Worksheet 1 – Mean, Median and Mode
1. Determine the mean, median and mode for each of the following sets of
numbers.
a. 12, 19, 13, 6, 8, 1, 7, 9, 20, 15
b. 78, 89, 64, 93, 86, 54, 48, 23
2. The numbers 3, 5, 7, 8 and N are arranged in ascending order. If the mean of the
numbers is equal to the median, find N.
3. In a class of 20 students, the mean height of 12 boys is 1.70 m and the mean
height of the girls is 1.60 m. Find:
a) The total height of the boys.
b) The total height of the girls.
c) The mean height of all the students.
4. A group of 50 people were asked how many books they had read in the previous
year, the results are shown in the frequency table below.
No. of books 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Frequency 5 5 6 9 11 7 4 2 1
Calculate the mean number of books read per person.
5. The mean of a set of 5 numbers is 11. These numbers are in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 :
4 : 5. Find the value of the smallest and the largest number.
6. The mean of a set of 6 numbers is 2, and the mean of another set of 10 numbers
is x. If the mean of all 16 numbers is 7, find the value of x.
7. The number of illnesses suffered by the members of a herd of cows is as follows:
Number of illnesses 0 1 2 3
Number of cows 31 11 5 3
a) Calculate the following:
i) The mean number of illnesses.
ii) The median number of illnesses.
b) In a different herd of 30 cows, the mean number of illnesses was 0.8. Find
the mean number of illness for the 80 cows.
8. The marks obtained by the student of a class are given in the table
Mark x y z
Frequency a b c
Calculate the mean mark in terms of a, b, c, x, y and z.
9. For the dot diagram shown below, find the mean, median and mode
10. For the bar chart shown below, find the mean, median and mode
11. A random sample of 15 homeowners was taken from each of the villages
Greenslax and Penville and their ages were recorded. T results are summarized
in the back-to-back leaf and stem diagram below.
Total Greenslax Penville Total
(1) 9 2 5 6 (2)
(2) 9 8 3 1 4 5 7 (4)
(2) 6 4 4 1 2 2 (3)
(3) 8 4 2 5 3 6 7 (3)
(4) 8 5 3 1 6 4 8 (2)
(2) 6 2 7 (0)
(1) 2 8 0 (1)
Find the value of the Lower Quartile (Q1), Median (Q2) and Upper Quartile (Q3) of
each of the villages