Practice Questions

1. Student Grades: The grades of 7 students in a science exam are: 85, 90, 78, 92, 88, 76,
95. What is the average grade?
2. Daily Steps: John records his daily step count for a week: 5000, 6000, 7500, 8200,
6800, 7200, 7800. Calculate his average daily step count.
3. Daily Temperatures: The daily high temperatures (in °C) for a week are: 25, 28, 30,
27, 26, 29, 31. What is the average high temperature for the week?
4. Monthly Expenditure: The monthly expenditures (in dollars) of a household for six
months are: 1200, 1350, 1280, 1420, 1375, 1290. Find the average monthly
expenditure.
5. Test Scores: The scores of a student in five math tests are: 78, 85, 92, 88, and 76.
Calculate the average score.
6. Weekly Sales: A shop's weekly sales (in dollars) for four weeks are: 500, 600, 700,
and 800. What is the average weekly sale?
7. Production Units: The number of units produced by a factory in five days are: 150,
160, 170, 180, and 190. Find the average number of units produced per day.
8. Investment Returns: The annual returns (in percent) from an investment for four years
are: 5, 7, 9, and 6. Calculate the average annual return.
9. Daily Water Consumption: The daily water consumption (in liters) of a household for
a week is: 150, 160, 170, 180, 190, 200, and 210. What is the average daily water
consumption?
10. The monthly electricity usage (in kWh) of a household for six months is: 250, 270,
260, 280, 275, and 265. Find the average monthly electricity usage.
11. The ages of employees in a small office are recorded as follows: Calculate the average
age of the employees.

Age (years) Number of

Employees
25 2
30 4
35 3
40 1

12. The number of books read by students in a month is given as follows: Find the
average number of books read by a student.

Books Number of Students

1 5
2 7
3 4
4 2

13. The marks obtained by students in a class are as follows: Calculate the average marks
obtained by the students.
 Marks Number of
Students

10 3
20 5
30 7
40 2

14. The number of cars sold by a dealership in different months is as follows: Find the
average number of cars sold per month.
Month Number of Cars
Sold

January 10
February 12
March 15
April 8
15. The ratings given to a product by different customers are as follows: Calculate the
average rating of the product.
Rating Number of
Customers

1 2
2 3
3 5
4 4

16. The weekly expenses (in dollars) of a person for four weeks are: 100, 150, 200, and
250. Calculate the average weekly expense.
17. The monthly sales (in units) of a product for six months are: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, and
80. Find the average monthly sales.
18. The production output (in units) of a factory in five days is: 500, 600, 700, 800, and
900. Calculate the average daily production output.
19. The annual household incomes (in thousands of dollars) in a neighbourhood are
grouped as follows: Calculate the mean annual household income.

Income Range
Number of Households
(000s)
20-30 3
30-40 5
40-50 7
50-60 4

20. The scores of students in a test are distributed as follows: Find the average test score.
 Score Range Number of Students

0-10 2
10-20 8
20-30 12
30-40 5

21. The monthly rainfall (in mm) in a region for a year is recorded as follows: Calculate
the average monthly rainfall.
Rainfall Range Number of Months
(mm)

0-50 2
50-100 4
100-150 3
150-200 2
22. The weight (in kg) of students in a class is distributed as follows: Find the average
weight of the students.
Weight Range Number of Students
(kg)

40-50 5
50-60 8
60-70 6
70-80 3

23. The number of rooms in the seven five stars hotel in Chennai city is 71, 30, 61, 59,
31, 40 and 29. Find the median number of rooms
24. The export of agricultural product in million dollars from a country during eight
quarters in 1974 and 1975 was recorded as 29.7, 16.6, 2.3, 14.1, 36.6, 18.7, 3.5,
21.3.Find the median of the given set of values
25. For a moderately skewed distribution, mean = 12 and mode = 6. Using these values,
find the value of the median.
26. The marks scored by a student in different subjects are 45, 91, 62, 71, 55. Find the
median of the given data
27. The distribution of income among employees has been observed in a study
performed within an organisation. Determine the median wage of the organisation’s
employees.
5 men are paid less than ₹100.
15 men are paid less than ₹200.
23 men are paid less than ₹300.
35 men are paid less than ₹400.
50 men are paid less than ₹500.
28. The weekly expenditures of 100 families are listed in the following table. Calculate
the weekly expenditure’s median.
29. The following data gives the distribution of the height of students.The median of the
distribution is
Height (in 160 150 152 161 156 154 155
cm)
Number of 12 8 4 4 3 3 7
Students

30. The following distribution represents the number of minutes spent per week by a
group of teenagers in going to the movies. Find the median number of minutes spent
per by the teenagers in going to the movies.

Number of Number of
minutes per teenagers
week
0-99 26
100-199 32
200-299 65
300-399 75
400-499 60
500-599 42
31. The following are the marks scored by 20 students in the class. Find the mode 90, 70,
50, 30, 40, 86, 65, 73, 68, 90, 90, 10, 73, 25, 35, 88, 67, 80, 74, 46
32. A doctor who checked 9 patients’ sugar level is given below. Find the mode value of
the sugar levels. 80, 112, 110, 115, 124, 130, 100, 90, 150, 180.
33. Calculate the mode from the following data

34. The following table shows the frequency distribution of scores in a class: What is the
mode.
 Score Range Frequency

10-20 5

21-30 8

31-40 12

41-50 15

51-60 10

35. The following table represents the distribution of ages (in years) of participants in a
marathon: Calculate the Mode
Age Range Frequency

20-29 15

30-39 25

40-49 20

50-59 30

60-69 10