Numerical Problems
Problem 1:
The following table shows the number of cars sold by different dealerships
in a month:
| Number of Cars Sold (x) | Number of Dealerships (f) |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 |
|9 |3 |
1. Calculate the first quartile (Q₁).
2. Calculate the third quartile (Q₃).
3. Find the Interquartile Range (IQR).
4. Determine the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 2:
The number of tickets sold by 15 vendors at a fair is recorded as follows:
| Tickets Sold (x) | Number of Vendors (f) |
|------------------|----------------------|
| 10 | 2 |
| 20 | 5 |
| 30 | 4 |
| 40 | 3 |
| 50 |1 |
5. Determine Q₁, Q₂ (Median), and Q₃.
6. Calculate the IQR.
7. Find the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 3:
The number of hours spent on social media per day by a group of 25
students is summarized below:
| Hours (x) | Number of Students (f) |
|-----------|------------------------|
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 5 |
|5 |2 |
8. Find Q₁ and Q₃.
9. Determine the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 4:
The ages of 50 participants in a marathon are distributed as follows:
| Age Range (years) | Number of Participants |
|-------------------|-----------------------|
| 20-25 | 10 |
| 26-30 | 15 |
| 31-35 | 12 |
| 36-40 | 8 |
| 41-45 |5 |
[Link] Q₁ and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 5:
The heights (in cm) of 60 plants in a greenhouse are recorded as follows:
| Height Range (cm) | Number of Plants |
|-------------------|------------------|
| 30-35 | 8 |
| 36-40 | 14 |
| 41-45 | 20 |
| 46-50 | 12 |
| 51-55 |6 |
[Link] Q₁, Q₂ (Median), and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 6:
The daily rainfall (in mm) recorded over a month is summarized below:
| Rainfall Range (mm) | Number of Days |
|---------------------|----------------|
| 0-10 | 5 |
| 11-20 | 12 |
| 21-30 | 10 |
| 31-40 | 8 |
| 41-50 |3 |
[Link] Q₁ and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 7:
The number of languages known by 20 individuals in a survey is as follows:
| Number of Languages (x) | Number of Individuals (f) |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 |
|5 |1 |
[Link] Q₁ and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 8:
The scores of 45 students in a math test are grouped as follows:
| Score Range | Number of Students |
|-------------|--------------------|
| 0-10 | 3 |
| 11-20 | 7 |
| 21-30 | 12 |
| 31-40 | 10 |
| 41-50 |8 |
[Link] Q₁, Q₂ (Median), and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 9:
The number of defects found in batches of products is recorded for 18
batches as follows:
| Number of Defects (x) | Number of Batches (f) |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 4 |
|3 |2 |
[Link] Q₁ and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 10:
The weights (in kg) of 55 packages are grouped as follows:
| Weight Range (kg) | Number of Packages |
|-------------------|--------------------|
| 10-15 | 6 |
| 16-20 | 14 |
| 21-25 | 20 |
| 26-30 | 10 |
| 31-35 |5 |
[Link] Q₁, Q₂ (Median), and Q₃.
[Link] the IQR.
[Link] the Quartile Deviation (QD).
Problem 11: Calculate the mean, and standard deviation for the following
data:
Class Interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 27 10 7 5 4 2
Problem 12: The diameters of circles (in mm) drawn in a design are given
below:
Diameters 33 – 36 37 – 40 41 – 44 45 – 48 49 – 52
[Link] circles 15 17 21 22 25
Problem 13: The data set below gives the prices (in dollars) of a few items at
a departmental store. 35, 50, 60, 60, 75. Calculate standard deviation
Problem 14: You’re interested in calculating the standard deviation of the
exam scores of a national standardised test to see if many people scored
close to the mean or not. Use the following dataset.
Test Taker Score
1 20
2 40
3 60
4 60
5 75
6 80
7 70
8 65
9 70
10 90
Problem 15: The number of televisions sold in each day of a week are 13, 8,
4, 9, 7, 12, 10. Find its standard deviation.
Problem 16: The amount of rainfall in a particular season for 6 days are
given as 17.8 cm, 19.2 cm, 16.3 cm, 12.5 cm, 12.8 cm and 11.4 cm. Find its
standard deviation.
Problem 17: The amount that the children have spent for purchasing some
eatables in one day trip of a school are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40. Find the
standard deviation of the amount they have spent.
Problem 18: 48 students were asked to write the total number of hours per
week they spent on watching television. With this information find the
standard deviation of hours spent for watching television.
Problem 19: The marks scored by the students in a slip test are given below.
Find the standard deviation of their marks
Problem 20: Marks of the students in a particular subject of a class are given
below.
Problem 21: The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations are found
to be 10 and 5 respectively. On rechecking it was found that one of the
observation with value 8 was incorrect. Calculate the correct mean and
standard deviation if the correct observation value was 23?
Problem 22: Calculate the mean deviation from mean for the following data.
x 12 9 6 18 10
f 7 3 8 1 2
Problem 23: Calculate the mean deviation for the following data.
Class
0–2 2–4 4–6 6–8
Interval
Frequency 4 2 5 3
Problem 24: calculate the mean deviation
Number of
Workers
Wages (Frequency)
2500 7
3000 9
4000 5
4500 6
5000 3
Problem 25: Find the mean deviation about the median for the following
data.
Class Frequency (f)
15 - 25 12
25 - 35 6
35 - 45 9
45 - 55 4
55 - 65 2
Problem 26: Find the mean deviation about the mean for the given data
x f
12 7
9 3
6 8
18 1
10 2