Question

Given below are the heights (in cm) of 20 boys of a class:

130 145 142 153 152 170 168 162 160 150

148 149 141 142 161 163 169 171 169 132

Arrange the above data in descending order and answer the questions given below:

(i) What is the height of the tallest student in your class?

Answer 1

1. The given data in descending order can be written as follows:

130 < 132 < 141 < 141 < 142 < 142 < 145 < 148 < 149 < 150 < 152 < 153 < 160 < 161 < 162 < 163 < 168 < 169 < 170 < 171

2. From the data we can observe that height of the tallest student is 171 cm.