Worksheet No 24 Mean , Meadian , Mode, Range

Past Papers Questions 2018 to 2005

1. Usama recorded the number of items bought by each of 20 customers at a shop.
The results are shown in the table.

(a) Write down the mode. [1] (b) Find the median number of items bought. [1]
(c) Calculate the mean number of items bought. [2]
17
4024/11/M/J/18 Q7)(a)5 (b)4 (c) 3
20
2. 0.05 –0.3 1.3 –1.2 0.2 For the five numbers, find
(i) the mean (ii)the range
4024/12/M/J/18 Q3(b)(i)0.01 (ii)2.5
3. One week the temperatures, in degrees Celsius, at midnight were recorded.
The results are given below. -1 -3 2 5 -2 1 -2
Use these results to find
(a) the mode, [1] (b) the median [1] (c) the mean [1] (d) Range. [1]
4024/11/O/N/17 Q10 (a) -2 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d)8
4. The mean age of Ali, Ben and Chris is 14 years 3 months. Dai’s age is 15 years and 3 months.
Calculate the mean age of the four people. Answer .........years ......... months [2]
4024/12/O/N/17 Q11 14 years 6 months
5. Sunil recorded the lengths, in minutes, of the 150 phone calls he made one month.
His results are summarised in the table.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of a call. [3]

Ans 4024/21/O/N/17 Q2)(a) 14.35 or 14.4
6. A company asked their employees how long they took to travel to work one day.
The table summarises the times for 120 employees.

(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken for the employees to travel to work.
Ans 4024/22/O/N/17 Q2)(c) 49.3
7. (a) Here are the masses, in grams, of 8 apples. 189 175 185 192 202 161 174 196
Find the median mass. [1]
 (b) A bag contains 5 carrots. The mean mass of the carrots is 60 g. Another carrot is added to
the bag. The mean mass of the 6 carrots is 65 g. Work out the mass of the carrot added to the
bag. [2]
4024/12/M/J/17 Q10 (a)187 (b) 90
8. 80 people were each asked how much they spent on clothes last month.
The results are summarised in the table below

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(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean amount spent on clothes last month. [3]
Ans 4024/21/M/J/17 Q11)(a) 75
9. (a) The table below summarises the times taken by 50 athletes to run 400 m

(i) State the modal class. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken by these athletes. [3]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/17 Q11)(a)(i) 55 ≤ t < 60 (ii)60.8
10. Stella walks to a park. For 4 minutes she walks at a rate of 80 steps per minute.
For 1 minute she walks at a rate of 120 steps per minute.
Find the mean number of steps per minute she takes. [2]
4024/11/M/J/16 Q5)88
11. The number of goals scored in each of 50 football matches was recorded.
The results are given in the table

For these results, find

 (a) the mode, [1]
(b) the median, [1]
(c) the mean. [2]
4024/11/M/J/16 Q20 (a)0 (b)1 (c)1.6

12. Steven asked 25 women how many children they have.

The results are summarised in the table below.

(a) Find (i) the mean, [2] (ii) the median,[1] (iii) the mode. [1]
(b) Steven says that the mode is the average that best represents the data.
Explain why Steven is wrong. [1]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/16 Q3(a)(i)1.64 (ii)2 (iii)0 (b)mode is an extreme value in this case and not a
central value so it doesn't give any idea of the central value
13. During one day, the temperature, in °C, was recorded every 2 hours.
The twelve results are given below. -3 -2 –1 1 2 4 5 4 2 0 -2 –2
For these results, find
(a) the median, [1] (b) the mean, [1]
(c) the difference between the highest and the lowest of these temperatures (Range). [1]
4024/11/O/N/16 Q13 (a) 0.5 (b) 2/3 (c) (-) 8
14. A school recorded the number of absent students over a 50-day period. The results are given in
the table.

(a) Write down the mode. [1] (b) Calculate the mean. [2]
Ans 4024/12/O/N/16 Q12) (a) 0 (b) 0.8
15. (a) The times taken by 135 runners to complete a cross-country course were recorded.
The results are summarised in the table.
 (ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time. [3]
Ans 4024/21/O/N/16 Q10 (a)(ii) 39.4
16. Omar has a pack of number cards. He picks these five cards.

