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‘he Missing Relative Frequencies:
calculate the miscing relative frequencies for each chart below. [Only goto the hundredihs (Two digits after decime
Car Brands Owned | Number | Rel Fre. |o;;sc.,-Favourite Seasons | Number | Rel. Frv
Nissan 18 0257 | ciouridec) | Spring 20
Toyota 2 |C) ‘Summer 1s 0.194
Honda 20 0285 Fall as |
we | 7 | _ on Water 1B 0.168
Ford so || L None 6 0.08
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Think About It:
Vhen locking at a relative frequency chart, before calculating the relative frequencies, can we tell which
umbers or categories will have the highest relative frequency?
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Calculating Relative Frequencies:
Daloulate the relative frequencies for each given chart below.
‘Sandwiches Sold
| Nurber | Ret Fre. |
Heights of Friends
Monday
Wednesday
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160 om
165 om
Thursday
FridayMean and Standard Deviation Homework
. Compare the mean and standard deviation of the following two sets of data:
A = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and B = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}
. The number of shots taken by a golfer in the last 12 rounds played is given below:
75, 81, 82, 76, 79, 86, 90, 74, 78, 82, 80, 77
Calculate the mean score and the standard deviation
. The weight of each member of a rowing crew was measures to the nearest 0.1kg
107.3, 87.7, 90.2, 93.0, 109.6, 98.8, 86.4, 95.2
Calculate the standard deviation of their weights
. Find the mean and standard deviation of the number of children per family, for the 23
families shown in the table:
No. of children | 0 1 2 3 4 5
No. of families | 7 3 8 3 0 1
>|The table shows the distribution of the number of hours per day spent in studying by 50 students.
Number of hours per day fs |e [7 p lo fio fia
Number of students 5 7 5 fp [2 hb fs
Calculate, correct to two decimal places,
the:
(a) mean;
(b) standard deviation,
SOLUTION
x if ifx fx?
la |s 20 igo
5 |7 35 N75
ls (5 30 180
7 |9 63 [441
lg |12 96 768
lo |4 36 324
ho |3 30 1300
11 (5 55 \605
£f=50 |efx=365 efx? = 2,873
(a) Mean(@) = 38 = 7.30 (2 dip.)
(b) Standard deviation = WB) - (7.37
=V4.17
= 2.0421
= 2.04 (2 d.p.)(a) Aman shared his property among his children as follows:
hild's name Jann |afiafkojo Nuno JAkom
Percentage share 5 lis 0 Ks. 25
Represent the information on a pie chart
(b) A box contains 5 red, 3 green and 4 blue identical beads, Calculate the probability tha girl takes away
two red beads, one after the other, from the box.
SOLUTION
[child's Name Percentage Share (%) —_[Angle()
JAnn js [8/100 * 360" = 18
lAfia 5 15/100 x 360° = 54
Kojo 10 10/100 x 360° = 36
Nuno #5, 45/100 x 360° = 162
\Akosua ps 5/100 x 360° = 90
frotal [100 160
Ann Ala mojo mun MAkosuE
(b) P(1st red) = 5/12
P(2nd red) = 4/11
Probability (two red beads) =5/12* 4/11
+= 5/33 (Accept 0.1515)‘The table shows the ages in years of 42 children at a birthday party.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Find the value of x.
Calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the mean age.
Find the probability of selecting at random a child whose age is not less
than 9 years.(d)
The table shows the distribution of height of seedlings in a nursery. Calculate, correct
Heights (cm)
Frequency
to one decimal place, the:
(i) mean;
(ii) variance of the distribution.The table gives the frequency distribution of marks
obtained by a group of students in a test.
Marks Bi4 5
Frequency 5k-1 x
If the mean is 5,
67
9/4
8
1
(a) Calculate the value of x;
(b) Find the : (i) mode; (ii) median of the
distribution.
(c) If one of the students is selected at random, find
the probability that he scored at least 7 marks.Explanation
Marks BH Sb6/7 8
kK -
Frequency) h x 9 4 /1
x 5 sxs4288
Y fa = 15+ 4a —4+4 52 + 54+ 28+ 8= 101+ 9x
MfH=S5t+e-14+24+94+44+1= 184 2%
dX fe
ai
a
5 = TE => 101 + 9x = 5(18 + 22)
101+ 92 = 90+ 102 => 101—90=10z — 9x
Fz,
(b)(i) Mode = 5.
(ii) Median
Frequency = 18 + 2(11) = 40.
Median position = 2 = 20
20th position = 5.
(c) No of students that scored at least 7 marks = 4 +
1=5.
5
Probability of scoring at least 7 marks = a=
ole