Assignment 1

Subject: Quantitative Reasoning.

Class: BS Public Administration (first semester)
Department: School of Management Sciences Quaid-I-Azam university Islamabad.

Question No.1
a) Define quantitative reasoning.
b) What are the different types of numbers.
c) Write down the properties of integers.
d) Differentiate between variable and constant.
e) Differentiate between power and coefficient.

Question No.2: solve the following equations.

1. 2𝑥 + 5 = 11
2. 3𝑥 + 7 = 16
3. 5𝑦 − 9 = 2𝑦 + 12
4. 2𝑎 − 4 = 10
5. 6 − 4𝑏 = 186 − 4𝑏 = 18
6. 2𝑥 + 9 = 5𝑥 − 3
7. 8𝑦 + 15 = 3𝑦 + 25
8. 4𝑐 − 7 = 3𝑐 + 2
9. 12 − 2𝑑 = 4𝑑 + 6
10. 3(𝑥 + 5) = 2(𝑥 − 3)
11. 7(2𝑦 − 3) = 5(3𝑦 + 4)
12. 4(2𝑎 + 6) = 8(𝑎 − 3)
13. 2𝑥 − 5 = 𝑥 + 3
14. 4𝑦 + 8 = 2𝑦 − 4
15. 3𝑎 − 7 = 𝑎 + 9
16. 5 − 3𝑐 = 2𝑐 + 10
17. 6𝑥 + 4 = 10𝑥 − 12
18. 9𝑦 − 5 = 3𝑦 + 15
19. 2𝑝 + 5 = 4𝑝 − 3
20. 11 − 2𝑞 = 5𝑞 + 3
21. 3(4𝑥 − 2) = 2(6𝑥 + 3)
22. 2(3𝑦 + 5) = 4(2𝑦 − 1)
23. 5(2𝑎 − 1) = 10(𝑎 + 3)
24. 3(4𝑏 + 9) = 6(6 − 2𝑏)
25. 3(𝑥 − 4) = 2(𝑥 + 7)
26. 6(2𝑦 + 3) = 4(𝑦 − 5)
27. 4(3𝑎 + 2) = 8(𝑎 − 1)
28. 5𝑏 − 4 = 3(2 − 3𝑏)
 29. 2𝑥 − 7 = 3𝑥 + 4
30. 5𝑦 + 10 = 3𝑦 − 2

Question No.3: solve the following equations.

a) solve by elimination method.

b) solve by substitution method.

1. 3𝑎 − 2𝑏 = 8,5𝑎 + 𝑏 = 13
2. 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 10, 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 4
3. 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 26,2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 4
4. 2𝑝 + 3𝑞 = 17,4𝑝 − 5𝑞 = 8
5. 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 7,2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5
6. 𝑚 + 2𝑛 = 9,3𝑚 − 𝑛 = 10
7. 4𝑟 − 𝑠 = 11,2𝑟 + 3𝑠 = 20
8. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 8,3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 5
9. 4𝑐 + 𝑑 = 14,2𝑐 − 3𝑑 = 5
10. 3𝑥 − 𝑦 = 5,2𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 14
11. 5𝑢 + 3𝑣 = 19, 𝑢 − 2𝑣 = 4
12. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 11,3𝑥 − 𝑦 = 7
13. 𝑒 − 𝑓 = 3,2𝑒 + 3𝑓 = 17
14. 4𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 10,2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 8
15. 𝑔 + 2ℎ = 9,3𝑔 − ℎ = 10
16. 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 12, 𝑥 − 4𝑦 = −7
17. 𝑖 + 𝑗 = 6,2𝑖 − 3𝑗 = 5
18. 𝑘 − 𝑙 = 4,2𝑘 + 3𝑙 = 17
19. 𝑚 − 2𝑛 = 8,4𝑚 + 𝑛 = 23
20. 4𝑥 + 𝑦 = 10,2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 7
21. 𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 14,3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 5
22. 𝑠 − 2𝑡 = 5,3𝑠 + 4𝑡 = 23
23. 𝑞 + 𝑟 = 9,2𝑞 − 𝑟 = 6

Question No.4: solve the following equations.

a) solve by elimination method.

