SAGA NO. 16.3.

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN

16.3.1
Arithmetic Mean
S PA R K X5
Every great legend begins with a spark

Have you ever

wondered…

❓ You receive marks in 5 different

subjects. Why do you take the average
of the marks?

How does it help to take an average of

all your marks?
THE BIG IDEA

We take an average of numbers to give a

representative value of a diverse data set.

Can you know your exact marks of every

subject from knowing the average?
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THINK
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A true master knows how to think through to a solution

P L AY
TITLE OF THE GAME

Can we say that the final equal

height of the buildings was like
a representative value? Why or
why not?

CONNECT

Compare the two scenarios -

one in which you had buildings
of height 6,7 and 8 and the other
in which you had buildings of
height 1 and 29. In which case is
the filnal height a better
representative value?
 NEWEST NEW YORK
ZONE 1
Old New
ZONE 2 ZONE 3
Height Height Old New Old New
1 Height Height Height Height

2 1 1
2 2
3
3 3
4
4 4
5
Sum Sum
Sum
Sum of Heights Sum of Heights
Sum of Heights = =
= Total Buildings Total Buildings
Total Buildings

ZONE 4 ZONE 5 ZONE 6

Old New Old New Old New
Height Height Height Height Height Height

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

4 4 4

Sum Sum Sum

Sum of Heights Sum of Heights Sum of Heights

= = =
Total Buildings Total Buildings Total Buildings
 NEWEST NEW YORK

ZONE 7 ZONE 8 ZONE 9

Old New Old New Old New
Height Height Height Height Height Height

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

4 Sum Sum

Sum

Sum of Heights Sum of Heights

Sum of Heights = =
= Total Buildings Total Buildings
Total Buildings

ZONE 10 ZONE 11 ZONE 12

Old New Old New Old New
Height Height Height Height Height Height

1 1 1

2 2 2

3 3 Sum

Sum Sum

Sum of Heights Sum of Heights Sum of Heights

= = =
Total Buildings Total Buildings Total Buildings
3 EXPLAIN x 20
Observation is one of the greatest powers in the universe

What is the Arithmetic Mean?

1. Arithmetic Mean =

2. Arithmetic Mean is also known as _________________.

3. Arithmetic mean gives an approximate idea of the _______________
(exact / representative) value of a set of numbers.

What are the properties of Arithmetic Mean?

1. When each term is increased by a particular number, the mean also

____________ (increases / decreases) by the same number.
2. If each term is multiplied by a number, the mean is ___________ (added
/ multiplied / divided) by the same number.
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PRACTICE
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EASY X4

1. Which of the following be can categorized as data?

a) Daily maximum temperature of a city

Data Not Data

b) Harry Potter book

Data Not Data

c) Marks of students of a class

Data Not Data

d) Conversation between you and your mom

Data Not Data

e) The daily stock price of a company, gathered over a month

Data Not Data

f) Runs scored by MS Dhoni in various formats of cricket

Data Not Data

2. List 3 common examples of data that you collect in your daily life.

1) X4

2)

3)
3. Given below is the data for the ‘Spark Cup’ Football tournament. Answer
the question that follows.

Team Won Lost Draw Points X4

1 Stoney Island 2 7 1 7
2 Black Plateau 8 2 0 24
3 Timber Town 3 5 2 11
4 Greeney Grassland 5 5 0 15
5 Blue Beachtown 5 4 1 16

a) Which team got the highest points?

b) Which team played the maximum number of matches that resulted in a

darw?

c) Which team won half of its matches and lost the other half?

d) Which team lost more matches than the matches won?

e) Which two teams lost the same number of matches?

f) Which two teams won the same number of matches?

4. Togo has been assigned some tasks by his teacher. He is not sure which
data should he collect to perform these tasks. Help him choose the right
set.

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a) The maximum score in mathematics in class finals exams.

