VES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Autonomous

Subject – Quantitative Methods

Chapter – 2 – Presentation of Data

Q.1. Construct the ungrouped frequency table for each of the following.
(a) 4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3, 6, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 4
(b) 6, 7, 5, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 7, 9, 6, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 4, 6, 7, 6, 5

Q.2. Weekly pocket expenses (in Rs.) of 30 students of class VIII are 37, 41, 39, 34, 71, 26, 56,
61, 58, 79, 83, 72, 64, 39, 75, 39, 37, 59, 57, 37, 53, 38, 49, 45, 70, 82, 44, 37, 79, 76. Construct
the grouped frequency table with the class interval of equal width such as 30 - 35. Also, find the
range of the weekly pocket expenses.

Q.3. Construct the frequency distribution table for the data on heights (in cm) of 20 boys using the
class intervals 130 - 135, 135 - 140 and so on. The heights of the boys in cm are: 140, 138, 133,
148, 160, 153, 131, 146, 134, 136, 149, 141, 155, 149, 165, 142, 144, 147, 138, 139.

Q.4. The table below shows the favorite color of 200 kids in a class.
Favorite Colors Red Green Blue Yellow Orange
Number of students 45 17 50 48 40
(1) Using the information provided, create a bar graph.
(2) Which color is the most preferred and which color is the least preferred?
(3) How many kids chose red as their favorite color?

Q.5. The table below displays the number of bicycles produced at a factory from 1998 to 2002.
Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
No. of Bicycles Manufactured 800 600 900 1100 1200
(a) Create a bar graph to represent this information. Select your preferred scale.
(b) Which year had the greatest number of bicycles produced?
(c) Which year had the least number of bicycles produced?

Q.6. Make a multiple bar diagram of the following data:

Number of Students
Faculty
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Arts 600 550 500
Science 400 500 600
Commerce 200 250 300

Q.7. Create a graph that illustrates the population growth (in millions) of the countries listed in the
table below. (Use Multiple bar diagram)
Country 2000 2010 2020
France 55 56 65
United Kingdom 50 53 63
Mexico 65 78 80
Nigeria 60 82 85
Pakistan 57 65 74
Q.8. Draw a subdivided bar graph to illustrate the given data:
Years Wheat Barley Oats
1991 34 18 27
1992 43 14 24
1993 43 16 27
1994 45 13 34

Q.9. Draw a sub divided bar diagram from the following data?
No of Students in thousands
Stream
2009 2010 2011
Arts 50 70 75
Science 200 250 300
Commerce 100 120 130

Q.10. The below pie chart shows the sale of different fruits in a day for a shop:

Answer the following questions based on the pie chart:

(i) If a total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day, calculate the amount of bananas sold (in kg).
(ii) Find the difference between sales of grapes and oranges.
(iii) Calculate the central angle for others.

Q.11 In the summer, a survey was conducted among 400 people about their favorite beverages.
The following pie chart shows the data:

Answer the following questions:

(i) How many people like tea?
(ii) How many more people like coffee than cold coffee?
(iii) What is the total central angle for iced tea and cold-drinks?

Q.12. A person spends his time on different activities daily (in hours):
Activity Office Exercise Travelling Watchin Sleeping Miscellane
Work g shows ous
Number of hours 9 1 2 3 7 2
Draw a pie chart for this information.
 Chapter – 3 – Measures of Central Tendencies
ARITHMETIC MEAN
Q.1. Find arithmetic mean for the following sets of observations.
(i) 125, 132, 127, 139, 140, 142, 137, 122, 120, and 130
(ii) 13.1, 15.2, 11.9, 10.2, 12.5, 14.3, 11.2, 10.8

Q.2. Calculate the mean for the following distribution:

x 12 14 16 18 20 22
f 5 10 15 12 8 3

Q.3. Calculate the mean for the following distribution:

Size of Shoe 6 7 8 9 10 11
No. of Pairs 32 40 52 40 32 25

Q.4. Calculate the mean for the following distribution:

Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
No. of Students 6 11 15 8 3

