23rd March 2015

TBAT: Calculate averages from a frequency table

Starter:
1. Match up the definitions
2. Find the mode of these frequency tables
 Match up

Mean The middle one

The difference
Median between the biggest
and smallest

Add them up and

Mode divide by how many
you have

Range The most often

 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 0, 0, 3, 0
Number Frequency Nxf
0
1
2
3
4
Total

What is the
What is this What is this
Howtable
frequency do we calculate
totalthe
tellingmean
us? normally?
total telling us?
showing us?
 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 0, 3, 3, 2, 1
Number Frequency Nxf
0
1
2
3
4
Total
 Calculate the mean
Number Frequency Nxf
10 3
11 4
12 1
13 2
14 3
15 1
Total

Give your answer to 1d.p.

 Calculate the mean
Number Frequency Nxf
10 3 30
11 4 44
12 1 12
13 2 26
14 3 42
15 1 15
Total 14 169
 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 0, 0, 3, 0
Number Frequency Cumulative frequency
0
1
2
3
4

How do we calculate the median normally?

 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 0, 3, 3, 2, 1
Number Frequency Cumulative frequency
0 1
1 1
2 3
3 3
4 2
 Calculate the median
Number Frequency Cumulative frequency
10 3
11 4
12 1
13 2
14 3
15 1
 Calculate the median
Number Frequency Cumulative frequency
10 3 3
11 4 7
12 1 8
13 2 10
14 3 13
15 1 14
Finish off the questions on the
worksheet

Answers to 1d.p.
Calculate the mean and median
from these tables.

Mean = 25.1 Mean = 19.5

Median = 25 Median = 20
To finish
 Answers

22

Mean = 4.6
Median = 5
Mode = 5
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