UNIT 2 : MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

2011-2019 Question Papers Solved Problems

Section A

1. If Z= 38.82 and M= 40 find X bar.

2. If Z= 13 , X bar = 12. Find Median.
3. If x bar =13 Z = 15, find the median.
4. Given mean(X bar) =21.76 and median (M) = 20.84. Find out mode (Z).

Section B
 5. Find out the missing frequency for the group 15-20. You are given that
the values of mean equal to 19.
Marks No of students
5-10 2
10-15 2
15-20 -
20-25 4
25-30 4

6. Calculate simple Mean and Weighted mean for the following data
Subject marks Weights
Kan 60 1
Eng 75 2
Sci 63 1
Maths 59 3
Social Sci 53 3
Solution: Simple arithmetic mean= X = ∑ X

= 310/5
= 62

weighted arithmetic mean = Xw = ∑ W X

∑W

= 609/10
= 60.9
7. Calculate median from the following data.
Daily wages (Rs) Number of workers
Less than 10 5
Less than 20 13
Less than 30 20
Less than 40 32
Less than 50 60
Less than 60 80
Less than 70 90
Less than 80 100

8. Calculate mode from the following data

X 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69
f 678 720 664 598 524 378 244

9. Calculate the median and mode from the following data

Less than 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Frequency 4 16 40 76 96 112 120 125

10. Calculate the median from the following data

Marks 50 40 30 20 10

Frequency 10 40 20 12 16
11.Calculate the mode and median from the following data

X 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 70-100

Frequency 5 10 17 40 62 60

12.Calculate Arithmetic Mean for the following data:

Marks Students
0-10 7
10-30 13
30-60 22
60-100 8

13.Calculate Arithmetic Mean for the following data:

Marks Students
0-10 2
10-20 4
20-30 6
30-40 8
40-50 10
50-60 12
60-70 14
14.Calculate Arithmetic Mean for the following data:

Marks Students
10 18
20 35
30 58
40 73
50 80
60 96
70 100

15. Calculate the mean wages of workers from the following data:
Wages No of Workers
48-56 8
56-64 3
64-72 11
72-80 14
80-88 5
88-96 7
96-100 2
16.Calculate Arithmetic Mean from the following :

Marks Students
0-10 5
10-30 12
30-60 25
60-100 8
17.Average rainfall at Gowribidanur from Monday to Saturday is 3cm.
due to heavy rainfall on Sunday the average for the week increased to 5
cms. What was the rainfall on Sunday?

18.From the following data compute Arithmetic Mean:

Marks No of Students
0-10 5
10-20 10
20-30 25
30-40 30
40-50 20
50-60 10
 Section C

19. Find mean, median and mode from the following data
Class
0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
interval

Frequency 14 23 35 20 8 5`

20.Find mean, median and mode from the following data

Weight 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

Number of
4 12 24 32 32 16 8 2
students

21.Find mean, median and mode from the following data

Marks 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Number of
100 97 87 74 50 37 25 17 5
students

22. Find mean, median and mode from the following data
Profits(in
4-7 8-11 12-15 16-19 20-23 24-27 28-31 32-35 36-39
lakhs)
No. of
6 10 18 30 15 12 10 6 2
Companies
 23.Find mean, median and mode from the following data

Weights 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 91-95 96-100 101-105 106-110 111-115

No. of
3 10 15 18 25 19 14 09 02
Students
24. Following are the salaries of 20 Workers of a firm expressed in
thousands of rupees.
5,17,12,23,7,,15,4,18,10,6,15,9,8,13,12,2.12.3.15,14. The firm gave bonus
amounting to RS.2000, RS 3000, RS 4000, RS 5000, RS 6000 belonging
to the salary groups 1000-5000, 6000-10000, and so on and lastly 21000-
25000. Find the average mean paid per employee.

25. The weights ( in Kilograms) of 30 students are given below:

14, 16, 16, 14, 22, 13, 15, 24, 12, 17
23. 14, 20, 17, 21, 18, 18, 19, 20, 16
16,11 , 12, 21, 20, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23.
Form a grouped frequency table by dividing the range in to intervals of
equal width one class being 11-13 and then compute the Arithmetic
Mean.
26.From the following data compute median
Income in Rs No of workers
More than 0 100
More than 1000 90
More than 2000 75
More than 3000 50
More than 4000 25
More than 5000 10
27. Compute the Arithmetic Mean of the following data or the following is
the marks obtained by 50 students in statistics. Find the average marks
Marks No of Students
20 2
30 5
40 8
50 12
60 13
70 6
80 2
90 2
N=50

28. Form a continuous frequency table of the marks scored by 50 students

in an examination are given below, taking a class interval of 10-20, 20-
30, etc Prepare a frequency table and compute Mean and Median.
48, 30, 31, 39, 18, 54, 33,10, 29, 62, 38, 41, 43, 51, 37, 71, 62, 34 55, 29, 43,
64, 43, 52, 64, 44, 55, 45,22,32,29,59,61,22, 74,19,46,73,33,85,85,51
63,58,27,44,32,31,47,18
29. Calculate the average bonus paid per member from the following data.
Bonus No.of Persons
500 1
600 3
700 5
800 7
 900 6
1000 2
1100 1

30. The Following tables gives the male population (in lakhs) of city X &
city Y in a certain year:
Age Group City X City Y
0-5 14 9
5-10 13 8
10-15 13 8
15-20 13 7
20-30 33 15
30-40 29 12
40-50 17 9
50-60 7 6
60-80 4 4

31. Given below is the distribution of 140 candidates obtaining marks X or

higher in a certain examination (all marks are given in whole numbers)
X F
10 140
20 133
30 118
40 100
50 75
60 45
 70 25
80 9
90 2
100 0

32. Convert the following distribution into more than cumulative

frequency and less than cumulative frequency and find the median
graphically. Verify the result through actual calculation.
Wages 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
No of
10 35 90 55 10
workers

33.From the following data, calculate the average yield per plot.
Crop cutting experiment data on plot yields of wheat.

Yield No. of plots

Over 0 216
Over 60 210
Over 120 156
Over 180 98
Over 240 57
Over 300 31
Over 360 13
Over 420 7
Over 480 2
Upto 540 216
34.The following table gives the lifetime in hours of 400 tubes of a certain
make. Find the mean life-time of the radio tubes.

Less than 300 0

Less than 400 20
Less than 500 60
Less than 600 116
Less than 700 194
Less than 800 265
Less than 900 324
Less than 1000 374
Less than 1100 392
Less than 1200 400