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Form 3 Statistics
Multiple Choice Section
1. Find the mean of the following data.
0, 13, 6, 12, 30, 5
A. 11
B. 11.2
C. 13.2
D. 66
3. The mean of 5 numbers is 9 and the mean of another 5 numbers is 10. Find the mean of these
10 numbers.
A. 5
B. 9.5
C. 10
D. 19
4. Given a set of data 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 13, if a new datum 6 is inserted, find the difference
between the new mean and the original mean.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6
5. Find the mean of x, x and x + 6.
A. x
B. x + 1
C. x + 2
D. x + 6
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6. The following bar chart shows the expenditures of Linda in a certain week. Find the mean
daily expenditure of Linda in that week.
Expenditures of Linda in a certain week
Amount($)
10 0
50
Mon
Tue
Wed Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Days
A. $35
B. $40
C. $50
D. $60
7. The mean of a, b and c is 45 and the mean of a, b, c, d and e is 55. Find the value of d + e.
A. 50
B. 70
C. 140
D. It cannot be found.
8. The following table shows the highest temperatures of last 20 days. Find the mean
temperature.
Temperature (C)(x)
Frequency (f)
20
21
22
23
24
A. 21C
B. 21.95C
C. 22C
D. 23C
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9. The table below shows the distribution of the weight of the students in F.5A. Find the mean
weight of the students.
Weight (kg)(x)
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Frequency (f)
10
A. 52.375 kg
B. 52.725 kg
C. 53 kg
D. 54 kg
10. The table below shows the marks of a group of students in a Mathematics test. Find the mean
mark.
Mark
Frequency
09
10 19
20 29
30 39
40 49
A. 25
B. 27
C. 27.5
D. 28
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12. The following table shows the ages of the members of a certain choir. Find their median age.
Age
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Number of members
14
A. 11
B. 12
C. 12.5
D. 13
13. Find the median of the following data.
x, x + 7, x + 9, x + 10
A. x
B. x + 7
C. x + 8
D. x + 9
15. The figure shows the waiting time of 80 passengers at a bus stop. Find the median waiting
time of these 80 passengers.
Wai ting time
B. 25 min
C. 35 min
D. 80 min
C um ulat iv e f requency
A. 16 min
80
40
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20
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17. The following table shows the test marks of a group of students. Find the mode of the test
marks.
Mark
Number of students
20
31
A. 4
B. 6
C. 20
D. 31
18. The table below shows the blood types of a group of students. Find the mode of the blood
types.
Blood types of a group of students
A. 5
B. 9
D. Blood type B
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C. Blood type A
10
B
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GENIUS
CENTER
Blood
type
11, LORONG
PADANG
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20. The following table shows the distribution of the ages of 40 students. Find the mode of the
ages.
Age
Cumulative frequency
10
11
11
12
24
13
27
14
33
15
37
16
40
A. 12
B. 13
C. 16
D. 40
21. The following histogram shows the ages of a group of students. Given that the class interval
of the first class is 4 6, find the modal class of the ages.
Ages of a group of students
A. 11 14
C. 13
D. 14
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22. The following table shows the distribution of the marks of 30 students in an English
Language quiz. Find the modal class of the quiz marks.
Mark
Cumulative frequency
30 39
40 49
10
50 59
14
60 69
28
70 79
30
A. 50 59
B. 60 69
C. 14
D. 28
1
time the original mean
9
24. Given a set of data 3, 6, 7, 7, 13, 15, 17, if 9 is added to each datum, what is the new
median?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 10
D. 16
25. Given a set of data 3, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, if 1 is subtracted from each datum, what is the new
mode?
A. 3
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B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
26. If the mean of a, b 3 , c and d 2 is 14, find the mean of a 6, b 3 6, c 6 and d 2 6.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 14
27. Given a set of data 3, 7, 21, 4, 2, if each datum is multiplied by 3, what is the new mean?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 7.4
D. 22.2
28. Given a set of data 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, if each datum is multiplied by 3, what is the new median?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15
29. Given a set of data 4, 5, 8, 9, 9, if each datum is multiplied by 3, what is the new mode?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 12
D. 27
30. If the datum 3 is removed from the data 3, 9, 7, 17, 27, what is the change in the mean?
A. Increased
B. Decreased
C. Unchanged
D. It cannot be determined.
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31. The following table shows the weighting factors of a Chinese Language test, English
Language test and Mathematics test. Which subject is the most important?
Subject
Weighting factor
Chinese Language
English Language
Mathematics
A. Chinese Language
B. English Language
C. Mathematics
D. The same
32. The table below shows the marks and weighting factors of a Chinese Language test, English
Language test and Mathematics test of Peggy. Find the weighted mean mark of Peggy.
