SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [2 marks]

A. Important Questions
1. The following are the marks of 9 students in a class. Find the median marks : 21, 24, 27, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 48.
2. Find the median of the daily wages of ten workers from the following data: 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25.
3. Find the median wage of a worker engaged at a construction site whose data are given below :
Wages (in Rs.) 3500 3800 4100 4500 5500 6500 7000
No. of workers 12 13 25 17 15 12 6
4. Find the median for the following data :
marks(out of 20) 5 9 10 12 13 16 18 20
No. of students 4 5 6 42 11 6 4 2
5. Find f and F.
Marks 0–10 10–30 30–60 60–80 80–90
No. of st. 5 15 f 8 2 N = 60
c.f. 5 F 50 58 60 N = 60

B. Questions From CBSE Examination Papers

6. Find modal class and median class for the following distribution.
C.I. 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50
Frequency 6 10 12 8 7
7. Find modal class and median class for the following distribution :
C.I. 135–140 140–145 145–150 150–155 155–160 160–165
Freq. 4 7 18 11 6 5
8. The median class of a frequency distribution is 125–145. The frequency and cumulative frequency of the class
preceding to the median class are 20 and 22 respectively. Find the sum of the frequencies, if the median is 137.
9. Find the median of the following given data :
a. x 6 7 5 2 10 9 3
b. f 9 12 8 13 11 14 7
10. Find the median for the following frequency distribution :
Class Intervals 10–19 20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79
Frequency 2 4 8 9 4 2 1
11. Find the median of the following data.
marks 0–10 10–30 30–60 60–80 80–100
Frequency 5 15 30 8 2
12. Find the median class of the following data :
a. marks obtained 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60
b. Frequency 8 10 12 22 30 18
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS [3 marks]
13. The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median
weight of the students.
Weight (in kg) 40–45 45–50 50–55 55–60 60–65 65–70 70–75
Number of students 2 3 8 6 6 3 2
14. Calculate the missing frequency from the following distribution, it is given that the median
of the distribution is 24.
a. Class-interval 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50
b. Frequency 5 25 ? 18 7
15. Find the median wages for the following frequency distribution.
Wage per day (in Rs.) 61–70 71–80 81–90 91–100 101–110 111–120
No. of workers 5 15 20 30 20 8
B. Questions From CBSE Examination Papers
16. Find the median of the following data :
marks 0& above 10& above 20& above 30& above 40& above 50& above 60& above 70& above 80& above 90& above 100& above
No.Stu. 80 77 72 65 55 43 28 16 10 8 0
17. Find the median daily expenses from the following data.
Exp.(in Rs.) 20–40 40–60 60–80 80–100 100–120 120–140 140–160 160–180 180–200 Total
No. of fam . 6 9 11 14 20 15 10 8 6 100
18. The mean of the following distribution is 62.8 and the sum of all frequencies is 50. Compute the missing
Classes 0–20 20–40 40–60 60–80 80–100 100–120 Total
Frequency 5 f1 10 f2 7 8 50
 frequencies f1 and f2 .
19. Find unknown entries a, b, c, d, e, f in the following distribution of heights of
students in a class and the total number of students in the class in 50.
Height in c.m. 150–155155–160160–165 165–170 170–175 175–180
Frequency 12 b 10 d e 2
Cumulative frequency a 25 c 43 48 f
20. Find the mean marks from the following data :
marks Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50 Below 60
Number of students 4 10 18 28 40 70
21. Find the median of the following data
C.I. 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 Total
Frequency 8 16 36 34 6 100
22. During the medical check up of 35 students of a class, their weights were recorded as
follows. Draw a less than type ogive for the given data. Hence obtain median weight from the
graph.
23. Weight (in kg) Number of Students
less than 38 0
less than 40 3
less than 42 5
less than 44 9
less than 46 14
less than 48 28
less than 50 32
less than 52 35
24. Find the median of the following data.
Classes 500–600 600–700 700–800 800–900 900–1000
Frequency 40 28 35 22 25
25. The median of the distribution given below is 35. Find the value of x and y, if the sum all frequencies is 170.
Variable 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60 60–70
Frequency 10 20 x 40 y 25 15
26. Compute the median for the following data :
Class interval LT 20 LT 30 LT 40 LT 50 LT 60 LT 70 LT 80 LT 90 LT 100
Cumulative frequency 0 4 16 30 46 66 82 92 100
27. Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution table, if N = 100 and median is 32.
marks obtained 0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60 Total
No. of students 10 ? 25 30 ? 10 100
28. Find the median of the following data
Class Interval 40–45 45–50 50–55 55–60 60–65 65–70 70–75
Frequency 12 7 14 19 25 8 13