Marks scored by all students

Attendance records of all students

Marks in mathematics for all students

Marks in final math exam for all students

b) Number of senior citizens in your locality

Age of all the people in the locality

Number of people living in the locality

Age of all the people in the city

Address of the people in your locality

c) The winning record of Indian cricket team in matches in foreign countries

Score by Indian cricket team in all matches

Results of matches played by India

Scores by the Indian cricket team in matches played in foreign

countries

Results of matches played by the Indian cricket team played in

foreign country
 d) Total votes secured by a candidate in the elections

Number of votes polled at the polling booth

Details of each vote polled at the polling booth

Detail of each vote polled in the constituency

Number of votes polled in the constituency

5. Togo’s teacher gave him the following information — X4

“I have evaluated your maths answer sheets. You have secured 97 marks
while Zoka has secured 98. Drago could manage 83 marks but Poha got
57. Pemba got 72 and Trugo got only 48. Thankfully, Timba scored 92.”

a) Organize this information into a table

b) The teacher wants to see the information of the weakest students first.
Create a table to help her!

c) The teacher wants to see the results of students in alphabetical order.

Create a table to help her!
 d) The teacher wants to use the information of the strongest students first.
Organize the information accordingly

6. Fill in the blanks. X4

a) A collection of numerical figures giving some particular information is

called ________________________.

b) Data obtained in original form is called ________________________ (raw /

systematic) data.

c) Arranging numerical figure of data in ascending or descending order is

called ________________________ (table / array / chart).

d) Arranging data in systematic form is called ________________________

(tabulation / organization / collection).

e) Each numerical figure in data is called ________________________

(observation / number / value).

f) The number of times a particular observation occurs is called

________________________ .
7. Find the average of the following numbers —

a) 550 and 850 b) 5000, 7000 and 8000

X4

Average = Average =

c) 2782 and 3266 d) 7952, 7872 and 7768

Average = Average =
 NORMAL
8. Given below are some statements regarding averages. Choose all the X6
statements that are true

a) The average age of the employees of this company is 28 years.

The age of all employees is 28 years old

The age of many employees may be around 28 years old, some may
be older and some may be younger

28 is the representative value of the age of an employee of the

company

b) Togo plays for an average of 3 hours a day.

Togo sometimes plays more than 3 hours and sometimes less than 3
hours

Togo usually plays around 3 hours a day

3 hours a day is the representative value or the central value to give

an idea about the hours spent by Togo on play

c) The average temperature for the week was 25C

The temperature was 25C everyday of the week

The temperature could be 24C, 23C, 26C on some days, with 25C
as the central value

The temperature could be 0C and 50C in the week as their

average is 25C
9. Find out the arithematic mean of the following set of observations:

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a) 30, 40, 35, 25, 50 b) 6000, 7500 and 9000
Sum of observations Sum of observations

= 30 + 40 +35 + 25 + 50 =

= 180 =

Number of observations Number of observations

= 5 =
Sum of Sum of
observations observations
Arithematic = Arithematic =
Mean Number of Mean Number of
observations observations

= 180 = =
= 36
5

c) 680, 730, 590, 830, 770 d) 2040, 2800, 2450, 2650, 3100, 2500
Sum of observations Sum of observations

= =

= =

Number of observations Number of observations

= =

Sum of Sum of
observations observations
Arithematic = Arithematic =
Number of Mean Number of
Mean
observations observations

= = = =
10. Find out the arithematic mean of the following —

a) MS Dhoni scored the following runs in a tournament — X6

36, 109, 82, 0, 57, 128, 19
Find the mean runs scored by him.

b) The height of the students in the music class are as follows:

128cm, 133cm, 125cm, 136cm, 130cm, 121cm

Find the mean height of the students.

c) The marks scored by students in the science class were:
83, 65, 76, 94, 58, 84
Find the mean marks of the class.

d) The temperature of Stoney Creek for a week was as follows:

35C, 37C, 36C, 35C, 35C, 34C

Find the mean temperature of the city for the week.

11. Given below is the number of rooms in various houses of Stoney Island —

X6
2, 7, 7, 5, 3, 7, 7, 5, 4, 3, 4, 4, 7, 3, 7, 5, 3, 5, 2, 7

a) Arrange the data in ascending order

b) Create a frequency table for the data. Use tally marks to keep a count.

