STATISTICS [ASSIGNMENTS]

Q1. In a class test, marks obtained by 120 students are given in the following frequency distribution. If it
is given that mean is 59, find the missing frequencies x and y. [Ans. X = 29, y = 1]

Marks Number of students

0 – 10 1
10 – 20 3
20 –30 7
30 – 40 10
40 – 50 15
50 – 60 X
60 – 70 9
70 – 80 27
80 – 90 18
90 – 100 y

Q2. The weekly pocket money of the students of class X of a school is given in the following table: [Ans. Rs.114.67]

Pocket money (in Rs.) 0 - 40 40 - 80 80 - 120 120 - 160 160 - 200 200 - 240
Number of students 5 7 15 10 5 8
Find the median for the above data:

[Link] surname were picked up from a local telephone directory and the frequency distribution of the number of
letters of the English alphabets was obtained as follows: [Ans. X = 15]

Number of letters 1– 4 4 –7 7 – 10 10 – 13 13 – 16 16 - 19
Number of surnames 10 25 35 x 12 8
If it is given that mode of the distribution is 8, then find the missing frequency (x).

Q4. In a class test, 50students obtained marks as follows: [Ans. 40 – 60 median class]

Marks obtained 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100

Number of students 4 6 25 10 5
Find the modal class and the median class.

Q5. The mean of the following frequency distribution is 50 and the sum of all the frequencies is 120. Find the missing
frequencies x and y. [Ans. X = 28, y = 24]

Classes 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 TATAL

Frequencies 17 X 32 Y 19 120

Q6. Pocket expenses of the students of a class in a college are shown in the following frequency distribution:

Pocket expenses in (Rs.) Number of students

0 – 200 33
200 – 400 74
 400 – 600 170
600 – 800 88
800 – 1000 76
1000 – 1200 44
1200 – 1400 25

Find the mean and median for the above data: [Ans. mean = Rs.630.20 and median = Rs. 574.12]

[Link] following distribution gives the state – wise teacher – student ratio in senior secondary
schools of India. Draw a ‘less than type’ ogive and a ‘more than type’ ogive for this data.

Number of students per teacher Number of states

15 – 20 1
20 – 25 3
25 – 30 2
30 – 35 6
35 – 40 12
40 – 45 5
45 – 50 1
50 – 55 0
55 – 60 3
60 – 65 2

Q8. Given below is the distribution of weekly pocket money received by students of a class.
Calculate the pocket money that is received by most of the students. [Ans. Rs.86.32]

Pocket money (in Rs.) 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120 120 – 140

Number of students 2 2 3 12 18 5 2

Q9. In annual day of a school, age-wise participation of students is shown in the following
frequency distribution: [Ans. Median = 11. 4 years]

Age of students 5–7 7–9 9 – 11 11 – 13 13 – 15 15 – 17 17 – 19

(in years)
Number of students 20 18 22 25 20 15 10
Draw a ‘less than type’ ogive for the above data and from it find the median age.

Q10. Find mode, using an empirical relation, when it is given that mean and median are 10.5
and 9.6 respectively. [Ans. Mode = 7.8]

Q11. A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 2 minutes and
compiled data in the following table: [Ans. X = 8, y = 25]
Number 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
of cars
Number 7 x 13 15 y 10 14 8
of periods
Find the missing frequencies x and y, if the mode of the data is given to be 44.

[Link] the mean of 25 observations is 27 and each observation is decreased by 7, then what
will be the new mean? [Ans. Mean = 20]

Q13. Compute the median of the following data: [Ans. Median = 116.67]

Marks Number of students

More than 150 0
More than140 12
More than130 27
More than120 60
More than110 105
More than100 124
More than90 141
More than80 150
Q14. The median and mean of a unimodal statistical data are 42.4 and 40.6 respectively. Find
its mode, using an empirical relation. [Ans. Mode = 46]

[Link] time of 400fans are given in the following frequency distribution: [Ans. Mode 3046.15 hours]

Life time (in hours) 2000 – 2400 2400 – 2800 2800 – 3200 3200 – 3600 3600 – 4000
Number of fans 50 70 150 100 30
Find the modal life of the fan.

[Link] following frequency distribution gives the marks (out of 50) of students in a class test: [Ans. 24]

Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Number of students 10 24 38 22 6
Using step derivation method, find the mean marks.

Q17. The following table shows the ages of the patients of economical weaker sections of
society provided free treatment in a private hospital during a year. Find the mode of the data.

Ages (in years) 5 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 55 55 – 65

Number of patients 6 11 21 23 14 5
Also, calculate the median using the empirical formula, if the mean of the data is given as 35.5.
[Ans. Mode = 36.82 years, median = 35.94 years.]

Q18. The median of the following data is 20.75. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2, if the total frequency is 100.

Class interval frequency

0–5 7
5 – 10 10
10 – 15 F1
 15 – 20 13
20 – 25 F2
25 – 30 10
30 – 35 14
35 – 40 9

[Ans. F1 = 17 , f2 = 20]

Q19. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution table, if N = 100 and median is 32.

Marks obtained 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 Total

No. of students 10 ? 25 30 ? 10 100

[Ans. 9 and 18]

Q20. The frequency distribution of weekly pocket money received by a group of students is given below.

Pocket money (in Rs.) Numbers of students

More than of equal to 20 90
More than of equal to 40 76
More than of equal to 60 60
More than of equal to 80 55
More than of equal to 100 51
More than of equal to 120 49
More than of equal to 140 33
More than of equal to 160 12
More than of equal to 180 8
More than of equal to 200 4

Draw a ‘more than type’ ogive and from it, find median. Verify median by actual calculations.

[Ans. = median 135]