STATISTICS III

1. Upper Boundary & Class Intervals 5. Histogram

Class interval Upper boundary (U.B.)
10 – 14 14  15
 14.5
2
15 – 19 19  20
 19.5
2
20 – 24 24  25
 24.5
2
29  30
25 – 29  29.5
2

Size of the class interval = 19.5 – 14.5

=5

2. Modal Class 6. Frequency Polygon

Class interval with the highest frequency.
Length (cm) Frequency
11 – 20 2
21 – 30 4
31 – 40 11
41 – 50 8

Modal class = (31 – 40) cm

3. Midpoint 7. Ogive
Marks Midpoint
30  34
30 – 34  32
2
35  39
35 – 39  37
2
40  44
40 – 44  42
2
45  49
45 – 49  47
2

4. Mean
Mass Frequency, f Midpoint, x fx
(g)
6  10
6 – 10 3 8 3 x 8 = 24
2
11  15
11 – 15 7  13 7 x 13 = 91
2
16  20 10 x 18 =
16 – 20 10  18
2 180 Q1 = ¼ x C.F.=
21  25 M = ½ x C.F. = Refer to ogive
21 – 25 5  23 5 x 23 = 115
2 Q3 = ¾ x C.F.=
f  25  fx  410 Interquartile range = Q3 – Q1

Mean 
 fx  410  16.4 g
f 25
Exercise:
1. The data shows the heights (in cm) of 32 seedlings sold by nursery.
21 16 22 25 26 21 11 25
26 13 12 15 19 21 21 11
21 20 19 11 25 20 27 27
16 17 18 24 21 18 27 28

(a) Using the data given and a class interval of 3 cm, complete the following table.
Height (cm) Frequency Midpoint
10 – 12
13 – 15

(b) Based on your table in (a), calculate the mean height of the seedlings.

(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 3 cm on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 1 seedling on the vertical axis, draw a
histogram for the data.
(d) State one piece of information obtained from the histogram in (c).

2. The data shows the height (in cm) of 40 students.

178 176 159 171 160 166 164 171
174 154 174 154 177 179 158 168
167 174 169 164 172 162 175 153
167 167 155 168 173 169 173 151
176 156 178 152 163 160 172 154

(a) Complete the frequency table below by using the same size of class interval.
Height (cm) Frequency Midpoint
145 – 149

(b) Based on the frequency table in (a),

(i) state the modal class
(ii) calculate the estimated mean of the students’ height.

(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 5 cm on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 1 student on the vertical axis, draw a
histogram for the data.
3. The data shows the ages, in years, of 30 workers in a car factory.
21 38 25 39 31 23 29 40 47 28
48 29 34 45 26 20 36 33 31 20
38 34 24 26 28 31 43 27 32 25

(a) Complete the frequency table below by using the same size of class interval.
Age (years) Frequency Midpoint
20 – 24

(b) Based on the frequency table in (a), calculate the estimated mean of the workers’ age.
(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 5 years on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to a worker on the vertical axis, draw a
histogram for the data.
(d) Find the number of workers whose age is more than 44 years old.

4. The data shows the masses, in kg, of 32 suitcases carried by a group of tourists. Each tourist has one suitcase.
27 10 22 28 21 14 29 25
29 18 22 13 20 21 24 27
27 25 16 19 16 24 26 27
29 19 33 25 23 24 26 31

(a) Complete the frequency table below by using the same size of class interval.
Mass (kg) Midpoint Frequency
10 – 12

(b) Based on the frequency table in (a), calculate the estimated mean of the suitcases and give your answer
correct to 2 decimal places.

