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Mean
1. Find the mean of the following distribution. [CBSE Board 2020]

Class 3-5 5-7 7-9 9-11 11-13

Frequency 5 10 10 7 8

2. If the mean of the following distribution is 50, find the value of p:

Class Frequency
0-20 17
20-40 p
40-60 32
60-80 24
80-100 19
[CBSE 2013,Similar 2020]
3. The mean of the following distribution is 48 and sum of all
frequencies is 50. Find the missing frequencies.
Class 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
frequency 8 6 x 11 y
[CBSE 2016,Similar SQP 2020-21]
4. The average score of boys in the examination of a school is 71 and
that of the girls is 73. The average score of the school in the
examination is 71.8. Find the ration of number of boys to the number
of girls who appeared in the examination.
[CBSE Board 2015]
5. The frequency distribution table of agricultural holdings in a village is given
below:

Area (in hectares) No. of families

1-3 25
4-6 22
7-9 52
10-12 45
13-15 16

Find the Mean area held by a family.

[CBSE Board 2013]
6. Find the mean of the following data.

Class Frequency
Less than 20 15
Less than 40 37
Less than 60 74
Less than 80 99
Less than 100 120
[CBSE Board 2012]
 Median
7. Find the median for the following data:

Class Frequency
0-4 3
4-8 5
8-12 9
12-16 5
16-20 3
[CBSE 2015,Similar 2019,20]
8. In a continuous frequency distribution, the median of the data is 21. If each
observation is increased by 5, then find the new median.[CBSE Board 2013]
9. From the following cumulative frequency table, construct a frequency
distribution table:
Marks No. of students
0 and above 40
10 and above 28
20 and above 16
30 and above 10
40 and above 8
50 and above 0
[CBSE Board 2013]
10. Find the missing frequencies 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 in the following frequency distribution
table, if N = 100 and median is 32.
Classes Frequency
0-10 10
10-20 𝑓1
20-30 25
30-40 30
40-50 𝑓2
50-60 10
Total 100
[CBSE 2013,Similar 2019]
Ans. 𝑓2 = 9, 𝑓2 = 16
11. Convert the following frequency distribution to a ‘more than’ type cumulative
frequency distribution.
Marks obtained No. of students
0-20 5
20-40 9
40-60 12
60-80 8
80-100 6
[CBSE Board 2012]
12. Find the median of the following data:

Monthly consumption No. of consumers

(in units)
Below 85 4
Below 105 9
Below 125 22
Below 145 42
Below 165 56
Below 185 64
Below 205 68
[CBSE Board 2012]
13. The mean and median of 100 observations are 50 and
52 respectively. The value of the largest observation is 100. It
was later found that it is 110 not 100. Find the true mean
and median. [CBSE Board 2016]
 Mode
14. A medical camp was held in a school to impart health education and the
importance of exercise to children. During this camp, a medical check of 35
students was done and their weights were recorded as follows:

Weight (in kg) No. of students

Below 40 3
Below 42 5
Below 44 9
Below 46 14
Below 48 28
Below 50 31
Below 52 35

Compute the modal weight.

[CBSE Board 2016]
15. Mode of the following frequency distribution is 65 and sum of all the frequencies
is 70. Find the missing frequencies x and y.
Class Frequency
0-20 8
20-40 11
40-60 x
60-80 12
80-100 y
100-120 9
120-140 9
140-160 5
[CBSE Board 2015]
16. Show that the mode of the series obtained by combining the two series 𝑆1 and 𝑆2
given below is different from that of 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 taken separately:
𝑆1 : 3, 5, 8, 8, 9, 12, 13, 9, 9
𝑆2 : 7, 4, 7, 8, 7, 8, 13
[CBSE Board 2015]
17. Following table shows sale of shoes in a store during one month:

Size of shoe No. of pairs sold

3 4
4 18
5 25
6 12
7 5
8 1

Find the model size of the shoes sold.

[CBSE Board 2014]
18. Find the median of the data using an empirical formula, when it is given that
mode = 35.3 and mean = 30.5
[CBSE Board 2014]
 Answers
1. 8.15
2. 28
3. 12,13
4. 3:2
5. 8.09
6. 52.5
7. 10
8. 26
9. ..
10. 9,16
11. …
12. 137
13. 50.1 ,52
14. 46.9
15. 10,6
16. …
17. 5
18. 32.1