Exercise for Chapter 7 (Add Maths)

1. The following data are the ages of ten teachers in a school.

28, 27, 33, 42, 45, 50, 35, 30, 33, 47
Find the mean, median and mode of the ages of the teachers. [37, 34, 33]

2. Given the set data

6, 11, 8, m, 19, 10, 5, 6, 11, 5
Find the value of m if
(a) Mean is 10.5 [24]
(b) Mode is 6 [6]
(c) Median is 8.5 [9]

3. The number of eggs laid by each day by 10 hens over a period of 21 days is
6, 7, 8, 6, 5, 8, 6, 8, 6, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 5, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 5
(a) Construct a frequency table for the data.
(b) Find the mean, median and mode of the number of eggs laid. [6.333, 6, 6]

4. The frequency table shows the scores obtained by 20 students in a quiz.

Scores No. of students
12 5
13 5
14 6
15 4
Find the mean, mode and median of the above data. [13.45, 14, 13.5]

5. The following table shows the number of students who cycle to school every day in 60 classes.
Number of students Number of classes
0 18
1 10
2 p
4 2
6 3
7 q
(a) If the mean of the distribution is 3 students, find the values of p and q. [p= 9, q= 18]
(b) Find the minimum value of p if the mode is 2 students. [19]

6. The table shows the distribution of the scores scored by 25 players in a match. Find the mean, modal class
and median of the data. [10.2, 5-9, 9.22]
Scores No. of students
0-4 4
5-9 9
10-14 6
15-19 4
20-24 2

7. The height of 50 students is shown in the table. Draw a histogram for the data and determine the mode of the
students. [155.25]
Height (cm) No. of students
130-139 4
140-149 12
150-159 20
 160-169 14

8. The table shows the marks gained in an examination by 70 students.

Marks (%) No. of students
20-39 7
40-59 12
60-79 37
80-99 14
Draw an ogive for the given data and from the ogive, estimate
(a) The median of the marks obtained by the students [69.75%]
(b) The number of students who scored more than 60% [50]
(c) The number of students who scored less than 45% [10]

9. The table shows the marks of a group of students in a test.

Marks % No. of students
10-29 8
30-49 5
50-69 k
70-89 3
Given that the median mark is 37.5, find the value of k. [4]

10. The mean of a set of data 7, 8-h, 2+3h, 2h, 5 is k. If each value of data is subtracted by 4 and the multiplied
by 3, the mew mean is 30. Find the value of h and k. [k=14, h=12]

11. A set of 25 observations have a mean of 13.8.

(a) If one data, 43 is taken out from the observations, find the mean of the remaining 24 observations. [12.583]
(b) If one of the data had been wrongly recorded as 10 instead of 58, find the revised value of mean. [15.72]

12. 10, 15, 22, 17, 18, 19, 11, 15, 16, 20
Find the range, interquartile range, variance and standard deviation of the above data. [12, 4, 12.81, 3.58]

13. A set of 8 data has a mean of 13 and a standard deviation of 4.2. Find
(a) The sum of all the data, x [104]
(b) The sum of squares of all of the data, x2 [1493.12]

14. If the data 8, m, 18 and 26 have a variance of 46, find the value of m, if m is an integer. [12]

15. The table below shows the age of 435 cars in a workshop. Find the range, interquartile range and standard
deviation of the data. [7, 4, 2.454]
Age 3 4 6 8 10
Frequency 40 50 75 110 160

16. The table below shows the mass of 60 students. Find the range, interquartile range and variance. [20, 6.2,
23.1875]
Mass (kg) Number of students
45-49 4
50-54 17
55-59 27
60-64 8
65-69 4

17. The following table shows the distribution of the heights of 100 plants.
Height (cm) Number of plants
15-19 14
 20-24 12
25-29 28
30-34 39
35-39 7
Draw an ogive for the above data. From the ogive, estimate
(a) The interquartile range [7.5]
(b) The percentage of having plants taller than 28cm [57%]

18. A set of data consists of 20 numbers. The sum of the numbers is 580 and the sum of the squares of the
numbers is 17430.
(a) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the 20 numbers. [30.5, 5.523]
(b) Another number is added to the set of data and the mean increased by 3.5. Find
i. The value of this number [102.5]
ii. The variance of the set of 21 numbers [274.048]

19. A set of data A consists of 10 numbers with mean 15 and variance 25. Another set of data B consists of 8
numbers with mean 6 and standard deviation 3. Find the new mean and standard deviation when both sets of
data are combined. [11, 6.155]

20. (a) A set of 15 data has a mean of 132.4.

i. If a data, 100, is taken out from the data, find the mean of the remaining 14 data. [134.7]
ii. If one of the data had been wrongly recorded as 98 instead of 128, find the revised value of mean.
[134.4]
(b) Two classes were given the same test. The class of 20 students had a mean of 74% while the second class
with 26 students had a mean of 81%. Find the mean of the combined class, correct to 2 decimal places.
[77.96%]

21. A set of data x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7 has a range of 16, an interquartile range of 7 and a standard deviation of
2. If each data is multiplied by 2 and then added by 5, find the new range, interquartile range, variance and
standard deviation. [32, 14, 16, 4]

22. If the interquartile range and variance of the data x, y, z, a is 13 and 0.0625 respectively, find the new
interquartile range, variance and standard deviation when each of the data is
(a) added by 5 and divided by 2 [6.5, 0.015625, 0.125]
(b) Multiplied by ½ and subtracted by 3 [6.5, 0.015625, 0.125]
(c) Deducted by 0.25 [13, 0.0625, 0.25]

23. The mean for the set of number 7, 14, 2x, 16, 9, x, 10, 2 is 8. Find
(a) the value of x [2]
(b) the variance of the numbers [24.25]
(c) the new standard deviation if every number above is added by 5 then multiplied by 0.12 [0.591]

24. The table below shows the marks of 100 students in an IQ test.
Marks Number of students
0-19 0
20-39 3
40-59 38
60-79 39
80-99 20
(a) State the median class. [60-79]
(b) Construct a cumulative frequency distribution table and draw an ogive for the above data.
(c) From the ogive, estimate
i. the median marks of the students [63]
ii. the passing mark if 60% of the students pass the IQ test [59]