Arithmetic Mean
Arithmetic Mean
1. In a survey of 5 cement companies, the profit (in lakh) earned during a year was
15,20, 10, 35,32. Find the arithmetic mean of the profit earned.
2. The number of new orders received by a company over last 25 working days were
recorded as follows: 3,0,1,4,4,4,2,5,3,6,4,5,1,4,2,3,0,2,0,5,4,2,3,3,1. Calculate
arithmetic mean for the number of orders received over all similar working days.
3. Find AM. The monthly income of 5 persons is given below: 132, 140, 144, 136, 148.
4. Calculate Mean from following data using assumed mean method.
Marks 40 50 55 78 58 60 73 35 43 48
5. The following data represent the number of books issued in a school library on
selected from 7 different days 7, 9, 12, 15, 5, 4, 11 find the mean number of books.
6. A student’s marks in 5 subjects are 75, 68, 80, 92, 56. Find the average of his marks.
7. Find average income using assumed mean method from the following data
Daily income 2 5 9 11 13 Total
No of Workers 2 1 4 2 1 10
8. A proof reads through 73 pages manuscript The number of mistakes found on each of
the pages are summarized in the table below Determine the mean number of mistakes
found per page
x 5 10 15 20 25
f 5 2 2 3 4
10. Find the mean of the given data using the short-cut method & step deviation method
Class Interval (CI) Frequency(fi)
5-15 5
15-25 12
25-35 8
35-45 6
11. If the arithmetic mean of five observations 5, 6, 7, x, and 9 is 6. Find the value of x.
12. If the arithmetic mean of five observations 10, 20, 30, x, and 50 is 30. Find the value
of x.
13. The following the distribution of persons according to different income groups
Find the average income of the persons using direct & assumed method.
MEDIAN
1. The number of rooms in the seven five stars hotel in Chennai city is 71, 30, 61, 59,
31, 40 and 29. Find the median number of rooms.
2. The export of agricultural product in million dollars from a country during eight
quarters in 1974 and 1975 was recorded as 29.7, 16.6, 2.3, 14.1, 36.6, 18.7, 3.5, 21.3
Find the median of the given set of values
3. The following data are the weights of students in a class. Find the median weights of
the students
4. The following data attained from a garden record of certain period Calculate the
median weight of the apple
5. The following table shows age distribution of persons in a particular region:
Solution:
We are given upper limit and less than cumulative frequencies. First find the class-intervals
and the frequencies. Since the values are increasing by 10, hence the width of the class
interval is equal to 10.
6. The following is the marks obtained by 140 students in a college. Find the median
marks
Solution:
MODE
1. The following are the marks scored by 20 students in the class. Find the mode 90, 70,
50, 30, 40, 86, 65, 73, 68, 90, 90, 10, 73, 25, 35, 88, 67, 80, 74, 46.
2. A doctor who checked 9 patients’ sugar level is given below. Find the mode value of
the sugar levels. 80, 112, 110, 115, 124, 130, 100, 90, 150, 180.
3. Compute mode value for the following observations.
2, 7, 10, 12, 10, 19, 2, 11, 3, 12
4. Calculate the mode from the following data
6. The following data relates to the daily income of families in an urban area. Find the
modal income of the families.
Frequency 12 14 10 13 14 18 10
9. Find the mode of the following data distribution:
Class-Interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 12 35 45 25 13
Age (in years) 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35
Number of patients 6 11 18 24 17 13 5
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
1. Weights of children admitted in a hospital is given below calculate the
standard deviation of weights of children.
Solution:
2. Find the variance and standard deviation of the wages of 9 workers given
below: ₹310, ₹290, ₹320, ₹280, ₹300, ₹290, ₹320, ₹310, ₹280.
4. In a study about viral fever, the number of people affected in a town were
noted as
Find its standard deviation.
Solution: