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1. Find the mean of the following: 24.57, 25.63, 24.32, 26.01, 8. Determine the mean monthly salary of 50 employees of a
25.77 company from the following frequency distribution.
A. 25.12 Monthly salary Frequency
B. 25.30 N200.00 10
C. 25.26 N325.00 5
D. 25.50 N100.00 20
N120.00 2
N60.00 10
2. Peter’s weekly wages are 20.00 for the first 20 weeks and N80.00 3
N36.00 for the next 24 weeks. Find his average weekly wage
for the remaining weeks of the year, if his average weekly A. N215.30
wage for the whole year is N30.00. B. N134.10
A. N37.00 C. N143.10
B. N35.00 D. N80.00
C. N30.00
D. N25.00 9. The arithmetic mean of the ages of 30 pupils in a class is 15.3
years. One the boys leaves the class and one girl is enrolled,
3. For the set of numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8 and the new average age of 30 pupils in the class becomes 15.2
A. the median is greater than the mode years. How much older is the boy than the girl?
B. the mean is greater than the mode A. 6year
C. the mean is greater than the median B. 9year
D. the mean is less than the median C. 3year
D. 1year
4. The following table relates the number of objects
corresponding to a certain size x. What is the average size of 10. The scores of a set of final year students in the first semester
the object? examination in a paper are 41, 29, 55, 21, 47, 70, 70, 40, 43,
x 1 2 3 4 5
56, 73, 23, 50, 50, find the median of the scores.
f 1 2 4 8 1
A. 47
B. 50
A. 3.4
C. 48
B. 2.8
D. 49
C. 4.5
D. 2.5
11. The scores of 15 students in a Mathematics test are 65, 65, 55,
60, 60, 65, 60, 70, 75, 70, 65, 70, 60, 65, 70. What is the sum of
5. The median of the set of numbers 4, 9, 4, 13, 7, 14, 10, 7, is
the median and modal scores?
A. 13
A. 125
B. 8
B. 130
C. 7
C. 140
D. 10
D. 150
6. In a certain school there are 35 students in class 2A and 40 in
12. In a sample survey of a university community the following
class 2B. The mean score for class 2A in an English Literature
tables shows the percentage distribution of members per
examination is 60.00 and that for 2B in the same paper is 52.5.
household.
find to one place of decimal, the mean for the combined No of members
classes. per household 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
A. 1.5 Number of
B. 56.0 Household 3 12 15 28 21 10 7 4 100
C. 56.2
D. 56.3 What is the median?
A. 4
7. A group of 14 children received the following scores in a B. 3
reading test: 35, 35, 26, 26, 26, 29, 29, 29, 12, 25, 25, 25, 25, C. 5
17. What is the median score? D. 4.5
A. 29
B. 26 13. Thirty boys and x girls sat for a test. The mean of the boys
C. 25 score and that of the girls were respectively 6 and 8. Find x if
D. 23 the total score was 468.
A. 38
B. 24
C. 36
D. 22
14. The number of goals scored by a football team in 20 matches is 22. The mean of ten positive numbers is 16. When another number
shown below is added, the mean becomes 18. Find the eleventh number.
No. of Goals 0 1 2 3 4 5 A. 3
No. of Matches 3 5 7 4 1 0 B. 16
C. 18
What are the values of the mean and the mode respectively? D. 38
A. (1.75, 5)
B. (1.75, 2) 23. The mean of four numbers is 5 and the mean deviation is 3.
C. (1.75, 1) Find the fourth number if the mean deviation of the first three
D. (2, 2) numbers is 2.
A. 6
15. Find the median of the numbers 89, 141, 130, 161, 120, 131, B. 10
131, 100, 108 and 119.. C. 11
A. 131 D. 17
B. 125
C. 123 24. If the mean of the numbers 0, x+2, 3x+6 and 4x+8 is 4, find
D. 120 their mean deviation.
A. 0
16. The table below gives the scores of a group of students in a B. 2
Mathematics test. C. 3
Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 D. 4
Frequency 2 4 7 14 12 6 4 1
What are the values of the median and the mode respectively? 25. Find the sum of the range and the mode of the set of numbers
A. (24, 4) 10, 5, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 10, 8, 10, 8, 4, 6, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 7, 10, 6, 5.
B. (14, 4) A. 16
C. (13, 4) B. 14
D. (4, 4) C. 12
D. 10
17. The numbers 3, 2, 5, 7, 12, 9 and 14 are the marks scored by a Use the table below to answer questions 25- and 26
group of students in a class test. If P is the mean and Q the Score 4 7 8 11 13 8
median, then P + Q is Frequency 3 5 2 7 2 1
A. 18
B. 14.4 26. Find the square of the mode
C. 16 A. 25
D. 15 B. 49
C. 64
18. If x and y represent the mean and the median respectively of D. 121
the following set of numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
21. Find x/y correct to one decimal place. 27. The mean score is
A. 1.6 A. 11.0
B. 1.2 B. 9.5
C. 1.1 C. 8.7
D. 1.0 D. 7.0
19.
Score (x) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 28. The mean of a set of six numbers is 60. If the mean of the first
Frequency 7 11 6 7 7 5 3 five is 50, find the sixth number in the set.
A. 110
In the distribution above, the mode and median respectively are B. 105
A. 1, 3 C. 100
B. 1, 2 D. 95
C. 3, 3
D. 0, 2 29. Find the mean of the data, 7, – 3, 4, –2, 5, –9, 4, 8, –6, 12
A. 1
20. In a family of 21 people, the average age is 14 years. If the age B. 2
of the grandfather is not counted, the average age drops to 12 C. 3
years. What is the age of the grandfather? D. 4
A. 35 years
B. 40years 30.
C. 42years Value 0 1 2 3 4
D. 54years Frequency 1 2 2 1 9

