Subject: Statistics for Economics Class: XI Chapter: Measures of central tendency

(Arithmetic Mean)

Mathematical Questions:

1.Following are the marks obtained by 10 students:

50 54 56 58 59 60 61 62 65 75
Calculate arithmetic average by direct method.

2. Calculate the arithmetic mean of marks of 10 students by short-cut method:

Sr No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Marks 50 54 56 58 59 60 61 62 65 75

3. Calculate simple arithmetic mean from the following data:

Wages (in Rs): 5 10 15 20 25 30

4. Calculate simple arithmetic mean from the following data by direct method and step deviation
method:
Marks 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
No of Students 2 5 9 10 12 7 3 2

5. From the following data calculate arithmetic mean by Direct Method short cut method and Step
deviation method:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No of Students 2 7 10 15 20 16 6 4

6. Calculate arithmetic mean with the help of following data:

Wages (in Rs) 80-90 70-80 60-70 50-60 40-50 30-40
No of workers 7 9 10 15 5 4

7. Calculate arithmetic mean with the help of following data:

Mid-value 5 15 25 35 45 55 65
Frequency 5 10 15 18 25 20 7

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8. Calculate mean with the help pf following data:
Marks less than 10 20 30 40 50 60
No of students 3 10 20 25 28 30

9. Calculate mean with the help pf following information:

Marks No of students
More than 0 30
More than 2 28
More than 4 24
More than 6 18
More than 8 10

10. Calculate mean from the following data:

Wages (in Rs) 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25
No of workers 5 7 10 6 2

11. Calculate the missing frequency from the following data, when the mean is 33:

X 5 15 25 35 45 55
f 5 10 25 30 ? 10

12. If 8 students averaged 100 kgs in weight and 12 students averaged 90kgs, find the combined
average weight of all the 20 students.

13. The average income of 100 persons is Rs 20. While the average income of all the 150 persons is Rs
25, calculate the average income of 50 persons.

14. Find out weighted arithmetic average from the following data:
Books Price per book (in Number sold
Rs)
Statistics 23 40
Accountancy 30 25
Economics 15 12
Business Studies 25 13
Mathematics 25 10

15. Calculate weighted mean from the following data:

Type Wages (Rs) Workers (W)

Men 8 50
Women 6 50
Children 4 50
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16. The following table gives production yield in Kg per hectare of wheat of 150 farms in a village.
Calculate mean.
Production Yield Kg/Hectare No of farms (f)
50-53 3
53-56 8
56-59 14
59-62 30
62-65 36
65-68 28
68-71 16
71-74 10
74-77 5
17. Calculate Arithmetic Mean from the following data:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No of Students 2 7 10 15 20 16 6 4
18. The following table gives the daily income of ten workers in factory. Find the arithmetic mean.
Workers A B C D E F G H I J
Daily income (in Rs) 120 150 180 200 250 300 220 350 370 260

19. A candidate obtains the following percentage marks:

Subjects Marks
History 54
Geography 47
Sanskrit 75
Maths 84
Economics 58
English 78
Politics 57
It is agreed to give double weights to marks in English, Maths and Sanskrit. What is the
weighted mean?

20. If the arithmetic mean of the data given below is 28, then find out the missing frequency.
X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency (f) 12 18 27 ? 17 6

21. Following information pertains to the daily income of 150 families. Calculate the arithmetic mean.
Income (in Rs) Number of families
More than 75 150
More than 85 140
More than 95 115
More than 105 95
More than 115 70
More than 125 60
More than 135 40
5 25

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22. Find the unknown frequency in the table given below:

X 5 10 15 20 25 30
Frequency (f) 5 7 ? 10 8 6

23. Average daily wage of 50 workers of a factory was 200. Each worker is given a raise of 20. What is
the new average daily wage?

24. Two distributions with 100 and 200 items have a mean of 20 and 10. Find the combined mean of
two distributions.

25. The annual salaries of four men were Rs 5000, Rs 6000, Rs 6500 and Rs 3000.
(i) Find the Arithmetic Mean of their salaries.
26. Find the missing item x of the following, where Arithmetic Mean (X¯) is 11.37

X 5 7 x 11 13 16 20
Frequency (f) 2 4 29 54 11 8 4

27. If the arithmetic mean of the data given below to 28, then find out the missing frequency.

X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Frequency (f) 12 18 27 f 17 6

28. The mean of 200 items was 50. Later it was discovered that two items were misread as 92 and 8
instead of 192 and 88. Find the correct mean.

29. Following information pertains in the daily income of 150 families. Calculate the arithmetic mean.

Income in (Rs) Number of families

More than 75 150

More than 85 140

More than 95 115

More than 105 95

More than 115 70

More than 125 60

More than 135 40

More than 145 25

30. Calculate the no of shops corresponding to class interval 30-

Profit per shop 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

Number of Shops 12 18 27 ? 17 6

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31. Find out Arithmetic mean using step deviation method:

Item Number of families

More than 0 28
More than 10 24
More than 20 14
More than 30 4
32. Following are the marks obtained by 100 students in Economics. Calculate the average marks by
using Assumed Mean method (take 35 as assumed mean).

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

No of students 5 10 25 30 20 10

33. Following table gives the distribution of companies according to the size of capital. Using step
deviation method, find out the mean size of the capital of a company.

Capital (in Lakh) Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than
5 10 15 20 25 30
No of companies 20 27 29 38 48 53

34. The average wage of a group of 50 workers was calculated Rs 40. Later on it was discovered that
the wages of two workers were misread as Rs 23 and Rs 24, instead of Rs 32 and Rs 42. Calculate
the correct average wage.

35. If 8 students averaged 100 kgs in weight and 12 students averaged 90 kgs, find the combined
average weight of all the 20 students.

36. The average income of 100 persons is Rs 20. While the average income of all the 150 persons is Rs
25, calculate the average income of 50 persons.

37. Find out the weighted arithmetic average from the following data:

Books Price per book (in Rs) Number sold

Statistics 20 40
Physics 30 25
Economics 15 12
Commerce 25 13
Chemistry 25 10

38. Calculate weighted mean from the following data:

Type Wages (Rs) Workers (W)
Men 8 50
Women 6 50
Children 4 50
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