Measures of Central Tendency

Author:Jharkhand Board
9th Jharkhand Board
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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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Give one example of a situation in which the mean is not an appropriate measure of central tendency, but the median is an appropriate measure of central tendency.

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Give one example of a situation in which the mean is an appropriate measure of central tendency.

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Find the mean salary of 60 workers of a factory from the following table:

Salary (in Rs) Number of workers
3000 16
4000 12
5000 10
6000 8
7000 6
8000 4
9000 3
1000 1
Total 60

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Find the mode of 14, 25, 14, 28, 18, 17, 18, 14, 23,  22, 14, 18

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The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of the data is 63, find the value of x. 29, 32, 48, 50, x, x+2, 72, 78, 84, 95

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In a mathematics test given to 15 students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded:

41, 39, 48, 52, 46, 62, 54, 40, 96, 52, 98, 40, 42, 52, 60

Find the mean, median and mode of this data.

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The following number of goals was scored by a team in a series of 10 matches: 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 3. Find the mean, median and mode of these scores.