21. If n is the median and m is the mode of the following set of Find the mean of the distribution above.
numbers, 2.4, 2.1, 1.6, 2.6, 3.7, 2.1, 2.5, the (m, n) is A. 4
A. (2.6, 2.6) B. 3
B. (2.5, 2.6) C. 1
C. (2.6, 2.5) D. 2
D. (2.1, 2.5)
31. By how much is the mean of 30, 56, 31, 55, 43 and 44 less than 39. Find the median of 4, 1, 4, 0, 4, 4, 2 and 0
the median. A. 0
A. 0.50 B. 3
B. 0.75 C. 2
C. 0.17 D. 4
D. 0.33
40. 5, 8, 6 and k occur with frequencies 3, 2, 4 and 1 respectively
32. The mean age of a group of students is 15 years. When the age and have a mean of 5.7. Find the value of k.
of a teacher, 45 years old, is added to the ages of the students, A. 4
the mean of their ages becomes 18 years. Find the number of B. 3
students in the group. C. 2
A. 7 D. 1
B. 9
C. 15 41.
D. 42
No. 0 1 2 3 4 5
33. Frequency 1 4 3 8 2 5
Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
No. of students 1 4 5 6 x 2 From the table above, find the median and range of the data
respectively
The table above shows the scores of a group of students in a test. A. (8, 5)
If the average score is 3.5, find the value of x. B. (3, 5)
A. 2 C. (5, 8)
B. 4 D. (5, 3)
C. 1
D. 3 42. Find the median of the following distribution 3, 1, 3, 1, 6, 17, 7,
12, 7
34. The modal height and range of heights 1.35, 1.25, 1.35, 1.40, A. 6
1.35, 1.45, 1.50, 1.35, 1.50 and 1.20 are m and r respectively. B. 2
Find m +2r C. 7
A. 3.00 D. 12
B. 1.95
C. 1.65 43. If m represents the mean, e the mode and n the median of the
D. 1.35 numbers 39, 13, 14, 12, 11, 12, 38, 37 then (m, e, n) is
A. (22, 13.5, 12)
35. B. (22, 12, 13.5)
Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C. (12, 22, 13.5)
Frequency 2 3 5 12 10 6 4 1 D. (13.5, 12, 22)

