KHAN GLOBAL STUDIES

FOUNDATION STATICS
MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE, RANGE

Exercise / 6. Find the mean of following Frequency

Distribution.
MEAN
x: 3 5 8 11
1. – 3, 4, 0, 4, –2, –5, 1, 7, 10, 5 is the mean of
the data. f: 2 4 5 3
– 3, 4, 0, 4, –2, –5, 1, 7, 10, 5 (a) 7.07 (b) 8.08
(a) 2 (b) 2.1 (c) 5.07 (d) 5.01
(c) 2.5 (d) 3 7. Find the mean of following Frequency
2. The mean of 12, 22, 42, 52, 62, 72 is – Distribution.
12, 22, 42, 52, 62, 72
(a) 40 (b) 20
(c) 30 (d) 10 x 0 .1 0 .2 0 .3 0 .4 0 .5 0 .6
3. If 18, 16, 22, 13, ? The mean of the data is f 30 60 20 40 10 50
16, then find the value of ?
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.34
18, 16, 22, 13, ? 16 '?'
(c) 0.28 (d) 0.38
8. Find the mean of following Frequency
(a) 9 (b) 11 Distribution.
(c) 10 (d) 12
4. What will be the arithmetic mean of 2x2 –
10, 30 – x2 and – x2 + 6x + 10.
40  50 50  60 70  80 70  80 80  90 90 100
2x2 –10, 30 – x2 – x2 + 6x + 10
10 25 28 12 10 15
(a) 3x + 15 (b) 6x + 10
(c) 3x + 50 (d) 2x + 10 (a) 67.3 (b) 65.2
1 (c) 68.2 (d) None of these
5. If mean of y and is M, then what is the 9. Consider the following data /
y

1
mean of y3 and ?
y3 x 1 2 3 4 5

1 1
f 3 5 9 2 2
y M y3
y y3 If the arithmetic mean of the above
distribution is 2.96, then what is the
missing frequency ?
(a)

M M2  3  (b) M3 2.96
3
(c) M3 – 3 (d) M(4 M 2  3 ) (a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 8
10. Consider the following distribution. (c) 26 (d) 28
14. If 35 is the arithmetic mean of 10 numbers
and 2 is added to each, then what will be
Valu e of th e Varia ble 1 2 3 4 5 the mean of the new series of numbers ?
Frequ en cy 3 f 6 5 3 10 35
2
For what value of f, is the arithmetic mean
of the above distribution 3.1 ?
(a) 28 (b) 34
f
(c) 40 (d) 37
3.1 15. Mean of 14 observations is 11. If one more
(a) 2 (b) 3 observation is added then new mean
(c) 4 (d) 5 becomes 12. Find 15th Observation ?
11. The mean of the following distribution is 18.
14 (Observation) 11
18
12
Class Interval Frequency
15
11 - 13 3
(a) 20 (b) 24
13 - 15 6
(c) 26 (d) 28
15 - 17 9
16. Consider the following distribution of daily
17 - 19 13
wages of 50 workers of a factory.
19 - 21 f
21 - 23 5 50
23 - 25 4
What is the value of f ? Daily wages 500 520 540 560 580
f (in Rs) –520 –540 –560 –580 –600
(a) 8 (b) 9 Number of 12 14 8 6 10
(c) 10 (d) 11 workers
12. Consider the following grouped frequency Find the mean daily wages of the workers
distribution of the factory by using an appropriate
method.

x f
0 10 8 (a) 500.2 (b) 545.2
(c) 450.2 (d) 600.2
10  20 12
17. The total below shows the daily
20  30 10 expenditure on food of 25 households in a
30  40 p locality.
40  50 9 25

