Teachers’ Manual On Formative Assessment Constructions

CHAPTER-11
Constructions
Learning Objective –
• To acquire the knowledge of basic requisites to construct a triangle
• To develop the skill of constructing a triangle with given conditions
Task–1 Oral Assessment
Topic Constructioins
Nature of Task Content
Content Coverage Basic Constructioins
Learning Objective • To acquire the knowledge of basic requisites
to construct a triangle
Execution of task Teacher may ask questions based on Learning
Objectives
Note : Must provide an opportunity to every
student to respond and to improve their response.
Duration 2 Periods
Criteria for assessment Students can be evaluated on the basis of their
readiness to respond, correct response, attitude to
improve their response etc.

Suggested questions for oral assessment

1. Is it possible to construct a triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 8 cm ?
2. What are the instruments to be used in performing constructions ?
3. When do you say that a line is the perpendiculat bisector of another line ?
4. What is perimeter of a figure ? What is the perimeter of a given ∆ ABC.
5. What is the sum of the angles of a ∆
6. The exterior angle of a ∆ is equal to sum of the _____________________.

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Task–2 Home Assignment

Topic Construction
Nature of Task Post Content
Content Coverage Basic Constructioins
Learning Objective • To develop the skill of constructing a triangle
with given conditions
Execution of Task Teacher can give a home assignment containing
questions on construction covering all types of
conditions to draw a triangle
Duration Two days to complete the home assignement
Criteria for Assessment Students can be evaluated on neatness, accuracy
in work and for timely submission of work

Suggestive Home Assignments Constructions

1. Which of the following angles can be made with the help of a ruler and compass :
35º, 40º, 57º, 75º
2. Draw a ∆ ABC, in which AB = 4 cm, ∠ A = 60º and BC – AC =115 cm.
3. Draw a ∆ ABC in which BC = 5 cm, ∠ B = 60º and AC + AB =7.5 cm.
4. Draw an equalateral ∆ whose altitude is 6 cm.
5. Draw a triangle ABC whose perimeter is 10.4 cm and the base angles are 45º and 60º.

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CHAPTER-12
Heron’s Formula
Task-1: Multiple Choice Questions
Topic Heron’s Formula
Learning Objective • To find the area of triangle when the sides of
triangle are given.
• To find the area of quadrilateral by dividing them
into two triangle.
Nature of Task Content Oriented
Content Coverage –
Description of Task Multiple Choice Questions based on Heron’s formula
To find the area of triangle and the area of other figures
like trapezium etc. (Where the Trapezium can be divided
into two triangles).
Execution of Task Student can be given a 15 minutes Multiple Choice
Question paper based on above leaving objective.
Assessment of Task One mark for correct answer and zero for incorrect
answer.
Follow up All questions shall be discussed in class after the
assessment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sides of a triangle are 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Its area is
A. 12 cm2 B. 15 cm2 C. 6 cm2 D. 9cm2
A

2. The area of ∆ ABC is

m

3c
3c

B C
4 cm
2 2 2 2
A. 20 cm B. 4 5 cm C. 2 5 cm D. 10 cm

3. The area of a triangular sign board of sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm is

65 2 2 2 2
A. cm B. 30 cm C. 60 cm D. 12 cm
2
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4. The side of a triangle are in the ratio of 25 : 14 : 12 and its perimeter is 510 m. The greatest
side of the triangle is
A. 120 m B. 170 m C. 250 m D. 270 m
5. The perimeter of a right triangle is 60 cm and its hypotenuse is 26 cm. The other two sides
of the triangle are
A. 24 cm, 10 cm B. 25 cm, 9 cm C. 20 cm,14 cm D. 26 cm, 8 cm
2

