6 Measures of Central Tendency

Conventional Questions
1. The table below shows the driving experience of a group of people.
Driving experience (years) 8 9 10 11 12
Number of people 4 3 5 6 4
Find the mean, the median and the mode of the driving experience of the group of people.
(Give the answers correct to 1 decimal place if necessary.)

2. The table below shows the weights of some pear.

Weight (g) Class mark (g) Frequency
100109 10
110119 16
120129 8
(a) Complete the table.
(b) Find the mean and the modal class of the weights of the pears.
(Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.)

3. The cumulative frequency polygon on the right Numbers of plastic bags used in 6 months
shows the numbers of plastic bags that a group of
people used in 6 months. 80
From the diagram, find
70
(a) the 1st quartile, (2 marks)
(b) the 80th percentile (2 marks) 60
Cumulative frequency

of the numbers of plastic bags the people used in 50

6 months.
40

30

20

10

0
30 40 50 60 70 80
Number of plastic bags
4. The following are the numbers of candies that a group of students eat in a party.
1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 9, 9
(a) Why is the median the only suitable measure of central tendency to reflect the above data?
Explain your answer. (3 marks)

(b) Find the median. (2 marks)

6. The mean weight of 6 apples in a bag is x g. If 2 new apples with mean weight of 70 g are
added, the mean weight of the 8 apples becomes 77.5 g. Find the value of x. (5 marks)

7. The table below shows the marks of Roy in the 3 papers of a science examination.
Physics Chemistry Biology
Mark 80 60 40
Weight 5 4 3
It is given that students with weighted mean marks above 60 can take part in an experiment.
Can Roy take part in the experiment? Explain your answer. (5 marks)
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10. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the numbers of training hours of
the members of a basketball team in a month.

Stem (10 hours) Leaf (1 hour)

1 3 4 4
2 7 7 8 8
3 1 1 1 4 4

(a) Find the mean, the median and the mode of the above distribution.
(b) Two new members joined the team and they attended more than 24 hours of training in
that month. After adding their data to the above distribution, the mean of the distribution
is increased by 1 hour while both the median and the mode of the distribution remain
unchanged. Find the training time of each of the new member.