(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 3kg on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to one suitcase on the vertical axis, draw a
histogram for the data.
(d) State one information that can be obtained from the histogram in (c).
5. The data shows the height, in cm, of 40 students in a class.
178 176 159 171 160 166 164 171 174 154
174 154 177 179 158 168 167 174 169 164
172 162 175 153 167 167 155 168 173 169
173 151 176 156 178 152 163 160 172 154
(a) Complete the frequency table below by using the same size of class interval.
Height (cm) Midpoint Frequency
145 – 149

(b) Based on the frequency table in (a),

(i) State the modal class
(ii) Calculate the estimated mean height of students and give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 5 cm on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 1 student on the vertical axis, draw a
frequency polygon for the data.
6. The data shows the masses, in kg, of 50 students in a class.
46 40 53 47 56 52 57 51 52 54
50 54 43 55 49 58 53 47 58 51
52 46 57 54 58 44 68 56 57 59
45 50 52 48 53 62 51 59 54 44
53 59 60 42 66 52 59 64 72 63

(a) Complete the frequency table below by using the same size of class interval.
Mass (kg) Midpoint Frequency
35 – 39
40 – 44

(b) Based on the frequency table in (a), Calculate the estimated mean height of students and give your answer
correct to 2 decimal places.

(c) By using a scale of 2 cm to 5 kg on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 2 students on the vertical axis, draw a
frequency polygon for the data.
7. The table shows the frequency distribution of time spent by a group of people in making telephone calls.
Time (minutes) Frequency
1–4 4
5–8 6
9 – 12 12
13 – 16 17
17 – 20 6
21 – 24 3
25 – 28 2

(a) Based on the table above, complete the table below to show the cumulative frequency distribution of
time spent.
Upper boundary (minutes) Cumulative Frequency
0.5 0

(b) By using a scale of 2 cm to 4 minutes on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 5 people on the vertical axis, draw
an ogive for the data.
(c) From the ogive, find the interquartile range.

8. The data shows the length (in mm) of 36 leaves of a tree.

75 20 31 42 46 39 68 40 33
65 48 41 28 44 78 43 54 49
52 63 59 43 24 45 38 56 41
35 58 33 32 34 15 30 43 47

(a) Complete the table below using the same class interval size.
Length (mm) Frequency Upper boundary Cumulative Frequency
0–9
10 – 19
20 – 29
30 – 39
40 – 49
50 – 59
60 – 69
70 – 79

(b) By using a scale of 2 cm to 10 mm on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 5 leaves on the vertical axis, draw an
ogive for the data.
(c) From the ogive in (c), find
(i) the median,
(ii) the interquartile range.
9. The data shows the score of 40 participants in a Mathematics quiz competition.
25 26 34 45 33 30 39 32
40 43 17 48 37 42 37 43
31 37 36 35 29 31 33 23
45 28 44 36 50 39 27 40
34 39 24 30 38 34 44 35

(a) Based on the data, complete the table below.

Class interval Frequency Upper boundary Cumulative frequency
11 – 15
16 – 20
21 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 35
36 – 40
41 – 45
46 – 50

(b) For this part of the question, use your own graph paper.
By using the scale of 2 cm to 5 marks on the horizontal axis and the scale of 2 cm to 5 participants on the vertical
axis, draw an ogive for the data.
(c) Based on the ogive in (b), find the interquartile range.

10. The data shows the score of 40 participants in a Mathematics quiz competition.
25 26 34 45 33 30 39 32
40 43 17 48 37 42 37 43
31 37 36 35 29 31 33 23
45 28 44 36 50 39 27 40
34 39 24 30 38 34 44 35

(a) Based on the data, complete the table below.

Class interval Frequency Upper boundary Cumulative frequency
11 – 15
16 – 20
21 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 35
36 – 40
41 – 45
46 – 50

(b) For this part of the question, use your own graph paper.
By using the scale of 2 cm to 5 marks on the horizontal axis and the scale of 2 cm to 5 participants on the vertical
axis, draw an ogive for the data.
(c) Based on the ogive in (b), find the percentage of participants who score more than 40 marks.
POST – TEST (STATISTICS III)
The data shows the daily wages (in RM) of 40 workers in a plantation.
24 33 34 32 31 35 44 41
44 45 36 37 38 39 48 50
22 37 39 53 41 42 45 41
42 43 50 47 46 52 41 46
47 27 31 40 37 26 38 39

(a) Based on the data given, complete the table below.

Daily wages Cumulative
Frequency Upper boundary
(RM) Frequency
16 – 20
21 – 25

(b) For this part of the question, use your own graph paper.
By using a scale of 2 cm to RM 5 on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to 5 workers on the vertical axis, draw an ogive
for the data.

(c) From the ogive in (b), find the interquartile range.