Question

In a Mathematics test, the following marks were obtained by 40 students. Arrange these marks in a table using tally marks.

8	1	3	7	6	5	5	4	4	2
4	9	5	3	7	1	6	5	2	7
7	3	8	4	2	8	9	5	8	6
7	4	5	6	9	6	4	4	6	6

(a) Find how many students obtained marks equal to or more than7.

(b) How many students obtained marks below 4?

Answer 1

By observing the marks scored by 40 students in the test, we can construct the

table as follows.

Mark	Tally mark	Number of Students
1		2
2		3
3		3
4		7
5		6
6		7
7		5
8		4
9		3

(a) The students who obtained their marks equal to or more than 7 are the students who obtained their marks as either of 7, 8, and 9. Hence, number of these students = 5 + 4 + 3 = 12

(b) The students who obtained their marks below 4 are the students who

obtained their marks as either of 1, 2, and 3.

Hence, number of these students = 2 + 3 + 3 = 8