If the mean of the above data is 25.2, then Daily 100 150 200 250 300
what is the value of p ? expenditure –150 –200 –250 –300 –350
25.2 p
(in Rs.)
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 11 (d) 12 Number of 4 5 12 2 2
13. Mean of 12 observations is 15. If one more househods
obervation is added then new mean Find the mean daily expenditure on
becomes 16. Find 13th Observation ? food ?
12 15
16 13 (a) 210 (b) 211
(c) 225 (d) 250
(a) 20 (b) 24
 But afterwards it was found that in place
Exercise /
of 29 we wrote 17 then find changed
median
MEDIAN
1. Find median of following terms / 32, 12, 23, 17, 28, 25, 43
29 17
42, 65, 18, 69, 29, 42, 48, 79, 25, 24, 98, 87,
63, 27, 17 (a) 29 (b) 17
(a) 43.5 (b) 65 (c) 23 (d) 28
(c) 42 (d) 69 7. The figure given below is a monthly
2. Find median of / statement of minor accidents in a
workshop, what will be its median ?
1 1 3 1 1 3
1, , , , 2, , ,
2 2 4 2 4 4

1 1
(a) (b) x: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 2
f : 8 10 11 16 20 25 15 9 6
(c) 2 (d) 1
3. Find median of 5, 17, 68, 17, 32, 45, 64, 37, (a) 16 (b) 20
93, 45, 78, 32, 35 and 45 (c) 5 (d) 60
5, 17, 68, 17, 32, 45, 64, 37, 93, 45, 78, 8. The freqency distribution of a variate x is
32, 35 45 as given below :
(a) 42 (b) 44 What is the cumulative frequency
corresponding to variate x = 5 ?
(c) 41 (d) 43
4. The following observation have been x
arranged in ascending order : x=5
29, 32, 48, 52, x, x + 3, 71, 75, 80, 92
x 2 3 4 5 6
If the median of data is 61.5, then what is
the value of x ? Frequ en cy 2 7 14 22 30

(a) 36 (b) 44
(c) 45 (d) 52
29, 32, 48, 52, x, x + 3, 71, 75, 80, 92 9. Consider the following frequency
61.5 x distribution :
(a) 54 (b) 60
(c) 62 (d) 56 x f
5. If numbers 3, 6, 11, x, 15, 19, 20, 25, 28 are 8 6
arranged in increasing order and their 5 4
median is 13 then find x ?
6 5
3, 6, 7, 11, x, 15, 19, 20, 25, 28
10 8
13 x
9 9
(a) 11 (b) 12
4 6
(c) 13 (d) 14
7 4
6. For following terms median was decided
32, 12, 23, 17, 28, 43 What is the median for the distribution ?
 (a) 6 (b) 7 letters in the English alphabets in the
(c) 8 (d) 9 surnames was obtained as follows. Find the
median ?
10. If the median of the distribution (arranged
in ascending order) 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, x, 15, 17 is 100
8, what is the value of x ?
1, 3,
5, 7 , 9, x, 15, 17 8 x
(a) 11 (b) 13
(c) 9 < x < 15 (d) 9 < x < 15
Nu m ber of
11. The central value of the set of observation 14 4  7 7  1 0 10  13 13  16 16  19
Letters
is called— Nu m ber of
6 30 40 16 4 4
Su rn a m es

(a) Mean / (b) Median / (a) 8.01 (b) 7.05

(c) Mode / (d) G.M./ (c) 7.01 (d) 8.05
12. The number of kids in 100 families are as 15. Marks of 100 students are given in the table
following then find the median. then find the median.
100

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60 60  70 70  80
6 20 44 26 3 1
10 35 27 17 6 3 2
(a) 45.45 (b) 40.45
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 50 (d) 40
(c) 6 (d) 8
16. Marks obtained by students in a class is
13. The following table gives in the distribution given in the following table. Find the
of the life time of 400 neon lamps : median.
400

