WORK SHEET ON ARITHMETICMEAN

(STEP-DEVIATION METHOD)
1. Marks in Accountancy of the students of class XI E are given below. Find out arithmetic
mean.
Marks Number of Students
Less than 5
10
Less than 17
20
Less than 31
30
Less than 41
40
Less than 49
50
Hint: a cumulative Frequency Distribution should first be converted into a simple
Frequency Distribution.

2. The following table show marks in economics of the students of a class. Calculate
arithmetic mean.
Marks Number of Students
More than 0 30
More than 2 28
More than 4 24
More than 6 18
More than 8 10
Hint: a cumulative Frequency Distribution should first be converted into a simple
Frequency Distribution.

3. Following table gives marks in statistics of the students of a class find out mean marks.
Mid- Number of Students
value
5 5
10 7
15 9
20 10
25 8
30 6
35 3
40 2
Hint: In this series, mid-values are already given. The calculation of arithmetic mean
involves the same procedure as in the case of exclusive series.