Data Handling - WS7
Data Handling - WS7
Class: 7
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1. Find the mean of the following data.
(a) 16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 23, 27, 29, 29, 35
4. The mean of 8, 11, 6, 14, x and 13 is 66. Find the value of the observation x.
5. The mean of 6, 8, x + 2, 10, 2x - 1, and 2 is 9. Find the value of x and also the value
of the observation in the data.
(b) 15, 22, 17, 19, 22, 17, 29, 24, 17, 15
(c) 0, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 42, 1, 2, 0
(d) 1, 7, 2, 4, 5, 9, 8, 3
(e) 63 , 78 , 72 , 68 , 63 , 68 , 66 , 71 , 76 , 80 , 71 , 82
Find the mode of this data. Is there more than 1 mode? If yes, why?
10. The following observations are arranged in ascending order. The median of the data
is 25 find the value of x. 17, x, 24, x + 7, 35, 36, 46
11. Mary has received the following grades on her first four Math tests: 87, 93, 91 and
88. What grade must she receive on her fifth test to have an average of 90 in the class?
12. Three golfers are competing for the longest distance. Their longest distances in
yards over a period of an hour are as follows:
13. Find the mean (average) of the set of data. 20, -14, -4, 8, 17, 3
a. 10 b. 6 c. 11 d. 5
14. The mean weight of five complete computer stations is 167.2 pounds. The weights
of four of the computer stations are 158.4 pounds, 162.8 pounds, 165 pounds, and
178.2 pounds respectively. What is the weight of the fifth computer station?
15. The front row in a movie theatre has 23 seats. If you were asked to sit in the seat
that occupied the median position, in which seat would you have to sit?
a. 1 b. 11 c. 23 d. 12
16. The mean of four numbers is 71.5. If three of the numbers are 58, 76, and 88, what
is the value of the fourth number?
a. 64 b. 60 c. 76 d. 82
17. A class of 25 students took a science test.10 students had an average (arithmetic
mean) score of 80. The other students had an average score of 60. What is the average
score of the whole class?
18. The average weight of 6 boys is 58kg. When a seventh boy joins, then the average
weight drops to 57kg. What is the weight of the seventh boy?
19. The average age of 5 children in a family is 10 years. If the ages of four of them are
12, 14, 15 & 8 years. What is the age of the fifth child?
20. During the first 6 hours of the fair there were the following number of customers:
58, 58, 62, 55, 49 and 48. Determine the mean (rounded to the nearest tenth), median,
mode and range of the number of customers.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Answer Key:
1.
(a) 24
(b) 8.5
(c) 3
2. 4.5
3. 5.6
4. 344
5. 9, 11, 17
6. (a) 8
(b) 17
(c) 3
(d) no mode
9. (a) 28
(b) 17.5
(c) 47
(d) 10
10. 18
11. 91
12. C
13. d
15. d
16. a
17. 68
18.51kg
19. 1
22. b
24.
5
a. Range = 25; b. Mean = 3012; c. Median = 33; d. Mode = 35
25.
2
a. Mean = 65 3 kg; b. 4 people; c. 30 kg