3 cm
A B
6. The area of quadrilateral ABCD in the adjoining figure is
5 cm

4 cm
5c
m

D 4 cm C

A. 15.2 cm2 B. 14.8 cm2 C. 15 cm2 D. 16.4 cm2

D 28 m C
7. The area of trapezium in the adjoining figure is
9m

15
m

A 40 m B

A. 286 m2 B. 306 m2 C. 316 m2 D. 296 m2

A
9
cm
8. D The area of quadrilateral ABCD in the adjoining figure is
cm
15 cm
17

m
12 c

B C
2 2 2 2
A. 57 cm B. 95 cm C. 102 cm D. 114 cm

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Task-2: Oral Questions

Topic Heron’s Formula
Learning Objective To check the knowledge of basic concepts required for
finding the area of triangle
Nature of task Pre-Content
Description of Task Students can be asked questions orally individually.
Execution of Task Students may be asked one by one. If the child is not
able to respond, another chance can be given either by
changing the question or by giving some hint.
Assessment of Task Students can be graded for number of correct responses.
Follow up If any student is not able to respond at first instance, he/
she may be given another opportunity i.e. give a days or
two time to prepare again and appear for oral assessment
test separately.

ORAL QUESTION
1. What is a scalene triangle ?
2. What is the name given to a ∆ whose two sides are equal ? Whose all the side are equal ?
1
3. Area of a triangle = base × _______________.
2
4. Whent the sum of the squares of the lengths of two sides of a ∆ is equal to the square of
the length of the third side, is is called a ___________triangle.
5. State the Heron's formula for the area of a triangle ?
6. What is the semi-perimeter of a triangle ?
7. Area of a rectangle = length × ___________.
8. Perimeter of a rectangle = 2 (__________+ __________).
1
9. Area of a rhombus = (one diagonal) × (_____________).
2

10. The area of a parallelogram = (base) × (__________).

1
11. Area of a trapezium = (__________) × Altitude
2
3
12. Area of an equilateral triangle with sides of length x cm = × __________.
4
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Task-3: Home Assignment

Topic Heron’s Formula
Learning Objective • To apply the Heron’s formula to the problem of
triangle and quadrilateral.
• To develop the skill of finding areas.
Nature of task Post-Content
Description of Task Students are required to complete Home Assignment in
scheduled time.
Execution of Task Students may be given home assignment sheet containing
8–10 questions. Some questions may be incorporated to
help the students to follow the steps in systematic manner
or with hints. These questions will in absence benefit of
students while working independently and without any
peer help or teachers’ guidance (for example Q.9, 10,
11 suggested in worksheet).
Assessment of Task Students will be assessed for punctuality, presentation and
accuracy. They shall be appreciated even if they come
and discuss the problems with teachers before submission
of assignment.

Home Assignments
1. Find the area of a ∆ whose sides are 35 cm, 45 cm and 50 cm
2. An isosceles triangle has perimeter 30 cm and each of its equal sides is 12 cm. Find its area
(Use 15 = 3.88)
3. The me asure of one side of a right triangular field is 4.2 m. If the difference of the lengths
of hypotenuse and the other is 14m, find the sides of the triangle and its area.

A 7 cm B
6 cm

15 cm
9

4. Find the area of the quadrilateral ABCD given in the figure alongside.
D
12 c
m
C

5. The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm. If one of its diagonal is 16 cm, find the area of the
rhombus.
6. Two parallel sides of a irapezium are 60 cm and 77 cm and the other sides are 25 cm and
26 cm. Find the area of the trapezium.

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7. Find the area of a quadrilateral ABCD in which AD = 24 cm, ∠ BAD = 90º and B, C and
D from an equilateral ∆ of side 26 cm [use 3 1.73]
8. The height of an equilateral triangle measures 9 cm. Find its area, correct to two places of
decimals [Take 3 = 1.73]
9. Area of triangle - by Heron's formula Practice Worksheet Remember.
A

c b

B a C

a+b+c
Step 1. Semiperimeter of ∆ ABC, s =
2

Step 2. area ( ∆ ABC) = s( s − a)( s − b)( s − c)

1. Find the area of a triangle lengths of whose sides are 8 cm, 11 cm and 13 cm.
Sol. Step. 1. a = 8 cm
b = 11 cm
c = 13 cm
a+b+c
s = =
2

Step. 2. s – a = ____________________
s – b = ____________________
s – c = ____________________
s(s – a)(s – b)(s – c) = ____________________

area = s( s − a)( s − b)( s − c)

= ____________________ cm2
10. Find the area of a triangle length of whose two sides are 18 cm and 10 cm and the perimeter
is 42 cm.
Sol. Hint : Length third side = Perimeter – (sum of lengths of two given sides)
Step. 1. Find the lengths of 3rd side

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a+b+c
Step. 2. s = 2
Step. 3. area (triangle) = s( s − a)( s − b)( s − c) sq units.

