STATISTICS II

1. The table below shows the marks scored by students in a mathematics test.
Marks 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99
No. of students 3 5 6 21 12 6 4 2 1
(a) From the above table determine the 20th percentile. (2marks)
(b) Use the table above to draw the cumulative frequency curve (an Ogive) (4marks)
(c) From the graph in (b) above determine
i. the median mark. (1marks)
ii. The pass mark if 40% of the students passed. (1marks)
iii. The 6th decile. (1marks)
iv. The range of marks scored by the middle 40 students. (1marks)

2. The table below shows the distribution of marks in a mathematical test done by 100 form fours at Mahando School in
2015 pre-mock.
Marks 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89
No. of students 12 25 20 15 8 7 11 2
(a) State the modal class (1 mark)
(b) Draw accumulative frequency curve to represent the above data. (4 marks)
(c) Use the above graph to estimate
(i) the median (1 mark)
(ii) the quartile deviation (2 marks)
(iii) The pass mark if 60% of the students passed (2 marks)

3. The table below shows marks scored by 40 students in a test.

Marks 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90
Frequency 1 5 8 12 7 4 2 1
Cumulative Frequency 1 6 14 26 33 37 39 40
a. Calculate the lower and upper quartiles. (4mks)
b. If 30% of the students failed the test, find the pass mark. (3mks)
c. The pass mark was set at 25 marks. How many students passed the test? (3mks)

4. The table below shows the distribution of marks of 100 form four students in a mathematics examination.
Marks 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
No. of student 2 8 15 18 17 14 10 8 6 2
(a) Using a suitable scale, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent the above information on the provided grid
(4mks)
(b) Using your graph estimate the
(i) median (1mk)
(ii) Semi-inter quartile range (3mks)
(iii) Number of students who passed if pass mark was 43% (2mks)

5. The table below shows a number of goals scored in a handball match during a tournament.
No. of goals 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49
No. of matches 2 14 24 12 18
(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve on the grid provided. (5 marks)
(b) Using the curve in (a) above determine:
(i) The median (1 mark)
(ii) The number of matches in which goals scored were not more than 37. (1 mark)
(ii) The interquartile range (3 marks)

6. The table below shows the marks scored by students in a mathematics test.

Marks 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99
No. of students 3 5 6 21 12 6 4 2 1
(a) From the above table determine the 20th percentile. (2marks)
(b) Use the table above to draw the cumulative frequency curve (an Ogive) (4marks)
(c) From the graph in (b) above determine
i. the median mark. (1marks)
ii. The pass mark if 40% of the students passed. (1marks)
iii. The 6th decile. (1marks)
iv. The range of marks scored by the middle 40 students. (1marks)

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 7. Seeds are collected and weighed to the nearest gram. The frequency distribution is given below.
Weight (gram) 10-13 14-17 18-21 22-25 26-29 30-33 34-37
Number of seed pods 20 25 32 48 35 27 23
Calculate to 1 decimal place
(a) The median height (3 marks)
(b) Using an assumed mean of 23.5
Calculate to 2 decimal places
(i) The mean height (4 marks)
(ii) The standard deviation (3 marks)

8. The table below shows marks scored by 40 candidates in an examination.

Marks Frequency
11 – 20 1
21 – 30 5
31 – 40 8
41 – 50 9
51 – 60 8
61 – 70 4
71 – 80 2
81 - 90 3
Using an assumed mean of 45.5 estimate:
(i) Mean. (3 marks)
(ii) Standard deviation. (3 marks)
(iii) Calculate the quartile deviation. (4 marks)

9. The heights of 100 maize plants were measured to the nearest centimeter and the results recorded in the table below.

a) Complete the table. (2 mks)

b) Calculate to the two decimal places.
i) Mean (3 mks)
ii) The standard deviation (3 mks)
iii) The median (2 mks)

10. A number of students were asked to cut 30cm lengths of binding wire without measuring. Later 100 pieces area
collected and measured correct to the nearest 0.1 cm the data below was collected.
Length l (cm) 28.0 – 28.4 28.5 – 28.9 29.0 – 29.4 29.5 – 29.9 30.0 – 30.4 30.5 – 30.9 31.0 – 31.4 31.5 – 31.9
Frequency 5 8 30 X 10 20 10 4
a) i) Calculate the value of x (1 mark)
ii) State the modal class (1 mark)
b) Using 29.7 as a working mean calculate;
i) the mean (4 marks)
ii) the standard deviation (4 marks)

11. The following table shows the distribution of marks obtained by 50 students.
Marks 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79

Frequency 3 15 13 9 4 1 5

Calculate
(i) mean (4 mks)
(ii) variance (4 mks)
(iii) standard deviation (2 mks)