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10 Processing and presenting data
@ Calculating statistics from discrete data
Mia wants to find the mean of these five lengths, in centimetres.
125 118 122 130 1
She starts by subtracting 120 from every number.
5 22 10 9
She finds the mean of these five numbers.
5+-24+2+10+-9 6
5 5
She adds this to 120. -
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The mean is 121.2.
This method of working out the mean makes the arithmetic easier, so you do not need
a calculator.
You do not have to subtract 120. You can choose any convenient number.
© check that mia’s method gives the correct answer.
Use Mia’s method to find the mean in the following questions.
© Find the mean of these masses. Start by subtracting 50kg.
53kg 48kg 55kg 50kg 49kg
6 Find the mean of these ages. Start by subtracting 40.
35 36 39 40 40 42 48 50 ee nterie Ei
@ Find the mean ofthese times, in minutes.
75 80 70 69 74 79 76 66 73 70
© Find themean ofthese lengths, in millimetres,
440 440 440 445 445 450 450 450 455 460 460 465
© here are six numbers.
4 4 5 6 10 13
The mean of these numbers is 7.
Use this fact to write down the mean of each of these sets of numbers.
© 24,24, 25, 26, 30, 33 mean=
© 114,114, 115, 116,120,123 mean=
© 16,16, 17, 18, 22,25 mean =
@ 8,8,10, 12, 20,26 mean =
© 40,40, 50, 60, 100, 130 mean
You can also use Mia’s method in a frequency table.
Here are the ages of 40 people.
Age 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29
Frequency | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3
Here is Mia's way to work out the mean ages. iene
ra
Take 27 from the ages to work out the mean.
-2]-1] 0 | 1] 2] Total
Frequencyf| 5 | 8 | 14| 10] 3 40
Mean =
Add on the mean age=27 - 0.5 = 26.95
Use Mia's method to find the mean from these frequency tables. Use the extra rows
in the tables to do this.
e Mass (kg) 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | Total
Frequency | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 50
Mean =.
8 Height (cm) | 72 | 73 | 7 | 75 | 76 | 77 | Total
Frequency | 10 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 100
Mean (ie roee nt
@ Using statistics
© This bor chart shows the masses of 150 people.
Masses of 150 people
Sessa
Frequency
BERR
SaSR
a
40-50 50-60 «60-70 70-80 «80-90
Mass (kg)
© Estimate the mean mass.
Mean = akg
© Here are three statements. Tick (7) the one that is correct.
The mean is larger than the median...
The mean is smaller than the mode .
You cannot tell which is larger
Give a reason for your answer. iret)
© This borchart shows the heights of 40 boys and 25 girs.
jl Heights of boys and girls
i Boys
g Wicirls
Frequency
120- 130- 140- 150- 160-170
Height (cm)
Complete the sentence below. Insert a number and delete the word ‘more’ or ‘less’.
The mean height of the girlsis....... cm more/less than the mean height of the boys.
Put your working in the space below.
Mixed questions
© The mean mass of 20 men is 63.5kg.
‘The mean mass of 15 women is 53.2kg.
Calculate the mean mass of all 35 people. ec
een
Mean =
© Mhistabte shows the heights of 40 tomato plants.
Height (cm) 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-40
Frequency 5 8 | 2 | 7
© Estimate the mean height of the 40 plants.
cm
© Explain why the smallest possible value for the actual mean height is 28.625cm.
© this table shows the number of characters in 50 internet passwords.
Characters 8 9 10 u 12
Frequency 4 | 20 9
Two of the frequencies are missing.
What can you say about the mean number of characters of the 50 passwords?