11. The lenghts of sides of a triangular plot are in the ratio of 12 : 17 : 25 and its perimeter is
540 cm. Find its area.
Sol. Hint : Let dimensions be a = 12 x
b = 17 x
c = 25 x

a+b+c
Now find s = 2

then area using the Heron's formula

Note : Area of a quadrilateral, lengths of whose sides and one diagonal are given, can be
calculated by dividing the quadrilateral into two triangles and using the Heron's formula.
12. A field is in the shape of a trapezium whose parallel sides are 25 m and 10 m. The non-parallel
sides are 14 m and 13 m. Find the area of the field.

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D C

A B
Sol.

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CHAPTER-13
Surface Areas & Volumes
Task-1: Worksheet
Topic Surface Areas and Volumes
Nature of Task Content Oriented
Content Coverage –
Learning Objective • To be able to find out the total surface area
of cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere.
• To differentiate the curved surface area from
total surface area.
• To identify the kind of area required
according to the problem.
• To be able to find out the volume of cube,
cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere.
Execution of Task Worksheet can be distributed to each student.
Class can be divided into groups each containing
4 to 5 students. Let them discuss, brain storm and
solve the problems.
Duration 2 Consecutive Periods
Criteria for Assessment Teacher can observe each group to see that every
child is taking interest and is participating. Every
group is making effort to solve the problem.
Students can be assessed on attributes of thinking,
social and emotional skills.
Follow up Discuss response of each group and appreciate
the students for their enthusiasm, involvement and
other remarkable behaviours noticed.

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Task-2: MCQ Worksheet

Topic Surface Areas and Volumes
Nature of Task Content
Content Coverage –
Learning Objective • To be able to find out the total surface area
of cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere.
• To differentiate the curved surface area from
total surface area.
• To identify the kind of area required
according to the problem.
• To be able to find out the volume of cube,
cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere.
Execution of Task 30 Minutes time can be allotted to conduct MCQ.
Teacher can take round to see that every student
is doing calculations in rough and not simply
guessing.
Duration 2 Periods
Criteria for Assessment 2 marks for correct response and no marks for
incorrect response.
Follow up Discuss the answers after checking the MCQ and
give home assignment for more drill.

Suggestive Multiple Choice Questions

22
[Use π = unless otherwise stated]
7
1. If the dimensions of a cuboid are 3 cm, 4 cm and 10 cm, then its surface area is
A. 82 cm2 B. 123 cm2 C. 164 cm2 D. 216 cm2
2. The volume of the cuboid in Q.1 is
3 3 3 3
A. 17 cm B. 164 cm C. 120 cm D. 240 cm
3. The surface area of a cuboid is 1372 sq. cm. If its dimensions are in the ratio of 4 : 2 : 1,
then its length is
A. 7 cm B. 14 cm C. 21 cm D. 28cm
4. The base radius and height of a right circular cylinder are 7 cm and 13.5 cm. The volume of
cylinder is
A. 1579 cm3 B. 1897 cm3 C. 2079 cm3 D. 2197 cm3
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5. The base radius of a cone is 5 cm and its height is 12 cm. Its slant height is
A. 13 cm B. 19.5 cm C. 26 cm D. 52cm
6. The curred surface area of a cylinder of height 14 cm is 88 sq. cm. The diameter of the
cylinder is
A. 0.5 cm B. 1.0 cm C. 1.5 cm D. 2.0 cm
7. The lateral surface area of a right circular cone of height 28 cm and base radius 21 cm is
2 2 2 2
A. 1155 cm B. 1055 cm C. 2110 cm D. 2310 cm
264 2
8. The circumference of the base of a 8 m high conical tent is m . The area of canvas
7
required to make the tent is
1360 2 1360 2 2 2
A. cm B. cm C. 286 cm D. 98 cm
7 14
9. The area of metal sheet required to make a closed hollow cone of height 24 m and base radius
7 m is
A. 176 m2 B. 352 m2 C. 704 m2 D. 1408 m2
2
10. The diameter of a sphere whose surface area is 346.5 cm is
A. 5.25 cm B. 5.75 cm C. 11.5 cm D. 10.5 cm
11. The radius of a spherical baloon increases from 7 cm to 14 cm when air is pumped into it.
The ratio of the surface area of original baloon to inflated one is
A. 1:2 B. 1:3 C. 1:4 D. 4:3
12. The circumference of the base of a cylinderical vessel is 132 cm and its height is 25 cm. If
1000 cu.cm = 1 liter, the number of litres, of water the vessel can hold is
A. 17.325 B. 34.65 C. 34.5 D. 69.30
13. The number of litres of milk a hemispherical bowl of radius 10.5 cm can hold is
A. 2.47 B. 2.476 C. 2.376 D. 3.476
14. The number of bricks, each measuring 18 cm × 12 cm × 10 cm are required to build a 1
1
wall 12 m × 0.6 m × 4.5 m if of its volume is taken by mortar, is
10

