Median of Grouped Data

Author:Embibe Experts
10th Telangana Board
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Important Questions on Median of Grouped Data

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100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory.

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The frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabet in the surnames was obtained as follows

Number of letters 1-4 4-7 7-10 10-13 13-16 16-19
Number of surnames 6 30 40 16 4 4

Determine the median number of letters in the surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the surnames? Also, find the modal size of the surnames up to two places after decimal point.

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The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity of 68 consumers of a locality. Find the median, mean, and mode of the data and compare them.

Monthly consumption (in units) 65-85 85-105 105-125 125-145 145-165 165-185 185-205
Number of consumers 4 5 13 20 14 8 4

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Find the mean, median and mode of the following data:

Classes 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 120-140
Frequency 6 8 10 12 6 5 3

 

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Find the median marks in the data.

Marks 15 20 10 25 5
Number of students 10 8 6 4 1

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Median of a data, arranged in ascending order 7, 10, 15, x, y, 27, 30 is 17 and when one more observation 50 is added to the data, the median becomes 18. Find x and y.

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In an interview with maximum marks 250, the marks of top 200 students were distributed as below

Marks 100-114 115-129 130-144 145-159 160-174 175-189 190-204 205-219 220-235
f 4 5 5 18 18 27 44 40 39

Calculate Median to the nearest integer

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The marks of 10 students of a class in an examination arranged in ascending order is as follows

13, 35, 43, 46, x, x+4, 55, 61, 71, 80

If the median marks is 48, find the value of x. Hence, find the mode of the given data.

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Find the median of the first ten natural numbers.