Life time (in hrs.) Number of lamps

0 1 0 1 0  2 0 20  30 30  40 40  50
1500 - 2000 14
4 28 42 20 6
2000 - 2500 56
2500 - 3000 60 (a) 24.29 (b) 28.29
3000 - 3500 86 (c) 25.29 (d) 29.29
3500 - 4000 74 17. Find the median /
4000 - 4500 62
0  8 8  16 16  24 24  3 2 32  40 40  48
4500 - 5000 48 f1 42 30 50 22 8 5
Find the median life time of a lamp.
(a) 15.04 (b) 17.04
(c) 18.25 (d) 19.04
(a) 3536.97 (b) 3357.79 l
(c) 3556.97 (d) 3666.97
14. 100 surnames were randomly picked up
from a local telephone directry and the
frequency distribution of the number of
KHAN GLOBAL STUDIES

FOUNDATION STATICS
MODE, RANGE
Income (in ) Number of
Exercise /
less than person
MODE 1500 100
1. Find the polymer of the following data. 1250 80
–3, 4, 0, 4, –2, –5, 1, 7, 10, 5 1000 70
750 55
(a) 0 (b) 4 500 32
(c) –2 (d) 7 250 12
2. the polymer of data - What is the modal class ?
–3, 4, 5, 5, 3, 6, 7, 3, 5, 5, 6
(a) 5 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 3 Income (in ) Number of
less than person
1 1 3 1 1 1 1
3. 1 , , , , 2, , , The polymer of 1500 100
2 2 4 4 2 4 3
data is — 1250 80
1000 70
1 1 3 1 1 1 1
1 , , , , 2, , , 750 55
2 2 4 4 2 4 3
500 32
1 1 250 12
(a) (b)
4 2

3 (a) 250 - 500 (b) 500 - 750

(c) (d) 1
4 (c) 750 - 1000 (d) None of these
4. The class which has maximum frequency 6. For the following frequency distribution :
is known as : If m is the value of mode, then which one
of the following correct ?
(a) medians class (b) mean class Cla s s
0  5 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 5  2 0 2 0  2 5 2 5  3 0
(c) modal class (d) None of these in t erva l
f1 10 15 30 80 40 20
5. The Following table given 'less than' type
frequency distribution of income per day.

m
(a) 5 < m < 10 (b) 10 < m < 15
(c) 15 < m < 20 (d) 20 < m < 25
7. The following distribution gives the state-
wise teacher-student ratio in higher
secondary schools of India. Find the mode
and mean of this data. Interpret the two
measures.

Number of Studnts Number of

per teacher states / U.T.
15 - 20 3
20 - 25 8
25 - 30 9
30 - 35 10
35 - 40 3
40 - 45 0
45 - 50 0
50 - 55 2
(a) 33.625 (b) 32.625
(c) 30.625 (d) 34.625
8. A student noted the number of cars passing
through a spot on a road for 100 periods
each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the
table given below. Find the mode of the
data :

100

Nu mber
0  10 10  20 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60 60  70 70  80
of cars
Frequ ency 7 14 13 12 20 11 15 8

(a) 48.70 (b) 47.70

(c) 44.70 (d) 43.70
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 5. Find the range for the following
Exercise /
observation.
RANGE
Marks 10  20 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60 60  70 70  80 80  90
1. In a week, the prices of a bag tea were No. of
2 6 12 18 25 20 10 7
350, 280, 340, 270, 360, 310 stu den ts

and 300. The range is ? (a) 80 (b) 70

350, 280, (c) 90 (d) 65
340, 270, 360, 310 300 6. Find the range for the following
observation.
(a) 100 (b) 80
(c) 70 (d) 90
Class 10  20 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60 60  70
2. What is the range of the distribution if a Frequency 3 5 15 10 4 2
variable takes the ten values ?
(a) 50 (b) 70
(c) 60 (d) 40
17, 18, 27, 11, 24, 21, 34, 21, 17, 32
7. Find the range coefficient for the fallowing
(a) 23 (b) 14 observation.
(c) 17 (d) 15
3. Find the range for the following
observation. 10  20  30  40  50  60  70  80 
Marks
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
No. of
2 6 12 18 25 20 10 7
stu den ts
Item s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fr equ en cy 35 30 20 10 6 3 2 1 (a) 0.8 (b) 0.9
(a) 10 (b) 3 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.7
(c) 8 (d) 7 l
4. Find the range coefficient for the following
observation.

