Mean Median Mode Questions

Mean, Median and Mode are three measures of central tendency, and these are the important topics in statistics. In this article, you will get mean, median, and mode questions and answers, along with some practice questions. These questions and answers will help you to practise for the board exams. Also, these questions cover various types of problems asked on mean, median and mode for Classes 9 and 10.

What is the mean formula?

As we know, the mean is the average of the given data set. This can be calculated using the formula given below.

Mean for ungrouped data = Sum of observations/Number of observations

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What is the formula for the median?

The median is the middlemost data value of an ordered data set. This can be estimated using the formulas given below.

When n is odd:

Median = (n + 1)/2th observation

When n is even:

Median = [(n/2)th observation + {(n/2)+1}th observation]/2

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What is the mode?

Mode is the most frequently occurring value in the data set.

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Mean Median Mode Questions and Answers

1. Find the mean of the first 10 odd integers.

Solution:

First 10 odd integers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19

Mean = Sum of the first 10 odd integers/Number of such integers

= (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17 + 19)/10

= 100/10

= 10

Therefore, the mean of the first 10 odd integers is 10.

2. What is the median of the following data set?

32, 6, 21, 10, 8, 11, 12, 36, 17, 16, 15, 18, 40, 24, 21, 23, 24, 24, 29, 16, 32, 31, 10, 30, 35, 32, 18, 39, 12, 20

Solution:

The ascending order of the given data set is:

6, 8, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 21, 21, 23, 24, 24, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 32, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40

Number of values in the data set = n = 30

n/2 = 30/2 = 15

15th data value = 21

(n/2) +1 = 16

16th data value = 21

Median = [(n/2)th observation + {(n/2)+1}th observation]/2

= (15th data value + 16th data value)/2

= (21 + 21)/2

= 21

3. Identify the mode for the following data set:

21, 19, 62, 21, 66, 28, 66, 48, 79, 59, 28, 62, 63, 63, 48, 66, 59, 66, 94, 79, 19 94

Solution:

Let us write the given data set in ascending order as follows:

19, 19, 21, 21, 28, 28, 48, 48, 59, 59, 62, 62, 63, 63, 66, 66, 66, 66, 79, 79, 94, 94

Here, we can observe that the number 66 occurred the maximum number of times.

Thus, the mode of the given data set is 66.

Mean formula for grouped data

Direct method:

\(\begin{array}{l}Mean,\ \overline{x}=\frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n}f_ix_i}{\sum_{i=1}^{n}f_i}\end{array} \)

Here, βˆ‘fi = Sum of all frequencies

Assumed mean method:

\(\begin{array}{l}Mean =\ (\overline{x})=a+\frac{\sum f_id_i}{\sum f_i}\end{array} \)

Here, a = Assumed mean

di = xi – a

βˆ‘fi = Sum of all frequencies

Step-deviation method:

\(\begin{array}{l}Mean\ (\overline{x})=a+h\frac{\sum f_iu_i}{\sum f_i}\end{array} \)

Here,

a = Assumed mean

ui = (xi – a)/h

h = Class size

βˆ‘fi = Sum of all frequencies

4. Consider the following frequency distribution. Calculate the mean weight of students.

Weight (in kg) 31-35 36 – 40 41 – 45 46 – 50 51 – 55 56 – 60 61 – 65 66 – 70 71 – 75
Number of Students 9 6 15 3 1 2 2 1 1

Solution:

The given distribution has discontinuous class intervals, so we need to make them continuous.

Class intervals Number of students (fi) Class mark (xi) di = xi – a fidi
30.5 – 35.5 9 33 -10 -90
35.5 – 40.5 6 38 -5 -25
40.5 – 45.5 15 43 = a 0 0
45.5 – 50.5 3 48 5 15
50.5 – 55.5 1 53 10 10
55.5 – 60.5 2 58 15 30
60.5 – 65.5 2 63 20 40
65.5 – 70.5 1 68 25 25
70.5 – 75.5 1 73 30 30
Total βˆ‘fi = 40 βˆ‘fidi = 35

Here, βˆ‘fi = 40 and βˆ‘fidi = 35

By Assumed mean method,

Mean = a + (βˆ‘fidi/βˆ‘fi)

= 43 + (35/40)

= 43 + 0.875

= 43.875

Therefore, the mean weight of the students is 43.875 kg.

5. Find the mean for the following distribution.

xi 15 21 27 30 35
fi 3 5 6 7 8

Solution:

xi fi fixi
15 3 45
21 5 105
27 6 162
30 7 210
35 8 280
Total βˆ‘fi = 29 βˆ‘fixi = 802

Mean = βˆ‘fixi/βˆ‘fi

= 802/29

= 27.655

Median formula for grouped data

\(\begin{array}{l}Median = l + \left ( \frac{\frac{N}{2}-cf}{f} \right )\times h\end{array} \)

Here,

l = Lower limit of the median class

f = Frequency of the median class

cf = Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class

N = Sum of frequencies

h = Class size

6. Calculate the median marks of students from the following distribution.

Marks 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
Number of Students 7 10 10 20 20 15 8

Solution:

Class interval Number of students (frequency) Cumulative frequency
10 – 20 7 7
20 – 30 10 17
30 – 40 10 27 = cf
40 – 50 20 = f 47
50 – 60 20 67
60 – 70 15 82
70 – 80 8 90

N/2 = 90/2 = 45

Cumulative frequency greater and nearer to 45 is 47, which lies in the interval 40 – 50

Median class is 40 – 50.

