Tutorial 5

Mathematics 2 MTH1022

Tutorial 5 (Topic 5 Measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion)

1. Data A: 4, 6, 10, 9, 6, 15, 2 Data B: 16, 12, 6, 8, 20, 36, 25, 20 Data C: 3, 2, 4, 10, 4, 8, 9, 10, 19 For each of the above data, find the a. Mean b. Median c. Mode 2. A bowler has the following scores for five games: 166, 156, 180, 170, 166 Using these data as a sample, compute the following statistics: a. Mean b. Median c. Mode 3. The distribution of the scores of 100 students taking their final English examination is given in the table below: Scores 30 39 40 49 50 59 60 69 70 79 80 89 90 99 Number of students ( ) 6 9 20 35 20 6 4

a. b. c. d.

Find the mean score of the 100 students. Find the median score. Find the mode score. What is the shape of the distribution?

4. For the data below: Class intervals 24 Frequency 3

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57 8 10 11 13 14 16 Find the a. Mean b. Median c. Mode 8 7 5 3

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5. The frequency distribution for the value of resistance in ohms of 48 resistors is as shown. Determine the mean value of resistance. 20.5 20.9 22.0 22.4 3, 13, 21.0 21.4 22.5 22.9 10, 9, 21.5 21.9 23.0 23.4 11, 2

6. For the frequency distribution below, find the mean, median and mode.

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14 7

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16 9

17 3

7. Find the mean, median and mode age of students taking grade 5 piano examination from the data below: Age (x) Number of students (f) 9 2 10 8 11 10 12 15 13 20 14 8

8. The speed of 120 cars that drove through a specific sharp corner on a federal road is given below: Speed 60 64 65 69 70 74 75 79 80 84 85 89 (km/hr) Number of 8 14 18 40 30 10 cars (f) Find the mean, median, and mode speed. 9. Determine the standard deviation from the mean of the set numbers: {35, 22, 25, 23, 28, 33, 30} correct to significant figures.

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Mathematics 2 MTH1022 10. The number of students in a school, according to age, that read the Womans Weekly magazine during the first week of December, 2004 is indicated below. Age (year) 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Number of students 3 10 18 20 20 30

Find the mean, median and mode age of teenagers who patronize the cinema. 11. A number of students participated in a quiz and the distribution of their scores is given in the table below. If the median score is 3, find the value of N. Score Number of students 0 2 1 N 2 10 3 1 4 15 5 5

12. Find the range for each of the following data: a. 4, 15, 20, 11, 45, 16 b. 1.2, 4.3, 3.3, 4.1, 9.0, 11.2, 6.0 c. 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 0 13. The tensile strength in megapascals for 14 samples of tin were determined and found to be: 34.61, 34.57, 34.40, 34.63, 34.63, 34.51, 34.49, 34.52, 34.55, 34.58, 34.53, 34.44, 34.48, 34.40 calculate the mean and standard deviation from the mean for these 14 values, correct to 4 significant figures. 14. The data below shows the marks scored by ten students in an Accounting test: 65, 85, 80, 80, 75, 90, 60, 55, 76, 80 Find: a. Mean b. Median c. Range 15. Find the standard deviation of the following data: -2, 1, -1, 2, -3, 0, 2, 1

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Tutorial 5 16. The age of the distribution for computers in a college is as follows: Age, x (months) Number of computers, f 21 25 10 26 30 35 31 35 16 36 40 14 41 45 12 46 50 10 51 55 3

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a. Calculate the mean age and standard deviation of the computers. 17. The table below shows the distances (in kilometers) travelled by five runners in half an hour. Runner Distance covered (km) Amir 2 Samy 6 Ah Kong 3 Sudirman 4 James 5

Find the range and standard deviation. 18. Find the variance and standard deviation for the following sample data: X Frequency, f 5 4 25 14 15 7 10 3 11 8 7 2

19. The age distribution of the employees in Fujik Company is as follows: Age (years) Number of workers 20 24 10 25 29 35 30 34 16 35 39 14 40 44 12 45 49 10 50 54 3 a. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the above data. 20. A box containing nails with different sizes is shown in the table below: Length 10 15 20 25 30 (mm) Number of 2 4 4 71 12 nails a. Find the mode. b. Calculate the mean. c. Find the standard deviation.

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