Measures of Central Tendency

Mean
Q1. The sum of deviations of a certain number of items measured from 2.5 is 50 and from 3.5 is – 50.
Find N & mean. (Ans: N = 100, mean = 3)

We have given

We know
So, ...............(1)
................
(2)
Subtract eq.(1) from eq.(2),

Therefore the number of items,

Put the value of n in eq.(1),

Therefore arithmetic mean,

Q2. Following are the marks obtained by 25 students in economics. Find out the mean marks by using
direct and shortcut method.
Marks 10 20 30 40 50 60
No. of students 5 2 3 8 4 3
(Ans: mean = 35.2)

Q3. Find out the missing frequencies of the following series if the arithmetic mean is 35 and total number
of items is 100.
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
No. of students 5 10 Missing 4 20 3 Missing
(Ans: f1 = 41 f2 = 17 approx)
Use Efm/n
M = mid value of class
 N= total of f

Q4. The mean monthly salary paid to all employees in a certain company was `600. The mean monthly
salaries paid to male and female employees were `620 and `520 respectively. Find the percentage of
male to female employees in the company. (Ans: 80% men, 20% women)

Q5. The mean monthly salary paid to 77 employees in a company was `78. The mean salary of 32 of them
was `45 and of other 25 was `82. What was the mean salary of the remaining?
(Ans: mean salary = 125.8)
Q1 The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61cms and the mean height of 35 female workers
in the same factory is 58cms. Find the combined mean height of 60 workers in the factory.
(Ans: combined mean, X 12 = 59.25)

Q2 The average rainfall for a week excluding Sunday was 10cm. due to heavy rainfall on Sunday, the
average for the week rose to 15 cm. how much rainfall was on Sunday? (Ans: 45 cm)

Average rainfall from Monday to Saturday = 10cm (i.e., for 6 days)

Total rainfall for 6 days = 10 inch × 6 = 60 cm
Average rainfall for the entire week including Sunday = 15 cm
Total rainfall for 7 days = 15 × 7 = 105
Hence, rainfall on Sunday = 105-60 = 45

Q3 Mean of 100 observations is found to be 40. If at the time of computation 2 items are wrongly taken
as 30 & 27 instead of 37 and 72. Find the correct mean. (Ans: 40.18)
Number of observations=100
Mean=40
Sum of values of observations=40×100=4000
30 and 27 noted instead of 37 and 72
Correct sum=4000−30−27+37+72=4052
Correct mean=4052/100=40.52

Median

Q11. From the following data, find the value of median:

Income (Rs.) 4000 4500 5800 5060 6600 5380
No. of persons
24 26 16 20 6 30
(Ans: M = 5800)

Q12. Calculate the Median:

Weight No. of apples

410 – 419 14
420 – 429 20
430 – 439 42
440 – 449 54
450 – 459 45
460 – 469 18
 470 – 479 7
(Ans: M = 443.94)

Q13. Calculate Median

Value Frequency
1-10 4
11-20 12
21-30 20
31-40 9
41-50 5
(Ans: M = 25)

Q14. Find the missing frequency of the group 20-30, when the median is 24:

0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40

Sales (in ` ‘000) 40-50
No. of students
5 25 Missing 18 7
(Ans: M = 25)

Q15. Calculate the median, Quartiles, 6th Docile & 70th Percentile.

Marks less than 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

No. of students
100 90 80 60 32 20 13 5
(Ans: M = 46.42, Q1 = 34.16, Q3 = 57.5, D6 = 50, P70 = 55)

Q16. From the following frequency distribution, find the class frequencies that are missing. You are given
that the total frequency is 900 & median 100.48.

Intelligent Quotient No. of students

55 – 64 2
65 – 74 19
75 – 84 78
85 – 94 Missing
95 – 104 301
105 – 114 Missing
115 – 124 92
125 – 134 14
(Ans: 18, 304)

Q17. Calculate Median:

 Marks less than 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
No. of students
29 224 465 582 634 644 650 653 655
(Ans: M = 12.15)
Q18. Compute the Median from the following data:

Mid Value Frequency

115 6
125 25
135 48
145 72
155 116
165 60
175 38
185 22
195 3
(Ans: M = 153.79)

Mode

Q19. Calculate the value of Mode for the following data:

10 15 20
Marks 25 30 35 40
Frequency
8 12 36 35 28 18 9
(Ans: Z = 25, bimodal)

Q20. Calculate the value of mode from the following:

10-20 20-30 30-40

Marks 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
No. of students
4 6 20 32 33 17 8 2
(Ans: Z = 50.05, bimodal)

Q21. Calculate the mode: 8,10,5,8,12,7,8,9,11,7 (Ans: Z = 8)

Q22. Find out the quartiles and the mode:

81 &
Income Below 30 31 – 40 41 – 50 51 – 60 61 – 70 71 – 80 above
No. of persons 69 167 207 65 58 27 10
(Ans: Z = 42.7, Q1 = 35.4, Q2 = 43.66, Q3 = 51.92)
 Combined Questions on Mean, Median & Mode

Q23. An incomplete distribution of families according to their expenditure per week is given below. The
median & mode for the distribution are Rs. 25 and Rs. 24. Calculate missing frequencies:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

No. of students 14 Missing 27 Missing 15
(Ans: 25, 24)

Q24. Find the missing information in the following table:

A B C Combined
Number 10 8 - 24
Mean 20 - 6 15
(Ans: Number C = 6, Mean B = 15.5)

Q25. Calculate Mean, Median & Mode:

Marks more than 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

No. of students 80 76 50 28 18 9 3
(Ans: X = 50, M = 49.09, Z = 45)