Homework

Mean, Mode and Median

1. Given that the mean of m, 9, 6 and n is 4 and the mean of 2/7, 17, m/n, 14 and 28 is 12,
find the values of m and n.
2. The tale elow shows the numer of hours a !rou" of students s"ent on wat#hin!
television in a da$. Given that the total numer of students was 42 and the avera!e
numer of hours was
14
11
%
h, find the values of m and n.
&o. of hours 2 % 4 ' 6
&o. of students 1( m 12 8 n
%. p and q are 2 numers in a set of 6 numers with an avera!e of %(. p is the i!!er numer
and the differen#e etween p and q is 6. The other 4 numers are also in another set of 6
numers with an avera!e of %7). The other 2 numers in the se#ond set of 6 numers
have an avera!e of %8. *ind the values of p and q.
4. The tale elow shows the travellin! time of a !rou" of students.
Time +min, %' 4( 4' '(
&o. of students 2' m - 2 m 8
Given that the median is 4(, find the smallest "ossile value of m.
'. The tale elow shows the numer of silin!s a !rou" of students have.
&o. of silin!s ( 1 2 % 4
&o. of students ' p 12 6 2
Given that the median is 1, find the smallest "ossile value of p.
6. .n a s#hool, the numer of students in the res"e#tive a!e !rou"s are as follows/
0!e +$ear, 7 8 9 1( 11
&o. of students ' 7 1( 4 x
Given that the median is 9, find the lar!est "ossile value of x.
7. 0 set of ' fra#tions with a denominator of 4 has a mode of 9/4, a median of 1 and a mean
of 1.2. *ind the ' fra#tions.
8. The tale elow shows the marks of a !rou" of students in a Geo!ra"h$ test.
2arks 2' %( %' 4(
&o. of students ' q 12 1(
Given that the median is %', find the lar!est "ossile value of q.
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9. 0 !rou" of students were told to re"ort their marks in a 2athemati#s test to their tea#her.
The followin! tale shows their marks in the 2athemati#s test.
2arks %( %' 4( 4'
&o. of students 8 12 y 1(
+a, Given that the avera!e mark is %7.7', find y.
+, 0fter the %9
th
student re"orted his mark to the tea#her, the median mark is %'. 3hat
are the "ossile marks otained $ the ne4t student5
1(. The mass of a #lass of 4( students are !iven in the tale elow.
2ass +k!, %( %2 %4 %6 %8 4(
&o. of students 9 8 m n 6 '
Given that the avera!e mass is %4.2' k!, find the median.
11. The mean of 1(, 1%, 1', x, y and z is 2%. The mean of 8, 1(, 14, x and y is 18. .f x and 2y
are added to the ori!inal 6 numers, the mean e#omes 2'. *ind the values of x, y and z.
12. The tale elow shows the timin! for a 2.46km run for the some students.
Time +min, 1% 14 1' 16 17
&o. of students 7 9 12 ' n
+a, Given that the avera!e time is 14.9 min, find n.
+, The tea#her realised that he left out the re#ords of 2 more students and added them in.
.f the new mean is 1' min, find the timin! of the 2 new students.
1%. The s#ores of a !rou" of students in a 7ui8 are shown in the stem6and6leaf dia!ram elow.
9tem :eaf
1 ( ( 1 2 %
2 1 1 2 % y 6
% ( 1 1 7 7 x
4 8 8 z
;e$/ 1 < ( means 1( marks
Given that the mode is %7, mean is 27.1 and median is 2'.', find the values of x, y and z.
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14. The in#om"lete histo!ram elow shows the numer of medals won $ an athlete in 2'
#om"etitions.
Given that the mean is 2.2, #om"lete the histo!ram aove.
1'. The stem6and6leaf dia!ram elow shows the mass of a #lass of students.
9tem :eaf
% ' ' 6 7 8 8
4 2 2 2 2 x ' '
' ( 8 y 9 9 9
6 z
;e$/ % < ' means %' k!
Given that the median is 42.' k!, the mode is 42 k! and that if one more student whose
mass is 6% k! =oins the !rou", the differen#e in the mean is (.8 k!, find the values of x, y
and z.
16. The tale elow shows the numer of late#omers in a s#hool from >anuar$ to 2a$.
2onth >an *e 2ar 0"r 2a$
&o. of late#omers 1( 12 9 1' 2(
.f the numer of late#omers for >une and >ul$ are in#luded, the new mean is 14. The ratio
of the numer of late#omers in >une to the numer of late#omers in >ul$ is 7 / 9. *ind the
numer of late#omers in >une and >ul$ res"e#tivel$.
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