(a) Write down the mode of the five numbers. [1]

(b) He takes another card from the pack.
(i) If the mean of the six numbers is -1 , what number did he pick? [1]
(ii) If the difference between the highest and lowest of the six numbers is 12,
what are the two possible numbers he could have picked? [1]
Ans 4024/12/M/J/15 Q12) (a) -2 (i) –3 (ii) –8, 8
17. One day a farmer collected 300 eggs from his chickens.
The table below shows the distribution of the masses of the eggs.

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of an egg

Ans 4024/21/M/J/15 Q10)(b)50.8
18. (a) In a survey, 50 students were asked how long they spent exercising during one particular
week. The results are summarised in the table.

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean time each student spent exercising that week [3]
(ii) During that week, the time Simon spent exercising is shown below.
Tuesday 12.37 p.m. until 1.24 p.m. Thursday 8.57 a.m. until 9.42 a.m.
Which interval is his time recorded in?
Ans 4024/22/M/J/15 Q3)(a)(i) 67.8 (ii) 90 ≤t < 120
19. A group of five numbers has a mean of 3.8 and a median of 3. The numbers 3 and 6 are added to
the group. (a) Find the mean of the seven numbers. [2]
 (b) Find the median of the seven numbers. [1]
Ans 4024/11/O/N/15 Q12) (a) 4 (b) 3
20. Each member of a group of 50 people was asked how many films they watched in a month.
The results are shown in the table below.
(a) Find the mode. [1]
(b) Calculate the mean number of films
watched in a month. [2]
8
Ans 4024/11/O/N/15 Q13)(a) 3 (b)2
100

21. The length of time taken by 80 drivers to

complete a particular journey is summarised
in the table below.

(b) In which of the intervals does the median time lie? [1]
(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to complete the journey. [3]
Ans 4024/22/O/N/15 Q10) (b) 95 < t ⩽100 (c) 98.2
22. In an experiment, a red die and a blue die were thrown 10 times.
Each time, the score on the red die was subtracted from the score on the blue die.
The results are given below.
5 −4 −3 4 0 2 −1 −3 3 −2 For these results, find
(a) the median, [1] (b) the mean. [1]
Ans 4024/12/O/N/14 Q3) (a) - 0.5 (b) 0.1
23. A group of 80 students enters a science quiz.
The table shows the distribution of their scores.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean score [3]

Ans 4024/21/M/J/14 Q8)a) 32.25 or 32.75
24. (b) The table summarises the ages of the members of a film club

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of the members. [3]

Ans 4024/22/M/J/14 Q7)b) (i) 40.1
25. (b) The mass of each plum in a box is recorded correct to the nearest 5 grams.

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of a plum. [3]

Ans 4024/21/O/N/14 Q4)(b)(i) 29.5

26. (a) Keith records the number of letters he receives each day for 20 days. His results are shown
in the table.
(i) Write down the mode. [1]
(ii) Work out the mean [2]
(b) Over the same 20 days, Emma received a mean of 1.7
letters each day.
How many letters did Emma receive altogether? [1]
1
Ans 4024/12/M/J/13 Q19) (a)1 (b)2 (c)34
10

27. (a) The distribution of the weights of luggage for 140

passengers is shown in the table.

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean weight of luggage. [3]

Ans 4024/21/M/J/13 Q12)(a)(i) 14.8
28. (b) The table below shows the distribution of the ages of these customers.

(i) State the modal class.[1] (ii)Calculate an estimate of the mean age of these customers. [3]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/13 Q7b(i) 40 < y ≤ 60 (ii) 39.9
29. (a) An ordinary die is thrown 15 times. These are the numbers thrown.
4 5 3 2 2 5 6 1 6 3 5 2 5 1 3
(i) Find the mode . [1] (ii) Find the median. [1] (iii)Find the range
(b) –20 –8 𝓍 The mean of these three numbers is –5. Find 𝓍. [1]
Ans 4024/11/O/N/13 Q16) (a) (i)5 , (ii)3 (iii) 5 (b)13
30. The mean mass of Ali, Ben and Carl is 40 kg. The mass of Dan is 48 kg.
Find the mean mass of the four boys. [2]
Ans 4024/11/O/N/12 Q8) 42
31. (a) The results of a survey of the number of cars owned by 50 families are given in the table
below.

(i) Calculate the mean number of cars per family. [2]

(ii) When the same 50 families were surveyed at a later date, the results were as follows.

