WANDOOR GANITHAM SSLC MATHEMATICS STUDY MATERIAL : 2023

POLYNOMIALS

QUESTION -1
a) Compute the mean and median of the first 35 natural numbers .

b) Compute the mean and median of the first 50 even numbers .

c) Compute the mean and median of the natural numbers which leave remainder 1 on
division by 2 .

d) Compute the mean and median of the first 25 terms of the arithmetic sequence 5 , 10 ,

15 . . . .
QUESTION -2

The weights of members in a cricket club are given ( in kilograms ) below .

53 , 40 , 48 , 55 , 49 , 45 , 47 , 56 , 54 , 52 , 51

a) What is the mean weight ?

b) What is the median weight ?

QUESTION - 3
The marks obtained by 10 students in the Maths exam are given below .

64 , 39 , 58 , 80, 43 , 37 , 50 , 76 , 61 , 72

a) What is the mean mark ?

b) What is the median mark ?

QUESTION - 4
51 households in a neighbourhood are sorted according to their monthly income in the
table below .

Monthly income (Rs ‍) Number of households

5000 4
5500 6
6000 8
7000 10
8000 9

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 8500 7
9000 5
9500 2

a) If the households are arranged in increasing order of monthly income , what is the

monthly income of the household at the 19 th position ?

b) If the households are arranged in increasing order of monthly income , the monthly

income of the household at what position is taken as the median ?

c) Find the median of the monthly income .

QUESTION - 5
The table below shows the workers in a factory sorted according to their daily wages .

Daily wages (Rs) Number of workers

900 6
1000 4
1100 7
1200 8
1300 7
1400 5
1500 3

a) If the workers are arranged in increasing order of daily wage , what is the daily wage

of the worker at the 18th position ?

b) If the workers are arranged in increasing order of daily wage , the daily wage of the

worker at what position is taken as the median ?

c) Find the median daily wage .

QUESTION - 6

The table below shows the children in a class sorted according to their marks in Maths

exam.

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 Marks Number of students

0 – 10 3
10 – 20 5
20 – 30 8
30 – 40 9
40 – 50 10
50 – 60 7
60 – 70 6
70 – 80 5
80 – 90 2

a) If the students are arranged in increasing order of marks , the mark of the student
at what position is taken as the median ?
b) If the students are arranged in increasing order of marks , what is assumed to be the
mark of the student at the 26th position ?
c) Find the median mark .
QUESTION - 7
71 households in a neighbourhood are sorted according to their monthly income in
the table below .

Monthly income (Rs ‍) Number of households

3000 - 4000 8
4000 - 5000 10
5000 - 6000 20
6000 - 7000 12
7000 - 8000 8
8000 - 9000 5

a) If the households are arranged in increasing order of monthly income , the monthly

income of the household at what position is taken as the median ?

b) If the households are arranged in increasing order of monthly income , what is assumed

to be the monthly income of the household at the 19th position ?

c) Find the median of the monthly income .

SARATH A S , VMC GHSS WANDOOR , MALAPPURAM

 QUESTION - 8

The table shows some households sorted according to their usage of electricity .

Electricity usage Number of households

( units )

80 – 90 4
90 – 100 4
100 – 110 5
110 – 120 5
120 – 130 6
130 – 140 6

a) If the households are arranged in increasing order of usage of their electricity ,

half the sum of the usage of the households at what positions are taken as the

median ?

b) If the households are arranged in increasing order of usage of their electricity ,

what is assumed to be the usage of the household at the 14 th position ?

c) Find the median usage .

SARATH A S , VMC GHSS WANDOOR , MALAPPURAM