b) solve by substitution method.
1. 2𝑎 + 3𝑏 − 𝑐 = 7, 𝑎 − 2𝑏 + 3𝑐 = 8,3𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑐 = 15
2. 4𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 9, 𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 𝑧 = 8,2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 10
3. 3𝑣 − 2𝑤 + 𝑥 = 7, 𝑣 + 𝑤 − 3𝑥 = −2,2𝑣 − 3𝑤 + 4𝑥 = 11
4. 𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 𝑧 = 6,2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 9,3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 10
 5. 4𝑠 − 2𝑡 + 3𝑢 = 10, 𝑠 + 3𝑡 − 𝑢 = 8,2𝑠 − 𝑡 + 4𝑢 = 9
6. 2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 7, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 4,3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 13
7. 5𝑚 − 3𝑛 + 2𝑝 = 14,2𝑚 + 4𝑛 − 𝑝 = 9,3𝑚 − 2𝑛 + 3𝑝 = 11
8. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 8,2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 13,3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 12
9. 3𝑝 + 2𝑞 − 𝑟 = 8, 𝑝 − 2𝑞 + 3𝑟 = 5,4𝑝 + 𝑞 + 2𝑟 = 16
10. 4𝑎 − 2𝑏 + 3𝑐 = 11, 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 = 4,2𝑎 + 3𝑏 + 2𝑐 = 14
11. 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 𝑧 = 12, 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 7,3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 17
12. 3𝑣 − 2𝑤 + 4𝑥 = 9, 𝑣 + 𝑤 − 𝑥 = 3,2𝑣 − 3𝑤 + 2𝑥 = 7
13. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 5,2𝑥 − 𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 10,3𝑥 + 𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 12
14. 5𝑠 + 3𝑡 − 2𝑢 = 8,2𝑠 − 𝑡 + 4𝑢 = 7,3𝑠 + 2𝑡 + 𝑢 = 11
15. 4𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑧 = 3, 𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 7,2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 10
16. 3𝑚 + 2𝑛 − 4𝑝 = 11,2𝑚 − 𝑛 + 3𝑝 = 9,4𝑚 + 𝑛 − 2𝑝 = 14
17. 𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 2𝑧 = 5,2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 8,3𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 12
18. 2𝑝 + 4𝑞 − 3𝑟 = 7, 𝑝 − 3𝑞 + 2𝑟 = 1,3𝑝 + 2𝑞 − 𝑟 = 10
19. 4𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 9, 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 6,3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 18
20. 2𝑣 − 3𝑤 + 𝑥 = 6, 𝑣 + 2𝑤 − 𝑥 = 5,3𝑣 − 2𝑤 + 4𝑥 = 15

Question No.5

a) Define statistics.
b) What are the types of statistics. Explain with examples.
c) Define data and explain different types of data.
d) Differentiate between qualitative and quantitative data.
e) Difference between discrete and continuous data.
f) Types of data and explain data collection methods with examples.

Question No.6

1. Survey data was collected on the number of hours per week individuals spend exercising. The data for a
sample of 50 individuals is as follows.
4,6,5,3,7,6,2,5,4,7,3,5,6,4,3,2,5,6,7,4,5,3,6,2,4,5,6,3,4,7,5,6,2,4,5,6,7,3,4,5,6,7,4,5,3,2,6,5,4,34,6,5,3,7,6
,2,5,4,7,3,5,6,4,3,2,5,6,7,4,5,3,6,2,4,5,6,3,4,7,5,6,2,4,5,6,7,3,4,5,6,7,4,5,3,2,6,5,4,3.Construct a
frequency distribution table to represent the data and illustrate the number of individuals in each hour
range of exercise.
2. Data was collected on the number of books read by students in a month. The data for a sample of 100 students is as
follows:
6, 8, 5, 7, 4, 3, 9, 5, 7, 6, 8, 4, 7, 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 8, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, 5,
4, 6, 7, 9, 8, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9, 8, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6, 7, 9
Construct a frequency distribution table to represent the data and illustrate the distribution of the number of books read by
students in a month.
Question No.7: Define central tendency and what are the different measures of central tendency.

Question No.8: calculate A.M by all three methods also find the G.M, H.M, variance, and S.D.

Weights(gram) Frequency(f)

65-84 9

85-104 10

105-124 17

125-144 10

145-164 5

165-184 4

185-204 5