Mean of Grouped Data

Author:Nagaland Board Of School Education
10th Nagaland Board
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Important Questions on Mean of Grouped Data

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The following table gives the literacy rate (in percentage) of 35 cities. Find the mean literacy rate.

Literacy rate (in %) 45-55 55-65 65-75 75-85 85-95
Number of cities 3 10 11 8 3

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A class teacher has the following absentee record of 40 students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of days a student was absent.

Number of days 0-6 6-10 10-14 14-20 20-28 28-38 38-40
Number of students 11 10 7 4 4 3 1

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To find out the concentration of SO2 in the air (in parts per million, i.e., ppm), the data was collected for 30 localities in a certain city and is presented below:

Concentration of SO2 (in pmm) Frequency
0.00-0.04 4
0.04-0.08 9
0.08-0.12 9
0.12-0.16 2
0.16-0.20 4
0.20-0.24 2

Find the mean concentration of SO2 in the air.

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The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 households in a locality.

Daily expenditure (in ₹) 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350
Number of households 4 5 12 2 2

Find the mean daily expenditure on food by a suitable method.

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In a retail market, fruit vendors were selling mangoes kept in packing boxes. These boxes contained varying number of mangoes. The following was the distribution of mangoes according to the number of boxes.

Number of mangoes 50-52 53-55 56-58 59-61 62-64
Number of boxes 15 110 135 115 25

Find the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box. Which method of finding the mean did you choose?

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Thirty women were examined in a hospital by a doctor and the number of heart beats per minute were recorded and summarized as follows. Find the mean heart beats per minute for these women, choosing a suitable method.

Number of heart beats per minute 65-68 68-71 71-74 74-77 77-80 80-83 83-86
Number of women 2 4 3 8 7 4 2

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The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The mean pocket allowance is ₹ 18. Find the missing frequency f.

Daily pocket allowance (in ₹) 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19 19-21 21-23 23-25
Number of workers 7 6 9 13 f 5 4

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Consider the following distribution of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory.

Daily wages (in) 500-520 520-540 540-560 560-580 580-600
Number of workers 12 14 8 6 10

Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.

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A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness program, in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.

Number of plants 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14
Number of houses 1 2 1 5 6 2 3

Which method did you use for finding the mean, and why?