Q.5. Calculate the arithmetic mean for the following data giving daily wages of workers.
Marks 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120 120 – 140
No. of Students 7 12 16 13 13 4

Q.6. Find mean for the following data:

Age (in years) No. of persons
Below 10 15
Below 20 33
Below 30 54
Below 40 80
Below 50 97
Below 60 100
Q.7. Find the arithmetic mean for the following:
Daily Wages 5 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 55
No. of Persons 3 8 13 10 5

Q.8. Calculate the mean of the following using the Assumed mean.
Class-Intervals 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70 70-75 75-80
Frequency 5 8 30 25 14 12 6

Q.9. Calculate the arithmetic mean using the Assumed mean:

Sales in thousands of Rs. 5 – 10 10 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 50
No. of Shops 2 8 12 15 11 5

Q.10 The following data represents yield per acre (in kgs.) for a number of farms. Find the
arithmetic mean using the step-deviation method.
Yield per acre 700 – 750 750 – 800 800 – 850 850 – 900 900 – 950 950 – 1000
No. of farms 32 43 55 22 17 18

Q.11 Find the arithmetic mean of the following using the step-deviation method.
Salary in Rs. 7000 – 8000 8000 – 9000 9000 – 11000 11000 – 15000 15000 – 16000
No. of Persons 32 43 55 22 18
Q.12. Find the average savings for the following data:
Salary in Rs. 0 – 4000 4000 – 8000 8000 – 12000 12000 – 16000 16000 – 20000
No. of Employees 8 10 12 6 4

Q.13. The weights assigned to different components in an examination or Component Weightage

Marks scored.
Component Weightage Marks Scored
Theory 4 60
Practical 3 80
Assignment 1 90
Project 2 75
Calculate the weighted average score of the student who scored marks as given in the table

Q.14. The average marks of a group of 100 students in Accountancy are 60 and for another group
of 50 students, the average marks are 90. Find the average marks of combined group of students.

Q. 15. The average weekly wages for 90 workers in a factory are Rs. 500, the average wage for 50
male workers, out of them, is Rs. 630. Find the average for the remaining female workers.

Q. 16. The mean weight of a group of 70 workers is 60 kgs. The second consists of 80 workers
with average weight 57 kgs and there are 50 workers in the third group with average weight 62
kgs. Find the average weight of the combined group of 200 workers.

Q. 17. There are three groups in a class of 100 students. The first contains 25 students with
average pocket money Rs. 62, the second group consists of 50 students with average of Rs. 55.
Find the average pocket money of the students from the third group if the average for the entire
class is Rs. 58.

Q.18. If the mean for the following data is 560, find the missing frequency:
Daily Wages in Rs. 300 – 400 400 – 500 500 – 600 600 – 700 700 – 800 800 – 900
No. of Persons 10 20 40 -- 8 6

Q.19. If the average wages of workers are Rs. 732.50, find the number of workers with wage
between Rs. 800 and Rs. 1000.
Wages in Rs. 200 – 400 400 – 600 600 – 800 800 – 1000 1000 – 1200 1200 – 1400
No. of Workers 10 18 22 -- 11 5

Q.20. The calculated mean of 50 observations was 80. It was later discovered that observation 19
was recorded by mistake as 91. What is the correct mean?

MEDIAN & QUARTILES

Q.1. Find the median for the following data representing heights of 45 students.
Height in cms. 158 – 162 162 – 166 166 – 170 170 – 174 174 – 178 178 – 182
No. of students 3 7 12 15 6 2

Q.2. Find the median and the two quartiles for the following data. Also locate them graphically.
Rainfall in cms. 20 – 25 25 – 30 30 – 35 35 – 40 40 – 45 45 – 50 50 – 55
No. of Years 2 5 8 12 10 7 6

Q.3. Find the quartiles for the following distribution. Also draw cumulative frequency curve “less
than” and locate the quartiles.
Commission in Rs. 100 – 140 140 – 180 180 – 200 200 – 220 220 – 240 240 – 260 260 – 300
No. of Salesmen 14 45 52 80 32 23 24
Q.4. If the median height for the following distribution is 162.5 cms, find the missing frequency.
Height in cms. 150 – 155 155 – 160 160 – 165 165 – 170 170 – 175 175 – 180
No. of students 3 6 8 --- 3 1