The table above shows the score of a group of students in a 44. If the mean of the data 40, 38, y, y, x, 32 is 36. What is the
Physics test. If the mode is m and the number of students who relationship between x and y?
scored 4 or more is n, what is (n, m) A. 2y + x = 216
A. (33, 12) B. x + 2y = 110
B. (33, 4) C. 2y + x = 106
C. (22, 4) D. 2x - y = 36
D. (12, 4)
45. The median of the numbers 8, 5, 11, 6, 8, 13, 6 is
36. If the mean of five consecutive integers is 30, find the largest of A. 13
the numbers. B. 8
A. 30 C. 7
B. 28 D. 6
C. 34
D. 32 Use the distribution below to answer question 46 and 47
Score 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
37. If 5, 8, 6 and 2 occur with frequencies 3, 2, 4 and 1 Frequency 3 5 5 7 8 12 3 4 2 3 2
respectively, find the product of the modal and the median
number. 46. What is the median of the distribution?
A. 36 A. 4
B. 48 B. 5
C. 30 C. 8
D. 40 D. 12

38. What is the mean of the data t, 2t-1, t -2, 2t-1, 4t and 2t +2? 47. How many students scored at most 5?
A. 2t A. 40
B. 2t -1 B. 36
C. 2/3 t +1 C. 14
D. 2t – 1/3 D. 12
48. 4.5 and 5.75 are respectively the average of two sets of 55. The mean and median of the distribution 170, 230, x, 215 and
numbers 3, 4, x, y and 2x, y, 4, 3. Calculate the values (x , y) 235 are (210, y), find the value of x and y respectively.
A. (5, 3) A. 215 and 200
B. (5, 6) B. 210 and 215
C. (5, 4) C. 210 and 200
D. (4, 6) D. 200 and 215

49. 56.
Marks 2 3 4 5 Scores 21 –30 31 –40 41 –50 51 –60 61– 70 71 –80
No of students 4 x 2 y No. of
students 10 23 42 21 3 1
The table above shows the scores in a class test. If the average
score in the test is 4, find the relation between x and y. In the table above, what is the mid-value of the class containing
A. y + x = 8 the best score?
B. y – 2x = – 7 A. 75.0
C. y – x = 8 B. 75.5
D. y – 2x = 7 C. 44.5
D. 45.0
50. The scores of a student in five subjects are 60, 65, x, 70 and 80.
If the mean score is 68, find the value of x. 57. Find the mean of 3.15, 4.25, 1.72, 6.00, 5.13, 2.77 and 6.24.
A. 62 A. 4.58
B. 63 B. 4.77
C. 64 C. 4.05
D. 65 D. 4.18

58. Calculate the median of 1.3, 2.6, 3.5, 3.2, 1.8 and 2.7
51. Find the median of 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 9, 2, 1 A. 2.65
A. 2 B. 2.70
B. 4 C. 2.55
C. 6 D. 2.60
D. 8
59.
52. Marks Frequency
Class interval Frequency 40 – 44 13
45 – 49 6 45 – 49 15
50 – 54 9 50 – 54 14
55 – 59 12 55 – 59 16
60 – 64 10 60 – 64 17
65 – 69 19
In the table above, find the class mark and the lower class
boundary of the modal class respectively. The above table shows the distribution of marks obtained by
A. 54.5 and 59.5 students in a Mathematics test. Determine the class mark of the
B. 57.0 and 54.5 fifth class.
C. 57.0 and 59.5 A. 62
D. 62.0 and 64.5 B. 64
C. 60
53. If 5 is the mode of the set of numbers 5, 3, 2, 8, 5, p, 3, 4, 6 and D. 63
7. Find the value of p.
A. 5 60. If the mean of 12, 15, x, 13, 14 and 16 is 13, what is the value
B. 3 of x?
C. 6 A. 7
D. 4 B. 13
C. 6
54. D. 8
Scores 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Freq. 2 3 5 7 11 12 7 3 61.
Marks 4 5 6 7 8 9
The table above shows the scores obtained by students in an No. of candidates 5 8 5 6 4 2
aptitude test. What is the median score?
A. 10 In the table above, what is the product of the mode and the
B. 9 median?
C. 12 A. 40
D. 11 B. 35
C. 30
D. 25
62. 69.
Marks 10 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 No of bad orange 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 8 15 25 18 12 6No of baskets 5 8 6 6 3 2

