Grouping Data and Histogram

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Grouping Data and Histogram: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Class Interval, Difference Between a Histogram and a Bar Graph, Grouped Frequency Distribution, Continuous Frequency Distribution, Characteristics of a Histogram and, Histogram of Grouped Data

Important Questions on Grouping Data and Histogram

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Prepare a continuous frequency distribution table by taking a class interval of 7 from the following data.

28, 17, 15, 22, 29, 21, 23, 27, 18, 12, 7, 2, 9, 4, 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 33, 27, 21, 15, 3, 36, 27, 18, 9, 2, 4, 6, 32, 31, 29, 18, 14, 13, 15, 11, 9, 7, 1, 5, 37, 32, 28, 26, 24, 20, 19, 25, 19, 20, 6, 9

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Construct a frequency distribution table for given data:

10,12,15,20,23,30,35,38,22,29,13,17,33,36,40

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The marks of  20 students of a class are given:

81 92 73 100 99 85 78 92 90 83 80 73 84 72 70 95 82 70 91 79

Construct a frequency distribution table.

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The age of 18 members in a Yoga Institute are given:

45,25,10,55,60,65,35,45,32,29,31,37,40,56,22,28,36,40

If number of classes is 11, identify the width of each class.

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The marks of students in a class is given:

34,99,100,89,37,39,67,56,76,91,50,65,70,95,85,61,72,78,84,92

Identify the width of each class if number of class is 10

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Identify the scale used in the histogram given below.

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Write any one difference between a histogram and a bar graph.

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A histogram is drawn for discrete data.

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Here are the ages, A (years), of 40 people in a cinema.

4464415358455554625150475874952434752495258535047445662515821363224391626171812

Show the data in a frequency table with these class intervals: 0A<20, 20A<40, 40A<60 and 60A<80

Show the data in a frequency table with these class intervals: A<40, 40A<45, 45A<50, 50A<55, 55A<60 and 60A<65

Compare the table and identify which is the best way to represent the data.

Write your answer with reason.

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Julian runs a bookshop. The table shows the number of books purchased by each of his last 25 customers. 

Number of books 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of customers 8 9 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Calculate the median number of books purchased by these customers. 

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Henri plays a game over and over again. On each attempt, he gets a score of between 1 and 20. These are his scores for his first seven attempts : 16, 14, 13, 15, 10, 9, 11. Henri plays the game an eighth time. What is his score if the mean of all 8 scores is 12.

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Calculate the mean mark for the data in the table.

Mark Frequency
7 6
8 10
9 5
10 2

Write your answer up to two decimal places.

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The weights in kg of 30 students of a class are

39,43,32,37,29,26,31,45,46,31,37,38,30,39,36,41,35,34,41,46,39,38,36,38,40,42,33,43,44,33

Prepare a frequency distribution table using one class interval as 30-35, in which 30 is included and 35 excluded. Which class interval has highest frequency.

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The ages (in years) of 360 patients treated in a hospital on a particular day are given below:

Age (in years) 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Number of patients 90 40 60 20 120 30

Which age group has the highest number of patients.

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The following table shows the number of illiterate persons in the age group (10-58 years) in a town. How many illiterates are there in the age group 34-42.

Age group (in years) 10-18 18-26 26-34 34-42 42-50 50-58
Number of illiterate persons 175 325 100 150 250 525

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Find the size of the class interval:
200 - 220220 - 240240 - 260260 - 280

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Find the size of the class interval in the following caes.
0 - 10
10 - 20
20 - 30
30 - 40

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Find the size of the class interval.

50-55
55-60
60-65
65-70

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 Draw a histogram and hence estimate the mode for the following frequency distribution:

 Class 0-1010-2020-3030.-4040-5050-60 Frequency 2810543

 

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The histogram given alongside is based on the number of hours 30 students spent outdoors on a Sunday. How many students spent more than four hours outdoors?

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