Mathematics in the Modern World

Group Work #1
Instructions:
1. Answer what is being asked.
2. In order to receive full credit, you must show your work and carefully justify your
answers. The correct answer without any work will receive no credit.
3. Write legibly and be as concise as possible.
4. Write your answers on a clean and well-organized paper.

1. The following set of raw data shows the lengths, in millimeters, measured to the
nearest mm, of 40 leaves taken from plants of a certain species. This is the table of
frequency distribution. Calculate the mean, median, and mode.

Lengths (mm) Frequency (f)

25 – 29 2
30 – 34 4
35 – 39 7
40 – 44 10
45 – 49 8
50 – 54 6
55 – 59 3

2. In an examination taken by 400 students, the scores were as shown in the following
distribution table:

Marks Frequency Find :

1 – 10 8 a. The mode
11 – 20 14 b. The mean
21 – 30 32 c. The mode
31 – 40 56
41 – 50 102
51 – 60 80
61 – 70 54
71 – 80 30
81 – 90 16
91 – 100 8