A. 15000 B. 13500 C. 12500 D. 13900

15. The radius of a sphere is 10 cm. If its radius is increased by 1 cm, the volume of the sphere
is increased by
A. 13.3% B. 21.1% C. 30% D. 33.1%

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Task-3: Home Assignment

Topic Surface Areas and Volumes
Nature of Task Content
Content Coverage Complete Chapter
Learning Objective To apply the knowledge gained in ‘Surface Area
and Volumes’ in solving the question.
Execution of Task For extra practise of content taught, home
assignment can be given after the completion of
Chapter.
Duration 2 to 3 days
Criteria for Assessment Follow CW / HW assignment rubric
Follow up Class Discussion. Answers to the questions may
be discussed in class room and individual queries
may be answered.

Home Assignment
1. The dimensions of a prayer Hall are 20 m × 15 m × 8 m. Find the cost of painting its walls
@ Rs. 10 per sq. m.
2. Find the curved surface area of a right circular cylinder whose height is 13.5 cm and radius
of its base is 7 cm. Find also its total surface area.
3. The exterior diameter of an iron pipe is 25 cm and it is one cm thick. Find the whole surface
area of the pipe it it is 21 cm long.
4. A roller 150 cm long has a diameter of 70 cm. To level a playground it takes 750 complete
revolutions. Determine the cost of levelling the playground at the rate of 75 paise per sq. metre.
5. Find the total surface area of a cone, it its slant height is 21 m and the diameter of its base
is 24 m.
6. The volume of a sphere is 4851 cm3. How much should its radius be reduced so that it volume
4312 3
becomes cm .
3
7. A river, 3 m deep and 40 m wide, is flowing at the rate of 2 km/hour. How much water will
fall into the sea in a minute ?
8. Find the capacity, in litres, of a conical vessel whose diameter is 14 cm and slant height is
25 cm.
9. What is the total surface area of a hemisphere of base radius 7 cm?
10. A village having a population of 4000, requires 150 litres of water per head per day. It has
a tank measuring 20 m × 15 m × 6 m. For how many days, the water of the tank will be
sufficient for the village ?
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Task-4: Oral Assessment

Topic Surface Area and Volumes
Nature of Task Content Oriented
Learning Objective • To be able to tell the formulae, units for
different types of solids.
• To calculate the same mentally for simple
problems.
• To recognise the need of finding curved
surface area, total surface area or volume
after reading the word problems.
Execution of Task Teacher can prepare the slips of questions based
on above LO’s AND PUT THEM IN BASKET.
Students can be called one by one and must read
the question loudly and respond to it. If he/she is
not able to respond next child can be called. These
students may get the chance in the end or in
somebody’s turn, followed by a small complete
the table for students requiring more practice.
Duration 1 Period
Criteria for Assessment 1 marks for correct response and no marks for
incorrect response.