Subject
Mark
Weighting factor
A.
75
B.
77
C.
80
D.
85
Chinese Language
80
90
70
30%
20%
50%
33. A company assesses the staff by considering their performances at the volume of business,
adaptability and management skill. The table below shows the marks of 3 staff members .
Who has the best performance?
Assessment item
Ben
Ken
Sam
Weighting factor
Volume of business
Adaptability
Management skill
A. Ben
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B. Ken
C. Sam
D. The same
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Section A(1)
1. Find the mean of each of the following sets of data.
(a) 2, 5, 8, 13
(b) 16, 12, 9, 14, 16, 12, 16, 18, 12, 14, 16
(b) 8, 18, 5, 13, 18, 32, 18, 13, 29, 30, 13, 22
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8. The table below shows the distribution of the highest daily temperature in the past ten days.
Find the mean highest daily temperature.
Highest daily temperature ( o C)
Number of days
26
27
28
29
9. The table below shows the distribution of time spent by Sammi on watching TV in the past
two weeks. Find the median time spent by Sammi on watching TV in the past two weeks.
Time spent on watching TV (hour)
Number of days
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10. The cumulative frequency polygon below shows the marks of F.2A students in the Chinese
History examination.
Cumulative frequency
40
30
20
10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Mark
70
80
90
100
(a) How many students in F.2A attended the Chinese History examination?
(b) Find the median mark of F.2A students.
11. The table below shows the distribution of the heights of F.5C students. Find the modal class
of the heights of F.5C students.
Height (cm)
Frequency
140 149
150 159
14
160 169
16
170 179
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12. The table below shows the daily sleeping time of a group of teacher s12.
Sleeping time (hour)
Number of teachers
13. The following table shows the scores and weighting factors of the Mathematics tests and
examination of Jacky. Find the weighted mean mark.
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Examination
Mark
80
75
85
70
Weighting factor
10%
10%
20%
60%
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14. The following table shows the examination scores and weighting factors of Jenny in the first
term. Find the weighted mean mark of Jenny.
Subject
Marks
Weighting factor
Chinese Language
60
English Language
50
Mathematics
80
History
75
Integrated Science
70
15. (a) Find the mean, the median and the mode of 2, 8, 10, 10, 12, 15.
(b) Hence, find the mean, the median and the mode of 5, 11, 13, 13, 15, 18.
18. There were 40 students in F.3A. The mean weight of the students was 52 kg. A new student,
Joe, has joined this class. If Joes weight is 58 kg and the weights of the original students
remain unchanged, find the new mean weight of the students after Joe joined in. (Correct
your answer to 3 significant figures.)
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19. Let x be a positive integer. Given that the set of numbers is 6, x, 7, 9 and 12 are arranged in
ascending order and the median of the five numbers is 7.
(a) Find the possible value of x.
(b) Using the result of (a), find
(i) the mean of the five numbers,
(ii) the mode of the five numbers.
20. The following table shows the distribution of time spent on playing computer games daily by
the boys in F.2D.
Time spent on playing computer games (min)
Number of boys
30 59
60 89
90 119
120 149
150 179
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21. The table below shows the distribution of the daily usage of telephone by the girls in F.3B.
Daily usage of telephone (min)
Number of girls
1 30
31 60
61 90
91 120
121 150
151 180
(a) Find the modal class of the daily usage of telephone by these girls.
(b) How many girls are there in the class?
(c) Complete the table above.
(d) Find the mean daily usage of telephone by these girls. (Correct your answer to 3
significant figures.)
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22. In an English Language examination, the results of Kitty and Ken are shown as follows:
Mark
Paper
Weighting factor
Kitty
Ken
90
54
II
71
78
III
64
90
(a) Find the mean marks of Kitty and Ken respectively. Who has a higher mean mark?
(b) Find the weighted mean marks of Kitty and Ken respectively. Who has a better result?
23. Four polls have been held to determine who is the most popular female singer between Kelly
and Sammi. Due to the longer polling time of the third and the forth polls, their weighting
factors are higher. The weighted mean of the number of votes in all four polls determines the
winner. The table below shows the respective numbers of votes for Kelly and Sammi in the
polls and the weighting factors of each poll.
Number of votes
Poll
Weighting factor
Kelly
Sammi
First
760
700
Second
820
740
Third
630
770
Fourth
710
(a) If Kelly and Sammi got the same weighted mean of the number of votes in all four polls,
find the value of x.
(b) If the weighting factor of the fourth poll is changed to 3 while the value of x in (a)
remains unchanged, who is the most popular female singer?
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Mark
Chinese Language
42
English Language
40
Mathematics
48
History
49
Integrated Science
46
Music
93
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25. The table below shows the distribution of the hourly wages of the employees in a hamburger
shop.