Number of room Tally Marks Frequency

c) What is the highest frequency of the number of rooms at Stoney Creek?

12. Given below is the data on the age of employee of The Spark Company —

X6
36, 36, 27, 28, 34, 34, 35, 29, 28, 27, 32, 32, 36, 35, 28, 36, 27, 27, 34, 32,27,
28, 36, 27, 27, 28, 34, 35

a) Create a frequency table to represent the data

b) Which age has the highest frequency?

c) People of what age are most commonly found at this company?

d) People of what age are of the least strength amongst the employees of the
company?
13. a) Find the mean of the largest and smallest numbers of 4, 5, and 6 digits.

X6

b) Find the mean of the first seven natural numbers.

c) Find the mean of the first seven prime numbers.

d) Find the mean of all the factors of 90.

 SUPER
14. a) The mean of 5 numbers is 275. if four of the numbers are 358, 145, X8
292 and 225, find the fifth number.
b) The mean height of 6 students is 142cm. The height of the students has
been mentioned in the table below. Togo’s height is missing from the
table. Find it.

Student Height
Zoka 154cm
Drago 133cm
Zinka 139cm
Pemba 146cm
Tiska 129cm
Togo ?
15. Captain Spark is calculating the mean income of the scientist at his lab.
The monthly income of 8 of his scientist is — X8
120000, 133000, 128000, 120000, 150000, 100000, 98000, 145000.
He knows that the mean salary of 10 employees is 126000. if Truzo and
Cruzo are the two missing scientists and they have the same salary, find
out how much do they earn.
16. Roxy measured the height of 5 students in 2016 and found the following
— X8

Student Height
Togo 128 cm
Zoka 132 cm
Poha 118 cm
Drago 135 cm
Zimfa 125 cm

a) What is the mean height of the students?

b) If the height of each student increased by 3 cm in 2017, find out the new
height in the table below —
Student Height (2016) Height (2017)
c) What is the mean height of the students in 2017?

d) What is the difference in the mean height of the students in 2017 and in
2016?

e) Is the increase in mean same as the increase in each data point?

Yes No

f) Can we say that if a number is added to each observation, the mean

increases by that number?
Yes No

g) Show this using mathematics. You write the height in 2017 as the sum of
height in 2016 and the increase in height.
17. Given below is the list of prices of 6 cars available on Planet Spark —
X8

Car Price (in Gems)

Supersonic Car 84,000
Tyreless Car 76,000
Flying Car 98,000
Gearless Car 106,000
Solar Car 92,000
Water Car 120,000

a) Find the mean price of the cars available on Planet Spark.

b) Due to the change in the tax laws, the price of each car got reduced by
15,000 Gems. Create a table with the new prices of the cars.

Car Old Price (in Gems) New Price (in Gems)

Supersonic Car
Tyreless Car
Flying Car
Gearless Car
Solar Car
Water Car
c) Calculate the new mean price for cars in Planet Spark

d) What is the difference in the mean price of the car before and after the tax
changes?

e) Is the reduction in the mean same as the reduction in the price for each
car?

Yes No

f) Can we say that if a number is subtracted from each observation, the mean
will be reduced by the same number?

Yes No

g) Show this using mathematics. You may express the new price as old price
minus the reduction in price.
18. Roxy, Captain Spark and Vashu invested 10000, 15000 and 8000 gems
respectively in a mutual fund. X8

a) Find out the mean invested amount by the three people.

b) The next year, the amount invested by each of them got doubled. Find out
the new amount with each and the new mean.

c) How many times did the mean increase?

d) In the year after that, the amount invested by each tripled. What was the
new mean?
e) How many times did the mean increase from the initial amount?

f) Can we say that if each observation is multiplied by the same number, the
mean also be multiplied by the same?