Suggestive Oral Questions–Volume and Surface Areas

3
1. The volume of a cuboid of dimensions l, l and h is ____________ unit .
2. The surface area of a cube of side x is _________________.
3. The surface area of a cuboid of dimensions l, b, h is _________________.
4. The volume of a right circular cylinder of base radius r and height h is ___________.
5. The radius of base of a cylinder is 7 cm and its volume is 770 cm2. The height of the cylinder
is ________________.
2
6. Total surface area of cylinder is _______________ cm .
7. The height of a right circular cone is 3.5 cm and its base radius is 5 cm. Its volume is
3
____________________ cm .
8. The formula for volume of a right circular cone is ___________________.
9. If the base radius of a cone is 8 cm and height is 6 cm, then its slant height is _________cm.

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10. The formula for the total surface area of a right circular cone of base radius r height h and
slant height l is __________________.
11. The volume of a sphere of radius r is ___________ and its surface area is __________.
12. The total surface area of a hemisphere of radius r is ______________.

Task-5: Formulae Testing

Name of Student : _______________________________ Task List of formulae

Class/Sec. : _____________________________________ Duration 10 minutes

Roll No. : ______________________________________ Max-Marks 10

Date : _________________________________________ Marks obtaned____________

Complete the Following Table

Shape Dimensions C.S.A. T.S.A Volume

Cube Side a units a3
Cuboid length l breadth b 2(lb + bh + lh)
Right Circular rad of base = r 2p rh p r2h
Cylinder height = h
Right Circular rad of base = r
Cone height = h p r(l + r)
slant height l
Sphere rad = r 4p r 2 4p r 2

Hemisphere rad = r 2 3
p r
3
(solid)

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CHAPTER-14
Statistics
Task-1: Newspaper Activity
Topic Statistics
Nature of Task Warm-up / Pre-content
Content Coverage Introduction of Statistics
Learning Objective To recall the meaning of the term statistics and the need
of collection of data, survey and statistical analysis.
Task Group Discussion
Execution of Task Teacher can discuss some situational examples where the
survey and statistical analysis is required e.g. census,
impact of its analysis on planning, market survey
conducted by companies to enhance their sales or to
improve the quality of products.
Teacher can distribute few magazines or newspapers to
the students and ask them to identify atleast one situation
by each student where the data collection is required.
Duration 1 Period
Criteria for Assessment No grading or marking is required in this case. The task
is to gear up the students for study of statistics.
Follow up Teacher must motivate the students to identify such situations.
Task-2: Worksheet-1
Topic Statistics
Nature of Task Content Oriented
Content Coverage Collection of data, Presentation of data, Graphical
Representation of Data
Learning Objective To develop the skill of representing data graphically as
bargraph histogram of uniform width, histogram of varying
width, frequency polygon.
Execution of Task Teacher may give a 30 minutes worksheet to assess the
skills developed by the students to draw the appropriate
graph of given data and the basic conceptual knowledge.
Duration 1 Period
Criteria for Assessment According to the weightage of the marks the assessment
will be done.
Follow up Teacher must discuss the worksheet in the class specially,
the incorrect responses in order to modify everyone’s
understanding. More problems of the same kind may be
given as home assignment.
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Worksheet-1
Time : 15 Minutes
1. The marks of 30 students in a Mathematics Test are given below :
62, 29, 36, 41, 52, 21, 50, 75, 78, 16, 20, 35, 46, 24, 57, 65, 82, 16, 25, 30, 42, 24,
18, 32, 36, 57, 75, 16, 30, 58
(i) Arrange these marks in a grouped distibution, where one of the groups is 35-45.
(ii) How many students have scored below 55 ?
(iii) How many have scored above 75 ?
(iv) Write the class-size of the distribution.
70
65
Production of Rice (in lakh tonnes)

60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
1950-51 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91
Year

Bar graph of the production of rice crop in India in different years.

Read the bar graph and answer the following questions.

(i) What was the crop-production in 1980-81 ?
(ii) In which year, the crop-production was maximum ?
(iii) Write the difference between maximum and minimum production.
2. Draw a histogram to represent the following data
C.I. 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-60 30-35
Frequency 5 6 9 8 2

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Task-3: Worksheet-2
Topic Statistics
Nature of Task Content Oriented
Content Coverage Measure of Central Tendency
Learning Objective To learn about measure of central tendency i.e. mean,
median, mode for raw/discrete data and to apply the
knowledge in solving the problems.
Execution of Task Teacher may give a 30 minutes worksheet to assess the
skills developed by the students to draw the appropriate
graph of given data and the basic conceptual knowledge.
Duration 1 Period
Criteria for Assessment According to the weightage of the marks the assessment
will be done.
Follow up After checking the sheets a formula reference sheet along
with problems can be given to students to give them more
practice.