Lower limit of the median class = l = 40

Class size = h = 10

Frequency of the median class = f = 20

Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class = cf = 27

As we know,

\(\begin{array}{l}Median = l + \left ( \frac{\frac{N}{2}-cf}{f} \right )\times h\end{array} \)

Median = 40 + [(45 – 27)/20] Γ— 10

= 40 + (18/2)

= 40 + 9

= 49

Hence, the median marks of the students = 49.

Mode formula for grouped data

\(\begin{array}{l}Mode = l + \left ( \frac{f_1-f_0}{2f_1-f_0-f_2} \right )\times h\end{array} \)

Here,

l = Lower limit of the modal class

h = Class size

f1 = Frequency of the modal class

f0 = Frequency of the class preceding the modal class

f2 = Frequency of the class succeeding the modal class

7. The given distribution shows the number of runs scored by some top batsmen of the world in one-day international cricket matches.

Run Scored Number of Batsman
3000-4000 4
4000-5000 18
5000-6000 9
6000-7000 7
7000-8000 6
8000-9000 3
9000-10000 1
10000-11000 1

Find the mode of the above distribution.

Solution:

From the given,

Modal class = 4000 – 5000

Lower limit of the modal class = l = 4000

Class width (h) = 1000

Frequency of the modal class = f1 = 18,

Frequency of the class preceding the modal class = f0 = 4

Frequency of the class succeeding the modal class = f2 = 9

Mode = l + [(f1 – f0)/ (2f1 – f0 – f2)] Γ— h

Mode = 4000 + [(18 – 4)/(36 – 4 – 9)] Γ— 1000

= 4000 + (14000/23)

= 4000 + 608.695

= 4608.695

= 4608.7 (approximately)

Thus, the mode of the given data is 4608.7 runs

8. If the median of a distribution given below is 28.5, then find the value of x and y.

CI 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 Total
Frequency 5 x 20 15 y 5 60

Solution:

From the given,

N/2 = 60/2 = 30

Median of the given data = 28.5

Median class is 20 – 30 with a cumulative frequency = 25 + x.

Lower limit of median class = l = 20

Frequency of the median class = f = 20

Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class = cf = 5 + x

Class size = h = 10

\(\begin{array}{l}Median = l + \left ( \frac{\frac{N}{2}-cf}{f} \right )\times h\end{array} \)

28.5 = 20 + [(30 βˆ’ 5 βˆ’ x)/ 20] Γ— 10

28.5 – 20 = (25 – x)/2

8.5 Γ— 2 = 25 – x

17 = 25 – x

x = 25 – 17

Therefore, x = 8

Also,

60 = 5 + 20 + 15 + 5 + x + y

60 = 5 + 20 + 15 + 5 + 8 + y

y = 60 – 53

y = 7

Therefore, the value of x = 8 and y = 7.

Empirical Relation between Mean Median and Mode

Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean

(or)

Mean – Mode = 3 (Mean – Median)

9. For a moderately skewed distribution, the mean and median are respectively 26.8 and 27.9. What is the mode of the distribution?

Solution:

Given,

Mean = 26.8

Median = 27.9

Using the relationship between mean, median and mode,

Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean

= 3 Γ— 27.9 – 2 Γ— 26.8

= 83.7 – 53.6

= 30.1

Therefore, the mode of the distribution is 30.1.

10. If the mean of the given frequency distribution is 35, then find the missing frequency y. Also, calculate the median and mode for the distribution.

Class 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 2 4 7 y 1

Solution:

Class Frequency (fi) Class mark (xi) fixi
10 – 20 2 15 30
20 – 30 4 25 100
30 – 40 7 35 245
40 – 50 y 45 45y
50 – 60 1 55 55
Total βˆ‘fi = 14 + y βˆ‘fixi = 430 + 45y

As we know,

Mean = βˆ‘fixi/βˆ‘fi

Given that the mean of the distribution is 35.

So, (430 + 45y)/(14 + y) = 35

430 + 45y = (14 + y)35

430 + 45y = 490 + 35y

45y – 35y = 490 – 430

10y = 60

y = 6

Thus, the missing frequency is 6.

Now, we can calculate the mode as follows:

Class 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60
Frequency 2 4 = f0 7 = f1 6 = f2 1

Here,

l = 30

h = 10

Mode = l + [(f1 – f0)/ (2f1 – f0 – f2)] Γ— h

Mode = 30 + [(7 – 4)/(14 – 4 – 6)] Γ— 10

= 30 + (30/4)

= 30 + 7.5

= 37.5

Now, using the formula Mode = 3Median – 2 Mean, we can get the value of median.

37.5 = 3 Median – 2 (35)

3 Median = 37.5 + 70

Median = 107.7/3

= 35.9

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Practice Questions on Mean Median Mode

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

23, 18, 24, 23, 31, 37, 28, 30, 25, 40, 35, 35, 27, 25

2. The mileage (km per litre) of 50 cars of the same model was tested by a manufacturer, and details are tabulated as given below:

Mileage (km/l) 10 – 12 12 – 14 14 – 16 16 – 18
Number of cars 7 12 18 13

Find the mean mileage.

The manufacturer claimed that the mileage of the model was 16 km/litre. Do you agree with this claim?

3. Find the median of the following frequency distribution.

xi 15 20 22 17 30 25
fi 6 9 4 4 10 6

4. Calculate the mode for the following distribution.

Cl 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
Frequency 4 4 13 5 6 5 2 1

5. Suppose the mean and median of distribution are 10.14 and 8, respectively. Find the mode of the distribution using the empirical relationship between mean, median and mode.

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