From the table above, find the upper class boundary of the Find the mean of the distribution above.
modal class. 1
A. 24.5 A.
2
B. 29.0 B. 1
C. 29.5 C. 2
D. 49.0 D. 3
63. The average age of 9.75, 9.99, 10.12, 10.35, 10.81 and 11.35 is 70.
A. 10.20 Score 3 4 5 6 7
B. 10.39 Frequency 1 5 4 2 1
C. 10.40
D. 10.95 The table above gives the distribution of scores obtained by
thirteen candidates in a test. Find the mode.
64. Find the mean of 8.3, 11.2, 9.4, 13.8, 12.9 and 10.5. A. 3
A. 10.02 B. 4
B. 10.20 C. 5
C. 11.02 D. 68/13
D. 11.20
71.
65. Find the mean deviation of 1, 2, 3, 3 and 5. Score 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A. 2.20 Freq. 4 6 6 5 9 10 2 3 3 5 1
B. 2.10
C. 1.04 What is the median of the distribution above?
D. 0.12 A. 7
B. 6
66. C. 5
Weight of babies 2 3 4 5 D. 4
Frequency 3 4 2 1
72.
From the table above, the weight of 10 babies were obtained and Score 13 14 15 16 17
recorded to the nearest kilogram. Find the variance of the frequency 15 42 x 10 3
distribution
A. 10.50 The score above shows the ages of students in a certain school.
B. 7.40 If the mean is 14.44 years, fin the value of x.
C. 3.10 A. 30
D. 0.89 B. 25
C. 20
67. If the mean of the numbers 0, x + 2, 3x + 6 and 4x + 8 is 4, find D. 15
their mean deviation.
A. 4 73. The score of 3 students in a test are 5, 6 and 7. Find the
B. 3 standard deviation of their scores.
C. 2 2
D. 0 A.
3
68. 2
B.
Class interval 10 – 19 20 –29 30 –39 40 –49 50 –59 3 3
Frequency 4 5 7 6 2
2
C.
In the distribution above, find the upper class boundary of the 3
modal class D. 0
A. 49.5
B. 39.5 74. Calculate the standard deviation of the following data 7, 8, 9,
C. 39.0 10, 11, 12, 13.
D. 30.0 A. 2
B. 4
C. 10
D. 11

75. Find the mean deviation of the set of numbers 4, 5, 9.

A. 0
B. 2
C. 5
D. 6
76. 83. Find the positive value of x if the standard deviation of the
x 1 2 3 4 5
numbers 1, x + 1, 2x + 1 is 6.
f 2 1 2 1 2
A. 1
Find the variance of the frequency distribution above. B. 2
3 C. 3
A. D. 4
2
9 84. If the standard deviation of the set of numbers 3, 6, x, 7, 5, is
B.
4
3 , find the least possible value of x.
5
C. A. 2
2
B. 3
D. 3
C. 4
D. 5
77. The mean and the range of the set of numbers 1.20, 1.00, 0.90,
1.40, 0.80, 1.20 and 1.10 are m and r respectively. Find m + r
85. The variance of x, 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x is
A. 1.11
B. 1.69 A. x 2
C. 1.85 B. 2x2
D. 2.45 C. x2
D. 3x
78.
Class 1-3 4-6 7-9 1 1 3 2 8 4
Frequency 5 8 5 86. Find the range of , , , , and .
6 3 2 3 9 3
4
Find the standard deviation of the data using the table above. A.
A. 5 3
7
B. 6 B.
6
5
C. 5
3 C.
6
D. 5 3
D.
4
79. The variance of the scores 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, is
A. 1.2 87. Find the variance of 2, 6, 8, 6, 2 and 6.
B. 1.4
C. 2.0 A. 5
D. 3.0 B. 6
C. 5
80. Find the standard deviation of the following data – 5, – 4, – 3, – D. 6
2, – 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
A. 2 88. The range of the data k +2, k – 3, k + 4, k – 2, k, k – 5, k + 3, k –
B. 3 1 and k + 6 is
C. 10 A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 11
D. 11 89. Calculate the mean deviation of the set of numbers 7, 3, 14, 9, 7
and 8.
81. The difference between the range and the variance of the A. 2 ½
following set of numbers 4, 9, 6, 3, 2, 8, 10, 5, 6, 7 where B. 2 1/3
 d 2  60 . C. 2 1/6
A. 2 D. 1 1/6
B. 3
C. 4 90. Find the variance of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
D. 6
A. 2 2
B. 2.4
82. Find the variance of the numbers K, K + 1, K + 2.
C. 7
2
A. D. 8
3
B. 1 91. Find the median deviation of the scores 2, 4, 4, 7, 3.
C. K + 1 A. 1.2 B. 2.4 C. 1.5 D. 2.0
D. (K + 1)2
92. What is the mean deviation of 5, 3, 7, 2, 3? 104. Calculate the variance of 3, 4, 5, 5, 6 and 7.
A. 4 2
A.
8 5 5
B.
5 3
B.
8 5
C.
5 4
C.
5 3
D.
8 5
D.
3
93. Find the variance of 3, 5, 8, 13 and 16.
A. 4.6 B. 18.8 C. 23.6 D. 32.6 105. Given the data 4, 8, 9, 2, 2, 5, 4, 8, 3 and 3. If x and r represent
the mean and the range respectively of the data, then (x, r) is
94. Given that the standard deviation of a set of data is 3.6, what is A. (4.8, 7)
the variance of the data? B. (5, 7)
A. 1.90 B. 7.26 C. 12.96 D. 36.00 C. (7, 4.8)
D. (7, 5)
95. Find the sum of the range and the mode of the set of numbers
10, 5, 10, 9, 8, 7, 7, 10, 8, 10, 8, 4, 6, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 10, 9, 7, 106. Find the standard deviation of 2, 4, 5, 6, 8.
10, 6, 5. A. 1.5 B. 2.0 C. 4.0 D. 5.0
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
107.
96. Find the range of 17, 39, 15, 18, 23, 6 and 10. Score 1 2 4 5 6
A. 39 frequency 3 3 4 5 5
B. 33
C. 7 Find the mean deviation of the scores in the table above.
D. 4 A. 5.5 B. 4.0 C. 1.5 D. 1.0