Item s 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fr equ en cy 35 30 20 10 6 3 2 1

7 7
(a) (b)
10 13

9 6
(c) (d)
13 13
 STANDARD & MEAN
0 1 0 10  20 20  30 30  40
DEVIATION Mea s u r em en t
Frequ en cy 1 3 4 2
VARIANCE (a) 81 (b) 7.6
(c) 9 (d) 2.26
Exercise / 7. If the standard deviation of a population
is 4.5, what will be its trend ?
Standard Deviation 4.5

1. If v is the variance and  is the standard (a) 20.25 (b) 20

deviation, then (c) 9 (d) 18
v  l
(a) v  
2 (b) v   2
1 1
(c) v  (d) v  2
 
2. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) The standard deviation of this
set is —
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 7
3. If the standard deviation of 0, 1, 2, 3, .... 9
is K, then the standard deviation of 10, 11,
12, 13.... 19 is
0, 1, 2, 3 .... 9 K 10,
11, 12, 13.... 19
(a) K (b) K + 10
(c) K  1 0 (d) 10 K
4. Find the standard deviation for the
following data :

xi 3 8 13 18 23
fi 7 10 15 10 6
(a) 7.12 (b) 9.38
(c) 6.12 (d) 5.24
5. Find the standard deviation :

xi 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
fi 2 1 12 29 25 12 10 4 5
(a) 64 (b) 6.4
(c) 1.69 (d) 1.3
6. What is the standard deviation of the
following series —
 Exercise / Exercise /
VARIANCE MEAN DEVIATION
1. Find the variance of the following data : 1. Find the mean diviation about the mean
for the data.
6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24
(a) 42 (b) 40
(c) 33 (d) 38 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17
2. The variance of the first n natural number (a) 3 (b) 4
is—
(c) 5 (d) 6
n
2. Find the mean deviation about the median
n 1
2
n 1
2 for the data.
(a) (b)
12 6

n 2 1 n 2 1
(c) (d) 36, 72, 46, 42, 60, 45, 53, 46, 51, 49
6 12
3. First 10 multiples of 3 (a) 5 (b) 6
3 10 (c) 8 (d) 7
(a) 72.25 (b) 74.25 3. Find the mean deviation about the mean
(c) 75 (d) 73.24 for the data.
4. Find the variance of the following data :

xi 4 8 11 17 20 24 32 xi 5 10 15 20 25
fi 3 5 8 5 4 3 1 fi 7 4 6 3 5

(a) 5 (b) 7 (a) 6.32 (b) 9.32

(c) 6.77 (d) 8.66 (c) 8.32 (d) 7.32
5. Find the variance of the following data : 4. Find the mean deviation about the mean
for the data.

xi 92 93 97 98 102 104 109

fi 3 2 3 2 6 3 3

(a) 24 (b) 27.09 xi 10 30 50 70 90

(c) 29.09 (d) 26 fi 4 24 28 16 8
6. Find the variance of the following data : (a) 15 (b) 16
(c) 17 (d) 18
30  40  50  60  70  80  90  5. Find the mean deviation about the median
Cla s s
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 for the data.
Fr equ en cy 3 7 12 15 8 3 2

(a) 200 (b) 207

(c) 206 (d) 201
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 xi 5 7 9 10 12 15
fi 8 6 2 2 2 6

(a) 2.40 (b) 5.40

(c) 3.23 (d) 4.5
6. Find the mean deviation about the median
for the data.

xi 15 21 27 30 35
fi 3 5 6 7 8

(a) 5.1 (b) 6.1

(c) 4.3 (d) 6.3
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