Worksheet-2
Time : 15 Minutes

1. If mean of 8 observations is 25, find the sum of all observations.

2. Complete the table.
x f f × x
6 4 ___
12 ___ 36
___ 8 72
8 7 ___
10 ___ 20
___ 6 66

∑f = ∑ fx =

Now, find the mean of this data.

3. Find the median of following observations
7, 4, 2, 5, 1, 4, 0, 10, 3, 8.

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Follow up: Pratice Worksheet

1. Find the true class limits of the first two classes of the distibution 1–9, 10–19, 20–29, ..........
2. The following are the marks obtained by 20 students in a class-test :
40, 22, 36, 27, 30, 12, 15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 36, 39, 41, 43, 48, 46, 36, 37, 40
Arrange the above data in frequency distribution with equal classes, one of them being (0–10),
10 not included.
3. The electricity bills of twenty house holds in a locality are as follows :
370, 410, 520, 270, 810, 715, 1080, 712, 802, 775, 310, 375, 412, 420, 370, 218, 240,
250, 610, 570 Construct a frequency distribution table with class size 100.
4. The enrolment in classes VI to X of a school is given below :
Class : VI VII VIII IX X
Enrolment : 70 65 60 45 35
Draw a bar chart to depiet the data.
5. Draw a histogram and a frequency polygon for the following dats :
Marks 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
No. of students 8 12 15 9 6
6. Draw a histogram for the following data :
Classes 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-50 50-80
Frequency 6 10 10 8 18
7. Find the mean of the following data :
153, 140, 148, 150, 154, 142, 146, 147
8. The mean of the following data is 37. Find x
28, 35, 25, 32, x, 40, 45, 50
n

9. If the mean of n observation 2x1, 2x2, ........, 2xn is 2x , show that ∑ (x − 2x ) = 0

i =1
i

10. The mean of 20 observations is 25. If each observation is multiplied by 2, then find the mean
of new observations.
11. The means of two groups of 15 and 20 observations are 20 and 25 respectively. Find the
mean of all the 35 observations.
12. If the mode of the following data is 14, find the value of x
10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 14, 15, 14, 15, x, 16, 14, 16
13. The median of the observations, arranged in increasing order is 26. Find the value of x.
10, 17, 22, x + 2, x + 4, 30, 36, 40
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Task-4: Remedial Worksheet

I. Formulae Reference Sheet

Sum of all observations
1. For Raw Data Mean, x =
Total number of observations
2. For Ungrouped Frequency Distribution
n

∑fx
i −1
i i

n
Mean =
∑f
i −1
i

3. Median : (The value of the middle-most observations)

Two cases
If n is odd If n is even
Median = value of Median = mean of value of

 n +1 
th th th
n n 
  observations   &  + 1 observations
 2  2 2 

4. Mode : It is the most frequently occurring observation.

II. Practice Questions

Q.1. The heights (in cm) of 9 students of a class are as follows :

155 160 145 149 150 147 152 144 148
Find the median of the data.
Sol. Step 1. Arrange the given observations in ascending order.
144 145 147 148 149 150 152 155 160
Since n = 9 is odd
th
n 
∴ Median = Value of  + 1 observations
2 

 9 +1 
th

= Value of   observations
 2 

= Value of 5th observation

= 149
Median height = 149 cm.
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Q.2. In a mathematics test 15 students appeared. Their marks (out of 100) are recorded as under :
41, 39, 48, 52, 46, 62, 54, 40, 96, 52, 98, 40, 42, 52, 60
Find theomedian marks.
Sol. Step 1. Arrange the given data in descending / ascending order
Step 2. n = __________________ (odd)

 n +1 
th

Step 3. Median = Value of   observation

 2 

= _________________________________________________
= _________________________________________________
= _________________________________________________

