Arithmetic Mean - Class IX
Practice questions on calculating arithmetic mean including grouped data, combined means, and weighted averages
Questions
What is the value of mean for the following data:
| Marks | No. of Student |
|---|---|
| $5-14$ | $10$ |
| $15-24$ | $18$ |
| $25-34$ | $32$ |
| $35-44$ | $26$ |
| $45-54$ | $14$ |
| $55-64$ | $10$ |
- $30$
- $29$
- $33.68$
- $34.21$
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 $=$?
- $48$
- $18.125$
- $48.125$
- $18$
If there are two groups containing $30$ and $20$ observations and having $50$ and $60$ as arithmetic means, then the combined arithmetic mean is ________.
- $55$
- $56$
- $54$
- $52$
What is the value of mean for the following data.
| Class interval | Frequency |
|---|---|
| $350-369$ | $15$ |
| $370-389$ | $27$ |
| $390-409$ | $31$ |
| $410-429$ | $19$ |
| $430-449$ | $13$ |
| $450-469$ | $6$ |
- $400$
- $400.58$
- $394$
- $394.50$
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 |
|---|---|
| $240-269$ | $7$ |
| $270-299$ | $19$ |
| $300-329$ | $27$ |
| $330-359$ | $15$ |
| $360-389$ | $12$ |
| $390-419$ | $12$ |
| $420-449$ | $8$ |
- $352.3$
- $344.5$
- $226.7$
- $336.7$
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.
- $49.00$
- $49.50$
- $49.25$
- $49.70$
Consider the following frequency distribution.
| Class Intervals | $0-10$ | $10-20$ | $20-30$ | $30-40$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | $8$ | $10$ | $12$ | $15$ |
Arithmetic mean $=$?
- $39.65$
- $22.55$
- $32.55$
- $23.56$
Coefficient of variation of a distribution is $60$ and its standard deviation is $21$, then its arithmetic mean is?
- $36$
- $37$
- $35$
- $38$
Arithmetic mean for grouped data can be calculated by _________.
- direct method
- assumed mean method
- step deviation method
- all of the above
What needs to be done for calculating mean for a continuous series?
- Mid-points of various class intervals are taken
- Lower class limits are taken
- Upper class limits are taken
- A or B or C
For grouped data, Arithmetic mean by Direct Method =
- sfX / sf
- sd / N
- sX / N
- None of the above
For grouped data, Arithmetic mean by Assumed Mean Method =
- A + sd/N
- A + sfd/sf
- sfX/sf
- None of these
The arithmetic mean of the first 100 natural numbers is _____.
- 50
- 52
- 51
- 50.5
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 _______.
- 15
- 30
- 11
- 22
If the frequency of observations $X _{i}$ is $f _{i} (i = 1, 2, ..... n)$.
- $\overline {X} = \dfrac {X _{1}\times X _{2} \times X _{3}\times ......X _{n}}{N}$
- $\overline {X} = \dfrac {X _{1} + X _{2} + X _{3} + ......X _{n}}{N}$
- $\overline {X} = \dfrac {\sum X _{i}}{N}$
- $\overline {X} = \dfrac {\sum f _{i}X _{i}}{\sum f}$
Consider following frequency distribution.
| Class Intervals | $0-10$ | $10-20$ | $20-30$ | $30-40$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | $8$ | $10$ | $12$ | $15$ |
Arithmetic mean $=$?
- $39.65$
- $22.55$
- $32.55$
- $23.56$
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?
- $6,280$
- $6,160$
- $6,890$
- $6,920$
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.
- $50.67$
- $40.67$
- $50.60$
- $40.60$
Only __________ can be used for all algebraic calculations.
- mean
- mode
- median
- All of the above
Which of the following statistics would give you the estimate of the typical examination score of a class of 35 students?
- A correlation coefficient
- The variance
- The standard deviation
- The mean
Measures of central tendency are _______________.
- inferential statistics that identify the best single value for representing a set of data
- descriptive statistics that identify the best single value for representing a set of data
- inferential statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set
- descriptive statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set
The most appropriate average to be used to compute the average rate of growth in population is:
- Arithmetic mean
- Median
- Geometric mean
- Harmonic mean
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_____.
- $15$
- $13$
- $11$
- $22$
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?
- $(50,100)$
- $(100,50)$
- $(40,110)$
- $(90,60)$