Standard scores and normal distribution

1 A normal score distribution has a mean of 60 and a standard

deviation of 6. What percentage of scores lie:
(a) below a score of 24?
(b) below a score of 72?
(c) above a score of 96?

2 A normal distribution has a mean of 45 and a standard

deviation of 6. The number of scores in this distribution is
1200. What number of scores lie:
(a) below 51?
(b) above 57?
(c) between 39 and 51?

3 A normal distribution has a mean of 38. What will be the

median and the mode for this distribution?

4 If the scores of 500 students are normally distributed with a

mean of 66.5 and a standard deviation of 2.8, how many
students have scores:
(a) greater than 70?
(b) less than 60%
(c) between 65 and 70?
(d) between 60 and 65?

5 A normal distribution of scores has a mean of 62.5 and a

standard deviation of 4. The number of students with a score
greater tan 70.5 is 30. Calculate the number of students in this
distribution.

6 A normal distribution of scores has a mean of 55. 47.32% of the

students have a score between 55 and 61. What is the
standard deviation of this distribution?

7 A grade 6 Mathematics teacher decided to assess the

performance of 10 grade 6 learners pertaining to fractions. The
learners then took part in a computer-based lesson on fractions
for 1 hour per day for 2 weeks. Their performance where
determined 3 weeks after the computer-based intervention.
The raw scores of the two tests are given in the following table:

Student Score before Score after

Sam 30 35
Joseph 45 45
Bettie 56 67
Maria 23 26
John 45 78
Ann 31 45
Peter 41 46
Linda 33 46
George 34 51
Martha 24 38
Calculate the percentage of learners that improved their
performance.