QUARTILES, DECILES, PERCENTILE

1. Find Q1 and Q3 for the following data:

50, 35, 48, 68, 87, 61, 44, 56, 74

2. Obtain the values of Q1 and Q3 for the following distribution:

X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
f 8 10 11 16 20 25 15 9 5

3. The following table shows wage distribution of workers in a certain factory:

Daily wages (in Rs) No of workers
Below 40 8
40-60 12
60-80 20
80-100 30
100-120 40
120-140 35
140-160 18
160-180 7
180 and above 5
Find i) the median wages
ii) the wage limits for the middle 50% of the wage earners
iii) the values of 3rd decile and 54th percentile

4. Calculate the 3 quartiles for the following data:

Marks 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
below
No of 4 6 24 46 67 86 96 99 100
students
Also, find values of 6th decile (D6) and 35th percentile (P35)

5. For the following incomplete frequency distribution it is known that the total frequency is
100 and the value of median is 44.
Class 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
interval
Frequency 5 12 - 20 - 10 4
Find the missing frequencies. Also, compute A.M. after finding the missing frequencies.

6. The following table gives the distribution of male population according to age-groups (in
years):
Age Less 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Above 60
group than 10
No of 150 350 400 200 175 150 125
males
Find the values of the 3 quartiles.

7. In a small branch of a bank in rural area, the following is the distribution of deposit balance
of current accounts during a month:
 Deposit 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200
balance
less
than
No of 500 498 480 475 440 374 300 125 25
deposits
Calculate median, seventh decile, 85th percentile. Verify them graphically.

8. Find the three quartile for the following data:

Age(in 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
years)(less
than)
No of 15 30 53 75 100 110 115 125
persons

9. Calculate 3rd quartile, 5th decile and 9th percentile for the following data:
Age at last birthday No of persons
15-19 4
20-24 20
25-29 38
30-34 24
35-39 10
40-44 9

10. For the following data, the values of mean and median are equal each being 110:
Class interval 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120
Frequency 6 9 - 14 20

Class interval 120-140 140-160 160-180 180-200

Frequency - 10 8 7
Find the missing frequencies.