Measures of Central Tendency

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Measures of Central Tendency: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Measures of Central Tendency, Mean or Average of Ungrouped Data, Median of Ungrouped Data, Median when Number of Data is Even, Median when Number of Data is Odd & Mode of Ungrouped Data etc.

Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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The arithmetic mean of the 5 consecutive integers starting with 's' is 'a'. What is the arithmetic mean of 9 consecutive integers that start with s + 2?

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The mean weight of a class of 34 students is 46.5 kg. If the weight of the new boy is included, the mean is rises by 500 g. Find the weight of the new boy (in kg).

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The average of 5 consecutive numbers is n. What will be the average if the next two numbers are included?

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The average of x, y and z is 45. x is as much more than the average as y is less than the average. Find the value of z.

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The weight of students(in kgs) in a class are 25, 27, 29, 32, 30, 28, 26, 31, 35, 41, 34. Find its median in kg.

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The weight of students (in kgs) in a class are 25, 27, 29, 32, 30, 28, 26, 31, 35, 41, 34. Find its median.

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If x¯ represent the mean of n observations x1,x2,,xn, then find the value of i=1nxi-x¯.

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There are 7 observations in the data and their mean is 11. If each observation is multiplied by 2, then the mean of new observations is

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Find the mode of the following data.

7.5, 7.3, 7.2, 7.2, 7.4, 7.7, 7.7, 7.5, 7.3, 7.2, 7.6, 7.2

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Find the median of the scores 75, 21, 56, 36, 81, 05, 42

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The runs scored in 10 innings by a batsman are 60, 62, 56, 64, 0, 57, 33, 27, 9 and 71, respectively. Find the arithmetic mean of the runs scored by him in these innings.

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Numbers 50, 42, 35, 2x + 1, 2x - 7, 12, 11, 8, 6 are arranged in descending order. If their median is 25, find x.

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Fifteen students secured the following marks in a test in mathematics. Find the median marks.

17, 13, 28, 35, 20, 30, 19, 29, 23, 29, 10, 11, 18, 17, 25.

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There are 45 students in a class of which 15 are girls. The mean marks of all the girls is 40 and that of all boys is 47. Find the mean marks of the entire class rounded off to two decimal places.

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Find the median of the following observations :

87, 64, 46, 77, 41, 58, 90, 35, 55, 92, 33. If 92 is replaced by 99 and 41 by 43 in the above data, find the new median.

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The mean of 5 numbers is 18. If one number is excluded, their mean is 16. Find the excluded number.

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The weights (in kg) of 10 newborn babies in a hospital on a particular day are 3.4, 3.6, 4.2, 4.5, 3.9, 4.1, 3.8, 4.5, 4.4 and 3.6. Find the mean weight in kilograms.

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The median of the observations 11, 12, 14, 18, x+2, x+4, 30, 32, 35, 41 arranged in ascending order is 24. Find the value of x.

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Find the median of daily wage, if the daily wages of workers are (Rs.) 156, 189, 221, 138, 198, 170, 170, 172.

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The percentage of marks obtained by the students of a class are 64, 36, 47, 23, 0, 19, 81, 93, 72, 15, 3, 1. Find their mean rounded off to two places.