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The document contains a series of probability and data handling problems for students, including calculating probabilities of selecting prime numbers, multiples, and drawing cards from a set. It also includes tasks for creating frequency distribution tables, calculating statistics from given data, and drawing graphs such as histograms and bar graphs. Additionally, it involves plotting points on a Cartesian system.

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Data Handling

The document contains a series of probability and data handling problems for students, including calculating probabilities of selecting prime numbers, multiples, and drawing cards from a set. It also includes tasks for creating frequency distribution tables, calculating statistics from given data, and drawing graphs such as histograms and bar graphs. Additionally, it involves plotting points on a Cartesian system.

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Data Handling

1. What is the probability that a number selected from the numbers 1, 2, 3, …………., 25 is
a prime number , when each of the given numbers is equally likely to selected .
2. Tickets numbered from 1 to 20 are mixed up together and then a ticket is drown at
random. What is the probability that the ticket has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 7.
3. 17 cards numbered 1,2,3 …… 17 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly . One person
draws a card from the box. Find the probability that the number on the card is
(a) odd (b) a prime (c) divisible by 3 (d) divisible by 3 and 2 both
4. A bag contains 5 red balls , 8 white balls, 4 green balls and 7 black balls. If one ball is
drawn at random. Find the probability that it is
(a) Black (b) red (c) not green
5. A child has a block in the shape of a cube with one letter written on each face as shown
below.
A B C D E A
The cube is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A (ii) D
6. A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ASSASSINATION. Find the
probability that the letter chosen is a

(i) vowel (ii) consonant

7. The number of members in 20 families of a township are 6, 8, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5


, 4, 3, 3, 6, 4 and 3. Prepare a frequency distribution table for the data and answer the
following questions :

(i) What is the smallest family size ? How many families are of this size ?

(ii) What is the largest family size ? How many are of this size ?

(iii) What is the most common family size ?

8. The heights of 10 girls were measured in cm and the results were as follows :
143, 148, 135, 150, 128, 139, 149, 146, 151, 132

(i) What is the height of the tallest girl?


(ii) What is the height of the shortest girl ?
(iii) What is the range of the data ?
(iv) Find the mean height.
(v) How many girls are there whose heights are less than the mean height ?

9. The following data give the pocket expenses of 100 students of a school

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Weekly pocket
expenses (in 30 35 45 50 55 60 65
rupees)
Number of
6 10 14 22 35 9 4
students
Prepare a grouped frequency distribution of class intervals of equal width, taking one of the
class intervals as 30 – 40

10. The following distribution table shows the performance of 270 candidates appearing for
Army Education Corps intelligence test.

I.Q 55 69 69 83 83 97 97 111 111 125


No. of
50 75 75 50
candidates 20

Draw a histogram for this distribution.

Answers :

1.

2.

3. , , ,

4. , ,

5. ,

6. ,

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Data Handling & Graphs
1. Draw a bar graph to represent Ajay’s score, out of 100, in five subjects
in an examination. Subject English, Hindi, Maths, Science, Social St.
Marks : 78, 72, 96, 88, 80 respectively.
2. The population of 40 villages (in thousands) is given below :
6, 12, 8, 9, 14, 4, 4, 3, 6, 10, 9, 16, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 16, 20, 17, 3,
8, 10, 12, 7, 6, 4, 9, 12, 11, 15, 17, 13, 12, 22, 6, 12, 5, 9, 13.
Construct a frequency distribution table using class intervals 0-5,
5-10, --------
3. Draw a Histogram to represent the above data.
4. Plot the following points on a Cartesian System.
A (-3, 2), B(2, -5), C(0, 7), D(-4, -6), E(-5, 0),
F(0, -4), P(6, 0), O(0, 0) M(3, 7), N(5, -2),
Q(7, 3), R(-5, 7)

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