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Answers to Extended revision exercises: Data handling

Worksheet 12: Averages and measures of spread

1 (a) mean = 4.58, median = 4.5, mode = 3, range = 7

(b) mean = 5.27, median = 6, mode = no mode, range = 9
(c) mean = 9.5, median = 10.5, mode = 12 , range = 21
(d) mean = 5.14, median = 5, mode = no mode, range = 7
(e) mean = 7.45, median = 8, mode = 8, range = 11
(f) mean = 49, median = 48, mode = 48, range = 18
(g) mean = 11.5, median = 11.5, mode = 11.8, range = 1
(h) mean = 74.6, median = 76.5, mode = 77, range = 16

2 (a)
Outcome Frequency fx
1 2 2
2 4 8
3 6 18
4 3 12
5 2 10
6 2 12

mean = 3.26, median = 3, mode = 3, range = 5

(b)
Outcome Frequency fx
123 8 984
124 4 496
125 5 625
126 6 756
127 7 889
128 8 1024
129 9 1161

mean = 126, median = 127, mode = 129, range = 6

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(c)
Outcome Frequency fx
7 12 84
8 9 72
9 16 144
10 13 130
11 20 220
12 20 240

mean = 9.89, median = 10, mode = no mode, range = 5

3 (a) 126 (b) 23

4 (a) Anna = 40, Zane = 40 (b) no (c) mean, no extreme data

5 (a)
Shoe size Frequency fx
4 7 28
5 6 30
6 14 84
7 8 56
8 6 48
9 6 54
10 3 30

(b) 6 (c) 6.6 (d) 6

(e) mean, there is no extreme data and will be an understandable average, OR mode, owners of shoe
shops will want to know the most common shoe size so they can stock enough shoes of that size

6 (a) the age where there are the same number of people below and above it
(b) Muslim-majority countries have a high birth rate, having a large percentage of the population that are
young

7 (a) 74 (b) 55 (c) 96

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8 mean = $33.67, modal class = $40 – $49.99, median class = $30 – $39.99

9 (a) median = 3
upper quartile = 4
lower quartile = 2
interquartile range = 2

(b) median = 30
upper quartile = 40
lower quartile = 20
interquartile range = 20

(c) median = 3
upper quartile = 5
lower quartile = 2
interquartile range = 3

10 Let a, b, c, d and e be represented as follows:

a=n
b = (n + 1)
c = (n + 2)
d = (n + 3)
e = (n + 4)

n   n  1   n  2    n  3   n  4 
mean =
5
5n  10

5
 n2

This is the third integer: c = n + 2

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11 Let a, b, c, d, e and f be represented as follows:

a=n
b = (n + 1)
c = (n + 2)
d = (n + 3)
e = (n + 4)
f = (n + 5)

n   n  1   n  2    n  3   n  4    n  5 
mean =
6

6n  15

6
1
 n2
2

mean of 3rd and 4th largest integers = mean of c + d:

mean of c + d =
 n  2    n  3
2
2n  5

2
1
 n2
2

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