Q.3. The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of the data
is 63, find the value of x.
29, 32, 48, 50, x, x + 2, 72, 78, 84, 95
Sol. Step 1. Observations are already arranged in ascending order
Step 2. Note that the number of observations is even (n = 10)
Step 3. Use formula for even case

 n +1 
th th
n 
Step 3. Median = Value of   &   observation
2  2 

5th observations + 6 th observations

⇒ 63 =
2

⇒ 63 = _________________________________________________

= _________________________________________________

= _________________________________________________

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Task-5: MCQ Worksheet

Topic Statistics
Nature of task Post Content
Content Coverage All Concepts Learn in Statistics
Learning Objective To evaluate the understanding of all the concepts learnt
in the chapter and the skill to apply them.
Execution of Task Teacher may give a 15 minutes MCQ worksheet to the
students.
Duration 1 Period
Criteria for Assessment For each correct response 1 mark to be awarded and
for incorrect response no marks.
Follow up After checking the sheets questions can be discussed and
another opportunity in the form of oral assessment can
be given in order to improve the response. Oral
assessment to be done individually.

MCQ Worksheet

1. The range of the data 14, 27, 29, 61, 45, 15, 9, 18 is
A. 61 B. 52 C. 47 D. 53
2. The class mark of the class 120-150 is
A. 120 B. 130 C. 135 D. 150
3. The class mark of a class is 10 and its class width is 6. The lower limit of the class is
A. 5 B. 7 C. 8 D. 10
4. In a frequency distribution, the class-width is 4 and the lower limit of first class is 10. If there
are six classes, the upper limit of last class is
A. 22 B. 26 C. 30 D. 34
5. The class marks of a distribution are 15, 20, 25, ......., 45. The class corresponding to 45 is
A. 12.5 – 17.5 B. 22.5 – 27.5 C. 42.5 – 47.5 D. None of these
6. The number of students in which two classes are equal.
50
No. of studens

40
30
20
10
0
VI VII VII
Classes
A. VI and VIII B. VI and VII C. VII and VIII D. None
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7. The mean of first five prime numbers is

A. 5.0 B. 4.5 C. 5.6 D. 6.5
8. The mean of first ten multiples of 7 is
A. 35.0 B. 36.5 C. 38.5 D. 39.2
9. The mean of x + 3, x – 2, x + 5, x + 7 and x + 72 is
A. x + 5 B. x + 2 C. x + 3 D. x + 7

10. If the mean of n observations x1, x2, x3, .......... , xn is x then ∑x −x i is

l −1

A. 1 B. –1 C. zero D. can not be found

11. The mean of 10 observation is 42. If each observation in the data is decreased by 12, the new
mean of the data is
A. 12 B. 15 C. 30 D. 54
12. The the mean of 10 numbers is 15 and that of another 20 number is 24 then the mean of all
30 observations is
A. 20 B. 15 C. 21 D. 24
13. The median of 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 is
A. 12 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16
14. If the median of 12, 13, 16, x + 2, x + 4, 28, 30, 32 is 23, when x + 2, x + 4 lie between
16 and 30, then the value of x is
A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 22
15. If the mode of 12, 16, 19, 16, x, 12, 16, 19, 12 is 16, then the value of x is
A. 12 B. 16 C. 19 D. 18
16. The mean of the following data is
xi 5 10 15 20 25
fi 3 5 8 3 1
A. 12 B. 13 C. 13.5 D. 13.6

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Follow up : Oral Assessment Sheet

1. The mid-point of a class is called _________________.
2. Data collected by the experimenter himself is called _______________ data.
3. The difference between maximum and minimum observations in the data is called
________________.
4. Cumulative frequency of a class is the sum total of all frequencies ___________ that class.
5. Are the class-limits and true class limits different? If yes, explain the difference.
6. The sum total of all observations divided by their number is called _________ of the data.
7. The mode of a group of observations is that value of the variable which has _________ frequency.
8. The ___________ is the middle most observation in the data, when they are arranged in
increasing / decreasing order.
9. x , the mean of n observation x1, x2, ........, x , is given by __________.
10. The mean of first ten natural numbers is ______________.
11. The median of first 9 natural numbers is ___________.
12. If each observation in the data is increased by ‘a’, then their ______ is also increased by ‘a’.
13. The sum of deviations of the data (observations) from the mean is _____________.

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