Hourly wage
Number of employees
$15
$18
$80
$120
The manager of the hamburger shop says in the advertisement that the hourly wages of the
employees is more than $30.
(a) Is the mean hourly wages of the employees more than $30?
(b) Does the mean hourly wages emphasized in the advertisement mislead the public?
(c) Among the mean, the median and the mode of the hourly wages of the employees, which
one can reflect the real situation?
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29. There are 40 students in F.3A. In a certain test, the results of most of the students are
unsatisfactory, but Ben gets 92 marks. The teacher decides to adjust the test results by adding
8 marks to each student. It is given that the mean, the median and the mode of the test marks
of the class are x, y and z respectively.
(a) After the adjustment, what is the mark obtained by Ben?
(b) Express the new mean, the new median and the new mode in terms of x, y and z.
(c) One of the students is absent without reason, so the mark obtained by this student is 0.
Therefore the mean mark of the class is lowered. If the mark obtained by this student is
not taken into account,
(i)
find the mean mark of the rest of the students before the adjustment. (Express your
answer in terms of x.)
(ii) find the mean mark of the rest of the students after the adjustment. (Express your
answer in terms of x.)
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Section B
30. The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the marks of 200 F.3 students in an
English Language examination.
Marks of 200 F.3 students in an English Language examination
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
Cumulative frequency
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
30
40
50
60
70
Mark
80
90
100
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Class mark
30 < x 40
35
40 < x 50
Frequency
22
50 < x 60
60 < x 70
70 < x 80
75
80 < x 90
24
90 < x 100
(c) Find the modal class.
(d) Find the mean mark of F.3 students. (Correct your answer to 3 significant figures.)
(e) Let the full mark for the examination be 160. The student who obtains more than
80 marks gets a pass in the examination.
(i)
(ii) Since the percentage of pass is too low, the teachers decide to add 10 marks to each
student.
(1) Find the new mean, the new median and the new mode of the marks after the
adjustment.
(2) If the passing mark is not changed, find the percentage of pass after the
adjustment.
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Answer
Multiple Choice Section
1. A
Sum of all the data
Number of data
0 13 6 12 30 5
6
11
Mean
2. C
Sum of all the data
Number of data
5 7 10 11 n
10
5
50 33 n
n 17
Mean
3. B
Sum of the 10 numbers 5 9 + 5 10
45 + 50
95
Mean
95
10
9.5
4. A
Original mean
4 4 5 5 5 6 6 13
8
6
New mean
4 4 5 5 5 6 6 13 6
9
6
The difference 6 6
0
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5. C
xxx6
3
3x 6
3
x2
Mean
6. B
$( 20 50 70 60 30 40 10)
7
$280
7
$40
7. C
The mean of a, b and c is 45.
i.e. a b c 45 3.(1)
The mean of a, b, c, d and e is 55.
i.e. a b c d e 55 5(2)
(2) (1),
d + e 55 5 45 3
275 135
140
8. B
Temperature (C)(x)
Frequency (f)
fx
20
60
21
105
22
132
23
46
24
96
20
439
Total
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439
)C
20
21.95C
Mean temperature (
9. B
Weight (kg)(x)
Frequency (f)
fx
50
300
51
357
52
260
53
10
530
54
54
55
440
56
168
40
2 109
Total
2 109
) kg
40
52.725 kg
Mean weight (
10. B
Mark
Frequency (f)
fx
09
4.5
27
10 19
14.5
29
20 29
24.5
24.5
30 39
34.5
103.5
40 49
44.5
356
20
540
Total
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540
20
27
Mean marks
11. B
Median 10
12. B
Total number of members 5 + 9 + 14 + 2 + 8 + 7 + 4
49
The age of the 25th member is the median age.
According to the table, when the ages of the members are arranged in descending order, the
age from the 1st member to the 5th member is 10; the age from the 6th member to the 14th
member is 11, and so on. The age of the 25th member is 12, thus, the median age is 12.
13. C
Median
x7 x9
2
2 x 16
2
x8
14. B
If x 1, the data can be arranged in ascending order as follows:
1, 3, 3, 4, 5
The median is 3.
If x 3, the data can be arranged in ascending order as follows:
3, 3, 4, 5, 5
The median is 4.
If x 5, the data can be arranged in ascending order as follows:
3, 4, 5, 5, 7
The median is 5.
If x 7, the data can be arranged in ascending order as follows:
3, 4, 5, 7, 9
The median is 5.
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A possible value of x is 3.
