Arithmetic Mean - Class IX

Practice questions on calculating arithmetic mean including grouped data, combined means, and weighted averages

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the value of mean for the following data:

Marks No. of Student
$5-14$ $10$
$15-24$ $18$
$25-34$ $32$
$35-44$ $26$
$45-54$ $14$
$55-64$ $10$
  1. $30$
  2. $29$
  3. $33.68$
  4. $34.21$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mr. R purchases $20\ kgs$. of Wheat, $10\ kgs.$ of rice and $2\ kgs.$ of ghee every month. If the price of wheat is $Rs. 10$ per kg., price of rice is $Rs. 14$ per kg. and price of ghee is $Rs. 120$ per kg. Find the average price per kg. per month. Arithmetic mean $=$?

  1. $48$
  2. $18.125$
  3. $48.125$
  4. $18$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If there are two groups containing $30$ and $20$ observations and having $50$ and $60$ as arithmetic means, then the combined arithmetic mean is ________.

  1. $55$
  2. $56$
  3. $54$
  4. $52$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the value of mean for the following data.

Class interval Frequency
$350-369$ $15$
$370-389$ $27$
$390-409$ $31$
$410-429$ $19$
$430-449$ $13$
$450-469$ $6$
  1. $400$
  2. $400.58$
  3. $394$
  4. $394.50$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The following is the distribution of weekly wages of workers in a factory. Calculate the arithmetic mean of the distribution.

Weekly Wages (Rs.) No. of Workers
$240-269$ $7$
$270-299$ $19$
$300-329$ $27$
$330-359$ $15$
$360-389$ $12$
$390-419$ $12$
$420-449$ $8$
  1. $352.3$
  2. $344.5$
  3. $226.7$
  4. $336.7$
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean weight of $98$ students is found to be $50$ lbs. It is later discovered that the frequency of the class interval $(30-40)$ was wrongly taken as $8$ instead of $10$. Calculate the correct mean.

  1. $49.00$
  2. $49.50$
  3. $49.25$
  4. $49.70$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the following frequency distribution.

Class Intervals $0-10$ $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$
Frequency $8$ $10$ $12$ $15$

Arithmetic mean $=$?

  1. $39.65$
  2. $22.55$
  3. $32.55$
  4. $23.56$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Coefficient of variation of a distribution is $60$ and its standard deviation is $21$, then its arithmetic mean is?

  1. $36$
  2. $37$
  3. $35$
  4. $38$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Arithmetic mean for grouped data can be calculated by _________.

  1. direct method
  2. assumed mean method
  3. step deviation method
  4. all of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What needs to be done for calculating mean for a continuous series?

  1. Mid-points of various class intervals are taken
  2. Lower class limits are taken
  3. Upper class limits are taken
  4. A or B or C
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For grouped data, Arithmetic mean by Direct Method =

  1. sfX / sf
  2. sd / N
  3. sX / N
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For grouped data, Arithmetic mean by Assumed Mean Method =

  1. A + sd/N
  2. A + sfd/sf
  3. sfX/sf
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of the first 100 natural numbers is _____.

  1. 50
  2. 52
  3. 51
  4. 50.5
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of a sample of size 10 is 15. If the value of each item is doubled, the mean of the sample will be _______.

  1. 15
  2. 30
  3. 11
  4. 22
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the frequency of observations $X _{i}$ is $f _{i} (i = 1, 2, ..... n)$.

  1. $\overline {X} = \dfrac {X _{1}\times X _{2} \times X _{3}\times ......X _{n}}{N}$
  2. $\overline {X} = \dfrac {X _{1} + X _{2} + X _{3} + ......X _{n}}{N}$
  3. $\overline {X} = \dfrac {\sum X _{i}}{N}$
  4. $\overline {X} = \dfrac {\sum f _{i}X _{i}}{\sum f}$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider following frequency distribution.

Class Intervals $0-10$ $10-20$ $20-30$ $30-40$
Frequency $8$ $10$ $12$ $15$

Arithmetic mean $=$?

  1. $39.65$
  2. $22.55$
  3. $32.55$
  4. $23.56$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean salary for a group of $40$ females workers is $Rs. 5,200$ per month and that for a group of $60$ male workers is $Rs. 6,800$ per month. What is the combined salary?

  1. $6,280$
  2. $6,160$
  3. $6,890$
  4. $6,920$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average marks of three batches of students having $70, 50$ and $30$ students respectively are $50, 55$ and $45$. Find the average marks of all the $150$ students, taken together.

  1. $50.67$
  2. $40.67$
  3. $50.60$
  4. $40.60$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Only __________ can be used for all algebraic calculations.

  1. mean
  2. mode
  3. median
  4. All of the above
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statistics would give you the estimate of the typical examination score of a class of 35 students?

  1. A correlation coefficient
  2. The variance
  3. The standard deviation
  4. The mean
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Measures of central tendency are _______________.

  1. inferential statistics that identify the best single value for representing a set of data
  2. descriptive statistics that identify the best single value for representing a set of data
  3. inferential statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set
  4. descriptive statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The most appropriate average to be used to compute the average rate of growth in population is:

  1. Arithmetic mean
  2. Median
  3. Geometric mean
  4. Harmonic mean
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of a sample of size $10$ is $15$. If the value of each item is reduced by $2$, the mean of the sample will be_____.

  1. $15$
  2. $13$
  3. $11$
  4. $22$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the average weight of $150$ students is $60$ kg., what will be the number of boys and girls in the school if the average weight of boys and girls is $70$kg and $55$kg. respectively?

  1. $(50,100)$
  2. $(100,50)$
  3. $(40,110)$
  4. $(90,60)$

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