Arithmetic Mean - Class X
Practice problems on arithmetic mean including direct method, assumed mean method, step deviation method, combined mean, and mean for grouped and ungrouped data.
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 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?
- $(50,100)$
- $(100,50)$
- $(40,110)$
- $(90,60)$
If the mean of x and $\displaystyle \frac{1}{x}$ is M, then the mean of x$^3$ and $\displaystyle \frac{1}{x^3}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac{M (M^2 - 3)}{2}$
- $M (4M^2 - 3)$
- $M^3$
- $M^3 + 3$
Sum of squares of deviation of $10$ observations measured from $5$ is $17$ and sum of squares of observations is $170$ then mean of observation is
- $40.3$
- $4.5$
- $4$
- $4.03$
- $4.3$
The sum of the deviations of a set of values $x _1, x _2$, ...... $x _n$ measured from $50$ is $-10$ and the sum of deviations of the values from $46$ is $70$. The mean is ___________.
- $49$
- $49.5$
- $49.75$
- $50$
The exam scores of all 500 students were recorded and it was determined that these scores were normally distributed. If Jane's score is 0.8 standard deviation above the mean, then how many, to the nearest unit, students scored above Jane?
- $109$
- $106$
- $150$
- $160$
Following table gives frequency distribution of milk (in litres) given per week by 50 cows.
Find average (mean) amount of milk given by a cow by 'shift of origin method'.
| Milk (in litres) | 24 - 30 | 30 - 36 | 36 - 42 | 42 - 48 | 48 - 54 | 54 - 60 | 60 - 66 | 66 - 72 | 72 - 78 | 78 - 84 | 84 - 90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cows | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
- $51.12$ litres
- $54.12$ litres
- $57.12$ litres
- $60.12$ litres