Waiting time
Cumulative frequency
15.B
80
40
16. B
10
15
20
25
Time (minute)
30
35
Mode 4
17. A
Mode 4
18. C
Mode Blood type A
19. D
Mode x + 3
20.A
Age
Cumulative frequency
frequency
10
11
11
10
12
24
13
13
27
14
33
15
37
16
40
Mode 12
21. B
Modal class 13 15
22. B
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Mark
Cumulative frequency
Frequency
30 39
40 49
10
50 59
14
60 69
28
14
70 79
30
23. A
If 9 is added to each datum, the new mean is the original one plus 9.
24. D
Original median 7
25. C
Original mode 7
26. C
6 has been subtracted from each of the data in the original set.
New mean 14 6
8
27. D
3 7 21 4 2
5
7.4
Original mean
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28. D
Original median 5
29. D
New mode 9
30. A
3 9 7 17 27
5
12.6
Mean
If a datum (i.e. 3) that is smaller that the original mean is removed, the new mean
becomes larger.
31. A
Since Chinese Language has the largest weighting factor, it is the most important.
32. B
Weighted mean mark 80 30% 90 20% 70 50%
77
33. C
5 2 6 1 7 1
2 11
23
6 2 5 1 7 1
Weighted mean mark of Ken
2 11
24
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7 2 6 1 5 1
Weighted mean mark of Sam
2 11
25
Section A(1)
1. (a) Mean
(b) Mean
2 5 8 13
4
7
4 32 5 90 21 6 2 11
8
21.375
2. (a) Median
(b) Median
16 20
2
18
3. (a) Mode
(b) Mode 16
4. (a) Arrange the data in ascending order:
6, 6, 9, 12, 17, 18, 30
Median 12
(b) Arrange the data in ascending order:
4, 7, 10, 18, 20, 22, 32, 35
Median
18 20
2
19
5. (a) Modes 23 and 28
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2 3 6 6 9 12 17 20
(b) Median
(c)
Mode
69
9.375
7 .5
5 5 12 12 13 13 31 13
(b) Median 12
(c)
Modes 5, 12 and 13
26 2 27 4 28 1 29 3
) C
2 4 1 3
27.5 C
9. Median 2 hours
10. (a) From the graph, the number of students in F.2A who attended the Chinese History
examination 40
(b) From the graph, the median mark of F.2A students
54
5 2 65 7 6 83
) hour 6.625 h o u r s
16
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74.5
60 2 50 3 80 2 75 2 70 1
2 3 2 2 1
65
2 8 10 10 12 15
Median
9.5
10 10 10
Mode 10
(b)
2 3 5 2 7 3 10
Median
Mode
57
=
2
5.75
46
5.75 8
9
9
New median
New mode
39
5.75 8 7
7
7
New median
17.
12 8 x 7 13
14
5
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40 x 70
x 30
2 080 58
) kg
41
2 138
kg
41
52.1 kg
19. (a) x 6 or 7
(b) If x 6 ,
(i)
Mean
6 6 7 9 12
5
(ii) Mode
If x 7 ,
(i)
Mean
(ii) Mode =
6 7 7 9 12
5
8.2
7
20
(b)
Time spent on playing computer games (min) Class mark (min)
Number of boys
30 59
44.5
60 89
74.5
90 119
104.5
120 149
134.5
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150 179
164.5
(c) Mean (
106 min
22
(c)
Daily usage of telephone (min)
Number of girls
1 30
15.5
31 60
45.5
61 90
75.5
91 120
105.5
121 150
135.5
151 180
165.5
(d) Mean (
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75
54 78 90
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23. (a)
90 2 71 3 64 5
235
71.3
54 2 78 3 90 5
235
79.2
11 2 2
11 2 2
4 260
2 980 2 x
640
710
Weighted mean of the number of votes for Sammi
700
42 40 48 49 46 93
6
53
(b) It is unreasonable.
Among the six subjects, he failed in five subject. Thus, he cannot say that his
examination was also passed.
(c)
Median
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)
8 5 2 1
$30.625
Median
22
(b) Mean 3 20
(c)
60
Mean 3 20 2
62
(b) Median
(c)
Median
10
2
5
10
3
2
(b) Mode 2 8
16
(c)
Mode 2 8 5
11
x8
New median
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New mode
(c)
(i)
Mean
z 8
40 x 0
39
40
39 x
(ii) Mean
40( x 8) 0
39
40
320
39 x 39
Section B
30. (a) Median
68
(b)
(c)
Class mark
Frequency
30 < x 40
35
40 < x 50
45
22
50 < x 60
55
34
60 < x 70
65
46
70 < x 80
75
50
80 < x 90
85
24
90 < x 100
95
16
Modal class
(d) Mean
(e) (i)
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200
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40
100%
200
20%
77.2
78
80 90
(2) After the adjustment, students who obtain only 70 marks can got a pass.
Number of students pass after the adjustment 200 110
Percentage of pass after the adjustment
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90
100%
200
45%