The City School

Academic Year 2020-21

Class 8
Subject: Mathematics
Topic: Statistics
Worksheet # 15-A

Student’s Name: ___________________ Date: ___________

Objective:
By completing this worksheet, you will be able to:

 Draw and interpret Histograms with equal class intervals.

 Construct a group frequency table and its histogram.

 Histogram is a graphical display of data using bars of different heights.

 Histogram is the most commonly used graph to show frequency distributions. It looks very
much like a bar chart, but there are important differences between them.
 Histogram represents the frequency distribution of continuous data.
 A bar graph is a diagrammatic
comparison of discrete data.
 Histogram presents numerical data
whereas bar graph shows
categorical data.
 A histogram is drawn in such a way
that there is no gap between the
bars.
 To make a histogram, follow these
steps:

 On the vertical axis (y-axis), place frequencies. Label this axis "Frequency".
 On the horizontal axis (x-axis), place the lower value of each interval.
 Draw a bar extending from the lower value of each interval to the lower value of
the next interval.
 Lets learn about the construction of frequency distribution on page 465 on D2 7th
Edition.

 D2 7th Edition Chaper # 16

Woked Examples 8 & 9
Practice Now 8 & 9 on pages 468 & 471.

Q1. A survey is conducted to find out the average number of hours the teachers in a
school append on marking their students’ assignments each day. The data collected is
given in the table.
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2

a) Construct a frequency table for the data.

b) Draw a histogram to illustrate the data.
c) What is the most common average number of hours the teachers spend on marking
their students’ assignments each day? ____________________________
d) Find the number of teachers who participated in the survey. __________
e) Find the fraction of teachers who spend an average of 3 hours making their
students’ assignments each day. ________________________________
Frequency Distribution
Class Intervals Tally Frequency
Q2. The average amount of sleep, in hours that 30 students in a Secondary Two class get
on a weekday is given in the table.
8 7 6 4 8 9
5 3 10 6 6 5
3 8 7 5 7 4
9 8 8 5 5 5
9 4 10 9 6 5

a) Construct a frequency table for the data.

Frequency Distribution
Class Intervals Tally Frequency

b) Draw a histogram to illustrate the data.

c) Calculate the percentage of students who get an average of at least 8 hours sleep
on a week day. ________________________
d) Julia says that most common average amount of sleep that students get on a
weekday is 7 hours. Do you agree with her? Explain your answer.
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 Q3. The number of laptops sold each day over a period of 19 days was recorded.
Number of Laptops (x) Frequency
0≤𝑥<5 9
5 ≤ 𝑥 < 10 5
10 ≤ 𝑥 < 15 2
15 ≤ 𝑥 < 20 2
20 ≤ 𝑥 < 25 1
a) Construct a histogram to illustrate the given data.

Q4. The table shows the average amount $𝑥 Singaporeans spend on taxi fares in a week.
The amounts are given to the nearest dollar.
19 56 67 25 60 99 108 100 24 11
15 88 68 120 97 4 94 82 27 58
28 74 79 36 77 65 28 45 40 50
95 53 63 38 44 80 101 108 30 38
a) Using the class intervals 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 20, 20 ≤ 𝑥 < 40 and so on, construct a
frequency table for the data.
b) Draw a histogram to illustrate the data.
Number of Dollars (x) Tally Frequency
0 ≤ 𝑥 < 20
20 ≤ 𝑥 < 40

 Use the given web link to practice more on construction

of Histogram.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/histograms.html

 Century Nugget MH61.03