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Continuous Series

students from the following data:

9. Compute the mean marks obtained by the 40-50
10-20 20-30 30-40
Marks 0-10
10 20 10
No. of Students 4 6
{Mean = 30.2 marks)
students from the followingdata:
10. Compute the mean marks obtained by the 16-20 20-24
4-8 8-12 12-16
Marks 0-4
8 6 4
7 16
No. of Students
(Mean = 10.72 marks)
following data:
11. Calculate the arithmetic average from the 14-16 16-18
8-10 10-12 12-14
2-4 4-6 6-8
Daily wages (in ) 5 2
20 32 25 7
No. of Workers 11 14
V (Average Wages =8.67)
12. Calculate mean from following data: 45-55 55-65
15-25 25-35 35-45
Marks 5-15
14 7
12 6
No. of Students
{Mean =31.8 maks)

using: (i) Direct Method; (ii) Short-cut Method; (ii) Step Deviation
13. Find mean for the following data by
Method. 500-600
200-300 300-400 400-500
X 100-200
12 20 40
10 18
f
(Mean = 412)

obtained by 90 students in a certain examination. Calculate the

14. The followingtable shows the marks
deviation method.
average marks per student by step 70-80 80-90
20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Marks 10-20
10 6 1
7 13 20 25
No. of Students
{Mean = 42.89 marks)

Cumulative Frequency ('Less than' and 'More than')

15. Find the mean from the following data:
No. of Students
Marks
5
Less than 10
Less than 20 20

Less than 30 45

Less than 40 70

Less than 50 80

Less than 60 88
Less than 70 98
Less than 80 100
{Mean = 34.40 marks)
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No. ofStudents
16. Calculate arithmetic mean from the following data:
150
Marks
More than 0 140
More than 10 100
More than 20 80
More than 30 80
More than 40 70
More than 50 30
More than 60 14
More than 70 (Mean = 39.27 marks)

following data: No. of Students

17. Find the mean from the
Marks 80
Above 0 77
Above 10 72
Above 20 65
Above 30 55
Above 40
43
Above 50
28
Above 60
16
Above 70
10
Above 80
8
Above 90
Above 100
(Mean = 51. 75 marks)
Inclusive Series

Find out the average age of workers.

J6. The following table shows the age of workers in a factory.
30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
Age (in Years) 20-29
6 4 2
Workers 10 8
(Average age = 37.83 years)
Open-End Series

19. Find the average age from the following data:

Less than 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 More than 40
Age (in Years)
No. of Persons 5 8 12 6 4
(Average age = 23.86 years)
When Mid-values are given
20. Calculate the mean from the following data:
Mid-value 10 20 30 40 50
Frequency 8 12 15 6
(Mean 28.6)
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Unequal Class-Intervals
21. Calculate mean from the following data:
20-30 30-60 60-90
X 0-10 10-20
20 12 4
Frequency 5 9
(Mean = 30}

Combined Mean
and the mean height of 35 female workers
22. The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61 inches
height of 60 workers in the factory.
in the same factory is 58 inches. Find the combined mean
59.25 inches)
(Combined mean height =
men and women is 30.5 years. If the mean age of
the group
23. The mean age of a combined group of women in the
of men is 35 and that of the group of women
is 25, find out the percentage of men and
group}
group. (There are 55% men and 45% women in the
class is 70 kg
weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys in the
24. The mean
number of boys and girls in the class.
and that of girls is 55 kg. Find the (Boys = 50; Girls =100)
Corrected Mean
later discovered that one
weight of a grOup of 20 boys was calculated to be 89.4. It was
25. The average
instead of the correct one of 87 kg. Calculate the correct average weight.
weight was misread as 78 kg
(Correct average weight = 89.85 kg)
two items were
100 observations was found to be 40. Later on, it was discovered that
26. The mean of
3 and 72. Find correct mean.
wrongly taken as 30 and 27 instead of (Correct mean = 40.18)
discovered that
average height of a group of 40 students was calculated as 155 cm. It was later height.
27. The
one student was read as 157 instead of 137 cm. Calculate the correct average
the heiaht of (Corect average height = 154.5 cm)

Weighted Mean
calculate the weighted mean.
28. From the following data, 57
62 77 65 62
Marks
1 3 4
2
Weights
(Weighted mean = 62.08 marks)
by the quantity consumed:
29. Find out weighted mean by weighting each price
Items Quantity Consumed (in kg) Price in Rupees (per kg)
12 30
Apple
10 50
Mango
10 40
Tomato
15 35
Orange
12 45
Grapes
(Weighted mean = 39.41)
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30. An examination was held to decide the most eligible student for scholarship. The weights of various
below
along with the marks obtained by the three candidates (out of 100) are given
Subjects
Subjects Weights
Marks of Ram Marks of Shyam Marks of Manish
65 64 70
Maths 60
4
63 65
Statistics 80
1 70 52
Economics
58 56 63
2
English {Weighted Mean Marks: Ram = 63.3 marks; Shyam =62.4 maks:; Manish =64.81 marks.
as
Manishshould get the scholarship his weighted mean is the maximum)
Missing Value

31. Arithmetic mean of the following series is 41:

40 60 70
Marks 20 30
20 10 6 4
No. of Students 12
(Missing item =50 marks)
Find the missing item.
Calculate the number of students against the class 30-40 of thefollowing data, where X=28.
32.
10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Marks 0-10
27 17 6
12 18
Frequency
{Missing value =20 students)
arithmetic mean is 25.4.
33. Find the missing frequency from the following data, if
20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Class-Interval 10-20
15 10 2
20
Frequency
(Missing frequency =3)

Miscellaneous Questions

34. Find the average marks from the following table:

Marks No. of Students
Below 10 25
Below 20 40
Below 30 60
Below 40 75
Below 50 95
Below 60 125
Below70 190
Below80 240

(Average Marks = 49.58 marks)

.35. Calculate the mean from the following frequency distribution:
X 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 80-89
60-69 70-79
No. of Persons 32 42 40 56 2
20 6 2
(Mean= 35.8)