Tutorials Statistics and Probability

1. The marks of nine students in a test that had a maximum possible mark of 50 are given
below:
47 35 37 32 38 39 36 34 35
Find the mean , median and mode of this set of data.
2.

Each of 200 similar engine components are measured correct to the nearest
millimetre and recorded as follows.
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Length (mm)
Frequency
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198
8
199
30
200
64
201
92
202
6
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Calculate the mean length.

2. The diameters of some ball bearings were measured with the following results
Diameter (mm)
Frequency

20 - 24
25

24-28
40

28-32
45

32-36
52

36-40
21

Find out the cumulative frequency and Calculate the mean diameter.
3. A group of children were asked their ages. These are recorded in the table below:

Work out the probability that a child selected at random from the group is:
(a) age 10, (b) age 10 or 11, (c) age not 12 , (d) age not 12 or 13
4. A bag contains 6 red balls, 5 blue balls and 9 yellow balls. A ball is taken at random from
the bag. Work out the probability that it is:
(a)red, (b) blue, (c) green, (d) red or blue, (e) red or yellow, (f) blue or yellow