The mean number of cars per family stayed the same as before.
Find 𝓍 and 𝓎 . [2]
Ans 4024/22/O/N/13 Q2(a)(i) 1.24 (ii) 𝓍= 3 𝓎 = 5
32. A group of 80 music students recorded the time each spent practising last week.
The results are summarised in this table.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [3]

Ans 4024/21/M/J/12 Q9)(a) 54.5
33. (b) The distribution of the widths of these leaves is shown in the table below

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean width. [3]

(ii) Calculate the percentage of leaves with a width of more than 6 cm. [2]
Ans 4024/22/M/J/12 Q5)b)i) 5.65 cm ii) 35%
34. The journey times of 80 drivers are summarised in the table.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean journey time. [3]

Ans 4024/21/O/N/12 Q6(a) 98.2
35. The heights of 150 children are measured. The results are summarised in the table

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean height. [3]

Ans 4024/22/O/N/12 Q6)(a) 158

36. The table shows the distribution of the number of complete lengths swum by a group of
swimmers.

(a) Find the modal class. [1] (b) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [3]
Ans 4024/12/M/J/11 Q20) (a) 20 < n ≤ 40 (b) 37.5
37. The table shows the results when a 6-sided die was thrown 50 times.

(a) Write down the modal score. [1] (b) Calculate the mean score. [2]
4
Ans 4024/11/O/N/11 Q14) (a) 5 (b) 3
5
38. The masses of some oranges were recorded.
The table below shows the distribution of their masses.
 (b) The estimated mean mass of an orange is 183 grams. Find the value of p. [3]
Ans 4024/21/M/J/11 Q9(b)35
39. The table shows the number of goals scored by 40 football teams during one weekend.

Find (a) the mode, [1] (b) the median, [1] (c) the mean. [2]
3
Ans 4024/12/O/N/11 Q24) (a)0 (b)1 (c)1
5
40. Dai played three games of cricket. His mean score was 9 runs.
His median score was 8 runs. His highest score was 7 runs more than his lowest score.
(a) Find the number of runs he scored in each of the three games.
Answer (a)........... , ........... , .......... [3]
(b) Dai batted in a fourth game. The mean of his four scores was 11 runs.
Find the number of runs that Dai scored in the fourth game. [1]
Ans 4024/11/M/J/10 Q16) (a)6 8 13 (b) 17

41. The table below shows the amount of time spent playing sport each week by 80 students.

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean time spent playing sport each week by the students. [3]
Ans 4024/21/M/J/10 Q7)(a) 3.45
42. (a) The results of a survey of the number of televisions in 40 households are given in the table
below.

(i) Calculate the mean number of televisions per household. [2]

(ii) The survey was extended to include 5 more households.
It was found that none of these had a television.
For the 45 households, calculate the mean number of televisions per household. [1]
Ans 4024/21/O/N/10 Q6(a)(i) 2.25 (ii)2
43. The table shows the distribution of the masses of 90 apples.

(a) In which interval does the median lie? [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [3]
Ans 4024/22/O/N/10 Q5(a) 90 < m ≤ 95 (b) 93.2

44. The times taken for a bus to travel between five stops A, B, C, D and E are shown below.

Expressing each answer in minutes and seconds, find

(a) the total time for the journey from A to E,
Answer (a).................minutes ...................... seconds [1]
(b) the mean time taken between the stops,
Answer (b).................minutes ...................... seconds [2]
(c) the range of times taken between the stops.
Answer (c).................minutes ...................... seconds [1]
Ans 4024/01/M/J/09 Q15) (a) 9 (minutes) 20 (seconds) (b) 2 (minutes) 20(seconds )
(c) 2 (minutes) 45 (seconds)
45. The waiting times of 50 people at a supermarket checkout were recorded.
The results are summarised in the table below.

(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean waiting time. [3]

Ans 4024/O2/M/J/09 Q10)(c)5.8

46. The table below shows the number of pets owned by 20 families.
 Find (a) the modal number of pets, [1] (b) the mean number of pets. [2]
9
Ans 4024/01/O/N/09 Q11) (a) 1 (b)2
10
47. (a) Fifty students were asked how many books they each took to school on Monday.
The results are summarised in the table below.

