Question

In a science test, the following marks were obtained by $30$ students. Arrange these marks in a tabular form using tally marks.

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

Find how many students obtained marks below $5$.

Answer 1

Marks	Frequency	Tally marks
1	3	$III$
2	2	$II$
3	3	$III$
4	2	$II$
5	5	$\cancel{IIII}$
6	4	$IIII$
7	5	$\cancel{IIII}$
8	3	$III$
9	3	$III$

According to the above table, the total number of students who obtained marks below $5$ is $10$.$(3+2+3+2)$