97. If the standard deviation of 25, 16, 26, 17, 11, 14, 25 and 15 is 108. Find the range of the numbers – 1, –5, –3, 1, 5, 3
4.95, what is the variance? A. 5 B. 6 C. 10 D. 18
A. 14.95 B. 24.50 C. 3.06 D. 2.22

98. Find the mean deviation of 5, 6, 7, 4 and 8. ANSWERS

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.B
A. 1.2 B. 1.0 C. 1.4 D. 1.3
11.B 12.A 13.C 14.B 15.B 16.D 17.B 18.D 19.B
20.C 21.D 22.D 23.C 24.C 25.A 26.D 27.C 28.A
99. Given that the standard deviation of a set of data is 7.4, what is 29.B 30.B 31.D 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.B 36.D 37.B
the variance of the data? 38.D 39.B 40.C 41.B 42.A 43.B 44.C 45.B 46.A
A. 54.76 47.A 48.B 49.C 50.D 51.B 52.B 53.A 54.A 55.D
B. 74.00 56.B 57.D 58.A 59.A 60.D 61.C 62.B 63.C 64.A
C. 14.80 65.C 66.D 67.B 68.B 69.C 70.B 71.D 72.A 73.C
D. 2.72 74.A 75.B 76.B 77.B 78.D 79.C 80.C 81.A 82.A
83.B 84.C 85.B 86.A 87.C 88.D 89.B 90.D 91.A
92.C 93.C 94.C 95.D 96.B 97.B 98.A 99.A 100.C
100. The data 3, 6, 2, 1, 7 and 5 has a standard deviation of 2.16. 101.D 102.C 103.B 104.D 105.A 106.B 107.C 108.C
Find the variance of the data 109. 110.
A. 4.0 B. 4.4 C. 4.7 D. 4.6

101. Find the mean deviation of 28, 33, 39, 49 and 51.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 9
D. 8

102. A group of numbers are written in ascending order of

magnitude as (x – 7), 9, (2 + x), 25, (x + 10). Find the range of
the numbers.
A. 2 B. 7 C. 17 D. 10

103.
Score (x) 1–5 6 – 10 11 – 15 16 –20
No. of students 2 4 6 8

The table above shows the distribution of marks obtained by 20

students in a test. Find the range?
A. 10 B. 19 C. 20 D. 25