(i) Write down the median. [1] (ii) Calculate the mean number of books. [3]
13
Ans 4024/01/M/J/08 Q24) (a)(i)2 (ii)2
25
48. (b) The table summarises the playing times of each of the 100 tracks on Tom’s MP3 player.

Calculate an estimate of the mean playing time of the individual tracks [3]
Ans 4024/01/O/N/08 Q23 (b) 4.75
49. The heights of 40 children were measured. The results are summarised in the table below.

(a) (i) Identify the modal class. [1] (ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height [3]
Ans 4024/01/M/J/07 Q25) (a) (i) 125 < h≤ 135 (ii) 126.25
50. Emma noted the number of letters in each of the 25 words in an examination question.
The results are given in the table below.

(a) For this distribution, (i) write down the mode, [1]
(ii) find the median, [1] (iii) calculate the mean. [2]
Ans 4024/02/M/J/07 Q5(a)(i)3 (ii)4 (iii)4.6
51. Potatoes are sold in sacks. One sack, picked at random, contained 260 potatoes.
The masses, in grams, of the potatoes in this sack are summarised in the table below.

(a) (i) Calculate an estimate of the total mass of the potatoes in this sack. [2]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass, in grams, of a potato. [1]
Ans 4024/02/O/N/07 Q10(a)(i)50300 (ii)193

52. The diagram shows a gauge for measuring the water level
in a reservoir.
Readings, in metres, taken over a certain period were as follows:
– 2.3, –1.6, – 0.4, 0.1, – 0.5, 0.3, – 1.2 .
For these readings
(a) find the difference, in metres, between the highest and lowest
levels (range),[1]
(b) find the median, [1]
(c) calculate the mean. [2]
Ans 4024/01/M/J/06 Q20)(a)2.6 (b)- 0.5 (c)-0.8
53. Each member of a group of 16 children solved a puzzle.
The times they took are summarised in the table below.

(i) Write down an estimate of the number of children who took less than 13 minutes. [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to solve the puzzle. [3]
Ans 4024/02/M/J/06 Q10)(b)(i)9 (ii)12.5

54. The temperature at the bottom of a mountain was 8°C.

The temperature at the top was –26°C.
Find (a) the difference between the two temperatures (range), [1]
(b) the mean of the two temperatures. [1]
Ans 4024/01/O/N/06 Q6) (a)34 (b) -9
55. (b) The times taken by an athlete to run three races were 3 minutes 59.1 seconds,
4 minutes 3.8 seconds and 4 minutes 1.6 seconds. Calculate the mean time
(b) ................ minutes ................. seconds [2]
Ans 4024/01/M/J/05 Q12 (b) 4 (min) 1.5 (s)
56. (a) Sweet packets contain sweets of different colours.
The number of yellow sweets in each of 25 packets was recorded.
The table below shows the results

For this distribution,

(i) write down the mode, [1] (ii) write down the median, [1] (iii) calculate the mean. [2]
Ans 4024/02/M/J/05 Q5 (a)(i)0 (ii)1 (iii)1.6
57. The table shows the number of cars owned by each of 25 families

(b) Find (i) the median number of cars, [1]

(ii) the modal number of cars, [1]

(iii) the mean number of cars. [1]

Ans 4024/02/O/N/05 Q4(b)(i)2(ii)1(iii)1.92

58. Some children were asked how many television

programmers they had watched on the previous day. The table shows the results.

(a) If the median is 2, find the value of 𝓎 . [1]

(b) If the median is 1, find the greatest possible value of 𝓎 . [1]
Ans 4024/01/M/J/04 Q9 (a)10 (b)8
59. Some children were asked how many television programmes they had watched on the previous
day. The table shows the result.

a) Write down the largest possible value of 𝓍 given that the mode is 1. [1]
b) Write down the largest possible value of 𝓍 given that the median is 1. [1]
c) Calculate the value of 𝓍 given that the mean is 1 [1]
Answer (a)8 (b)12 (c)2
60. Some children were asked how many television programmes they had watched on the previous
day. The table shows the result.
a) Write down the largest possible value of 𝓍 given that the mode is 2. [1]
b) Write down the smallest and the largest possible value of 𝓍 given that the median is 2. [1]
c) Calculate the value of 𝓍 given that the mean is 2. [1]
Answer (a)8 (b)3, 19 (c)9