The City School

Academic Year 2020-21

Class 8
Subject: Mathematics
Topic: Statistics
Worksheet # 15-C

Student’s Name: ___________________ Date: ___________

Objective:
By completing this worksheet, you will be able to:

 calculate the mean for grouped data.

 Mean, median and mode are known as averages in Statistics. They are indicative of
the central tendency or center of a set of
data.

 Mean for ungrouped data is calculated by

𝒔𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝚺𝑿
=
𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒏

 For a set of data 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , 𝑥3,………,𝑥𝑛 , with the corresponding frequencies 𝑓1, 𝑓2 , 𝑓3,…… 𝑓𝑛
is usually displayed in the form of a frequency table:
𝒙 𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑥3 …. 𝑥𝑛
The mean of the distribution is given
𝒇 𝑓1 𝑓2 𝑓3 …. 𝑓𝑛
by:
𝑓1 𝑥1 + 𝑓2 𝑥2 +𝑓3 𝑥3 +⋯+𝑓𝑛 𝑥𝑛
Mean =
𝑓1 +𝑓2 +𝑓3+⋯….+𝑓𝑛

If we write the sum of 𝑓𝑥 as Σ𝑓𝑥 and the sum of 𝑓 as Σ𝑓, then we have
Σ𝑓𝑥
𝑥̅ =
Σ𝑓
 Learn to calculate the mean for grouped data through frequency distribution with the
help of examples through the given link.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/mean-frequency-table.html

Q1. The amount of money spent by the visitors at a carnival was recorded.
Amount Spent ($) 40 60 80 100 160 200
Number of visitors 12 32 54 68 18 16
Find the mean amount of money spent by the visitors at the carnival.

Amount Number of 𝒇𝑿 Working:

Spent ($) visitors
40 12
60 32
80 54
100 68
160 18
200 16
Σ𝑓 = Σ𝑓𝑋 =

Q2. The weekly salaries of the employees in a company are recorded. Find the mean
weekly salary of the employees.
Weekly Salary ($) Number of employees
40 12 Working:

60 32
80 54
100 68
160 18
200 16
 Q3. The time taken, in minutes, for a group of teenagers to cycle between two parks
is recorded.
Time Taken ( x minutes) Number of teenagers
15 < 𝑥 ≤ 20 5
20 < 𝑥 ≤ 25 10
25 < 𝑥 ≤ 30 20
30 < 𝑥 ≤ 35 15
35 < 𝑥 ≤ 40 18

Calculate an estimate for the mean time taken by the teenagers to cycle between the
two parks. Mid-value(X) is calculated by
𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕+𝑼𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕
𝟐

Time Taken 𝒇 Mid-value (X) 𝒇𝑿

( x minutes)
15 < 𝑥 ≤ 20 5 15 + 20
= 17.5
2
20 < 𝑥 ≤ 25 10
25 < 𝑥 ≤ 30 20
30 < 𝑥 ≤ 35 15
35 < 𝑥 ≤ 40 18

 Use the given web link to practice more questions for mean of grouped data.
https://www.mathopolis.com/questions/q.html?id=694&t=mif&qs=694_695_1464_1465_1466_1467_3060_
3061_3062_3063&site=1&ref=2f646174612f6d65616e2d6672657175656e63792d7461626c652e68746d6c&
title=43616c63756c6174696e6720746865206d65616e2066726f6d2061206672657175656e6379207461626c
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 Access Century and attempt the following
nuggets:
 Mean from Grouped Frequency
[MF49.16]
 Mean from Grouped Frequency
[MF49.17