Q.5. If the median marks are 43.25, find the missing frequency.
Age in Years. 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 - 69 70 – 79
No. of Persons 2 5 10 8 --- 5 3

MODE

Q.1. Ten students secured the following marks in a certain examination. Find mode.
39, 42, 30, 41, 38, 58, 41, 35, 37, 41

Q.2. The following are the marks in a test (out of 130). Find the modal marks.
Marks 10 – 30 30 – 50 50 – 70 70 – 90 90 – 110 110 – 130
No. of Students 4 10 14 12 8 6

Q.3. Find modes of the following distribution also locate it graphically.

Daily Wages in Rs. 200 – 300 300 – 400 400 – 500 500 – 600 600 – 700
No. of Employees 15 26 36 20 10

Q.4. Draw a Histogram of the following data and hence locate mode graphically.
Profit in ‘000’ of Rs. 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 100 – 120 120 – 140 140 – 160
No. of Firms 15 29 31 42 56 35 18

Q.5. Calculate mean, median and mode.

Income in Rs. 2000 – 3000 3000 – 4000 4000 – 5000 5000 – 6000 6000 – 7000
No. of Employees 16 35 60 36 13

Chapter – 4 – DISPERSION
RANGE – CO-EFFICIENT OF RANGE

Q.1. Calculate range and coefficient of range from the following data:
4, 7, 8, 46, 53, 77, 8, 1, 5, 13

Q.2. Calculate the range and coefficient of range from the following data:
The heights of 10 children in cm: 122,144,154,101,168,118,155,133,160,140

Q.3. If the range and coefficient of range of the data are 20 and 0.2 respectively, then find the
largest and smallest values of the data.

Q.4. If the range and coefficient of range of the data are 20 and 0.2 respectively, then find the
largest and smallest values of the data.

Q.5. The student of the groups A and B obtained following marks in a test of mathematics. Find
which group gave more consistent performance, based on co-efficient of range.
Marks of Group A : 35, 47, 42, 45, 40, 39, 38, 46, 41, 43
Marks of Group B : 35, 70, 55, 65, 60, 42, 73, 80, 53, 57.
 QUARTILE DEVIATION – CO-EFFICIENT OF QUARTILE DEVIATION

Q.1. Find quartile deviation for the following set of 11 bottles of 1 litre of energy milk for 11 days
by a dealer. 34, 37, 32, 25, 40, 45, 50, 42, 39, 47, 55.

Q.2. Find the coefficient of quartile deviation for the following data:
Monthly
1500 – 1700 1700 – 1900 1900 – 2100 2100 – 2300 2300 – 2500 2500 – 2700
income in Rs.
No. of
70 100 120 150 100 60
Farmers

Q.3. Find the semi inter-quartile range for the following data:
Daily Wages in Rs. 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
No. of Employees 10 17 26 30 33 25 12 9

Q.4. Find the semi-inter-quartile range for the following data:

Marks 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
No. of Students 22 38 46 35 19

MEAN DEVIATION – CO-EFFICIENT OF MEAN DEVIATION

Q.1. Compute mean deviation from, (i) Mean, (ii) Median and (iii) Mode for the price of share of
particular company in a week: 99, 100, 95, 100, 100, 60, 90.

Q.2. Calculate the mean and mean deviation and also coefficient and also coefficient of mean
deviation about mean for the following data:
x 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
f 1 3 10 13 12 6 5

Q.3. Calculate mean deviation from A.M. and also coefficient for the following ungrouped
frequency distribution:
x 11 12 13 14 15 16
f 7 19 25 23 15 11

Q.4. Find the mean deviation from mean and also coefficient for the following data:
Age in Years 20 – 22 22 – 24 24 – 26 26 – 28 28 – 30 30 – 32 32 – 34
No. of Employees 70 90 110 140 130 80 80

Q.5. Find the mean deviation from mean and also coefficient for the following data:
C.I. 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
f 8 20 30 24 12 6

Q.6.