Data Handling Questions for Homework
1. The scores of 12 students in a maths quiz are:
17, 21, 19, 25, 21, 18, 20, 22, 25, 24, 20, 21
(i) What is the highest score?
(ii) What is the lowest score?
(iii) What is the mean score?
2. The weights (in kg) of 8 parcels are:
12, 15, 11, 13, 18, 20, 11, 16
Find:
(i) The heaviest and lightest parcel weights
(ii) The mean weight
3. The weekly earnings (in ₹) of 6 part-time workers are:
3200, 2800, 3600, 3000, 3200, 3400
(i) What is the mean earning?
(ii) What is the max earning?
(iii) What would the new mean be if a 7th worker earns ₹ 4000?
4. The ages of 9 participants in a competition are:
12, 15, 14, 17, 19, 12, 16, 18, 17
(i) Find the mean age.
(ii) How many are aged 17 or more?
5. The number of books read by 10 students in a month are:
3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 7, 5, 4, 5, 6
(i) Find the mean.
(ii) Find the highest number of books read.
(iii) Which total number of books read?
6. A data set has the following values:
8, 10, 9, 12, 11, 10, 9, 13, 8, 10
(i) Find the mean
(ii) How many values are below the mean
(iii) How many values are above the mean?
7. The test scores of a class of 15 students are:
14, 13, 17, 17, 19, 11, 7, 15, 17, 19, 18, 4, 10, 12, 9
(i) What is the mean marks?
(ii) How many students have scored below the mean?
(iii) How many students have scored above the mean?
8. Temperatures of Bengaluru (in °C) for the last 7 days:
28, 23, 29, 21, 27, 25, 22
(i) What is the mean temperature?
(ii) Which temperature shows the temperature as coolest?
(iii) On how many days was the temperature above 26 °C?
9. Salaries of 9 employees (in ₹):
40,000, 42,000, 38,000, 45,000, 50,000, 65,000, 33,000, 41,500, 39,500
(i) Find the highest and lowest salary
(ii) Find the mean
(iii) Calculate the value if the salary of 9 employees increased by 1,000