Yes No

g) Show this using mathematics. Express the new amounts as a product of the
old amount and the increase factor.
19. The pollution created by the cities of Stoney Creek, Greeney Grasslands
and Black Plateau were 132 ppm, 60 ppm and 150 ppm respectively in
2014. X8

a) Find the mean value of the pollution in these cities.

b) In 2015, the cities used pollution control measures and the pollution is
each city wet down by half. Find the new mean.

c) By what factor did the mean change?

d) In 2016, the pollution in each city fell to one third of the 2014 levels. Find
the new mean.
20. Togo wants to keep a summary of the properties of the arithmetic mean.
Help him complete the blanks.
X8

a) If each term of the mean is increased by ‘x’ then the mean will
_________________________________________.
b) If each term of the mean is decreased by ‘y’ then the mean will
__________________________________________.
c) If each term of the mean is multiplied by ‘a’ then the mean will
__________________________________________.
d) If each term of the mean is divided by ‘b’ then the mean will
__________________________________________.

21. The mean of 7537, 7783, 6967 and 8123 is 7602.5.

X8
a) Find out the mean of 7737, 7983, 7167 and 8323.

b) Find out the mean of 7457, 7703, 6887 and 8043.

c) Find out the mean of 22611, 23349, 20901 and 24369.

d) Find out the mean of 1507.4 , 1556.6, 1393.4 and 1624.6.

 MASTER
22. Given below is the weight (in Kg) of 14 students in a class— X 10
38, 44, 38, 46, 38, 38, 41, 44, 46, 38, 41, 40, 38, 44
a) Calculate the mean by using the formula

Sum of observations
Mean =
Number of observations

b) Draw a frequency table for the weight of the students and the number of
students. Use tally marks.

Weight Tally Marks Frequency

c) 44 repeats 3 times while taking the sum of observation, will you be better
off doing 44x3, instead of 44 + 44 +44?

Yes No

d) Find out the mean again, but instead of adding repeated numbers, write
them down as product of the number and the frequency.

e) Can we say that if x1 x2 and x3 are 3 numbers and they have a frequency
of f1 f2 and f3, the mean can be written as—

X1 f1 + x2 f2 + x 3 f3
Total observation

Yes No

f) Can we say that if f1 f2 and f3 are the frequency of 3 numbers, the total
observations can be written as f1 + f2 + f3 ?

Yes No

Why?
 g) Write down the formula for calculating the mean of 4 numbers x1, x2, x3
and x4 occurring at a frequency f1, f2, f3 and f4

h) Write down the general formula for calculating the mean for n
observations x1, x2, x3 … xn with frequency f1, f2, f3 … fn

23. The table below shows the number of chairs in the home of people. X 10

No. of Chairs 4 5 6 8 10

No. of People 36 7 15 13 9

a) Prepare the frequency table for the data

No. of chairs No. of people

f1 x x 1
(x1) (f1)

Total fi = fi x xi =

b) What is the total number of observations? What formula did you use to
calculate it?

c) What is the sum of all observations? What formula did you use to calculate
it?

d) calculate the mean using the sum of observations and the total
observations calculated in the previous parts.

e) Calculate the mean using the formula —

 (fi X xi)
Mean =
fi

f) What is the mean value of the different number of chairs (xi)?

 g) How is the mean found in part f different from the mean found in part e?

h) Is the mean found in part e more affected by the number with highest
frequency?

Yes No

Why?

24. Given below is the number of vehicles in a family and the number of X 10
vehicles for the City of Black Plateau on Planet Spark

No. of Vehicles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Frequency 180 78 165 114 72 33 11

a) Draw the frequency table for the same

No. of vehicles frequency

f1 x x 1
(x1) (f1)

Total
 b) Find the mean number of vehicles at Black Plateau.

c) The government distributed a free bicycle to every home. What will be the
new mean number of vehicles at every home?

25. Given below is the number members in a home and their frequency for
the city of Windy Wandolf.

No. of Members 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Frequency 124 380 290 432 224 183 23 19 3 7

a) Draw the frequency table and find the mean.

b) Due to the war, 1 person from each household went to fight the enemy.
What was the new mean number of members in a family?
26. The mean of 7 numbers is 653. However, it was realized that one of the
numbers was incorrectly used as 749, when its actual value was 755.
What would be the correct mean of the numbers?
27. The mean of 183 numbers is 87343. If three numbers increased in their
value by 142, 78 and 146 respectively, what will be the new mean?
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