, Σf = 200 and mean = 73. Find the missing frequencies [4]
f1 and f2.
15 The following are the marks obtained by 70 boys in a class test. [4]
Calculate the mean by :
(i) Short-cut method (ii) Step-deviation method
16 In a school, 100 pupils have heights as tabulated below : [4]
Find the median height by drawing an ogive.
17 The mean of 1, 7, 5, 3, 4 and 4 is m. The numbers 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3 and p have mean m [4]
- 1 and median q. Find p and q.