Chapter 23 - Data Handling-I (Part - 2), Class 8, Maths RD Sharma Solutions | RD Sharma Solutions for Class 8 Mathematics PDF Download

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Question 1:

The marks obtained by 40 students of class VIII in an examination are given below:
  16, 17, 18, 3, 7, 23, 18, 13, 10, 21, 7, 1, 13, 21, 13, 15, 19, 24, 16, 3, 23, 5, 12, 18, 8, 12, 6, 8, 16, 5, 3, 5, 0, 7, 9, 12, 20, 10, 2, 23.
  Divide the data into five groups, namely 0−5, 5−10, 10−15, 15−20 and 20−25 and prepare a grouped frequency table.

ANSWER:

The frequency table for the marks of 40 students of class VIII in an examination is given below:

Range of Marks	Tally Marks	Frequency
0−5	||||	9
5−10	||||	9
10−15	||	7
15−20	||||	9
20−25	|	6

Question 2:

The marks scored by 20 students in a test are given below:
  54, 42, 68, 56, 62, 71, 78, 51, 72, 53, 44, 58, 47, 64, 41, 57, 89, 53, 84, 57.
  Complete the following frequency table:

What is the class interval in which the greatest frequency occurs?

ANSWER:

The frequency table can be completed as follows:

Marks	Tally Marks	Frequency
40−50	||||	4
50−60	|||	8
60−70	|||	3
70−80	|||	3
80−90	||	2

The class interval with the greatest frequency (8) is 50−60.

Question 3:

The following is the distribution of weights (in kg) of 52 persons:

(i) What is the lower limit of class 50−60?
  (ii) Find the class marks of the classes 40−50, 50−60.
  (iii) What is the class size?

ANSWER:

(i) The lower limit of the class 50−60 is 50.
(ii) Class mark for the class 40−50:
 = 90/2 = 45
    Again, class mark for the class 50−60:
 = 110/2 = 55
(iii) Here the class size is  40−30, i.e. 10.

Question 4:

Construct a frequency table for the following weights (in gm) of 35 mangoes using the equal class intervals, one of them is 40−50 (45 not included):
  30, 40, 45, 32, 43, 50, 55, 62, 70, 70, 61, 62, 53, 52, 50, 42, 35, 37, 53, 55, 65, 70, 73, 74, 45, 46, 58, 59, 60, 62, 74, 34, 35, 70, 68.
  (i) What is the class mark of the class interval 40−45?
  (ii) What is the range of the above weights?
  (iii) How many classes are there?

ANSWER:

The frequency table for the given weights (in gm) of 35 mangoes is given below:

Weight	Tally Marks	Frequency
30−40	|	6
40−50	|	6
50−60	||||	9
60−70	||	7
70−80	||	7

(i) Class mark for the class interval 40−45:
 Class mark =  = 85/2 = 42.5
(ii) Range of the above weights:
Range = Highest value−Lowest value        
= 74−30        
= 44
(iii) There are 5 classes (30−40, 40−50, 50−60, 60−70, 70−80).

Question 5:

Construct a frequency table with class−intervals 0−5 (5 not included) of the following marks obtained by a group of 30 students in an examination.
  0, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 8, 11, 17, 3, 6, 9, 17, 19, 21, 29, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42,45, 49, 4, 50, 16.

ANSWER:

The frequency table with class intervals 0−5,5−10,10−15,...,50−55 is given below:

Marks	Tally Marks	Frequency
0−5	|||	3
5−10		5
10−15	|||	3
15−20		5
20−25	|||	3
25−30	|||	3
30−35	|	1
35−40	||	2
40−45	||	2
45−50	||	2
50−55	|	1

Question 6:

The marks scored by 40 students of class VIII in mathematics are given below:
  81, 55, 68, 79, 85, 43, 29, 68, 54, 73, 47, 35, 72, 64, 95, 44, 50, 77, 64, 35, 79, 52, 45, 54, 70, 83, 62, 64, 72, 92, 84, 76, 63, 43, 54, 38, 73, 68, 52, 54.
  Prepare a frequency distribution with class size of 10 marks.

ANSWER:

The frequency table of the marks scored by 40 students of class VIII in mathematics is given below:

Mark	Tally Marks	Frequency
20−30	|	1
30−40	|||	3
40−50		5
50−60	|||	8
60−70	|||	8
70−80	||||	9
80−90	||||	4
90−100	||	2

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Question 7:

The heights (in cm) of 30 students of class VIII are given below:
  155, 158, 154, 158, 160, 148, 149, 150, 153, 159, 161, 148, 157, 153, 157, 162, 159, 151, 154, 156, 152, 156, 160, 152, 147, 155, 163, 155, 157, 153.
  Prepare a frequency distribution table with 160−164 as one of the class intervals.

ANSWER:

The frequency table is given below:

Height	Tally Marks	Frequency
145−149	||||	4
150−154	||||	9
155−159	||	12
160−164		5

Question 8:

The monthly wages of 30 workers in a factory are given below:
  830, 835, 890, 810, 835, 836, 869, 845, 898, 890, 820, 860, 832, 833, 855, 845, 804, 808, 812, 840, 885, 835, 836, 878, 840, 868, 890, 806, 840, 890.
  Represent the data in the form of a frequency distribution with class size 10.

ANSWER:

The frequency table of the monthly wages of 30 workers in a factory is given below:

Wage	Tally Marks	Frequency
800−810	|||	3
810−820	||	2
820−830	|	1
830−840	|||	8
840−850		5
850−860	|	1
860−870	|||	3
870−880	|	1
880−890	|	1
890−900		5

Question 9:

Construct a frequency table with equal class intervals from the following data on the monthly wages (in rupees) of 28 labourers working in a factory, taking one of the class intervals as 210−230 (230 not included):
  220, 268, 258, 242, 210, 268, 272, 242, 311, 290, 300, 320, 319, 304, 302, 318, 306, 292, 254, 278, 210, 240, 280, 316, 306, 215, 256, 236.

ANSWER:

The frequency table of the monthly wages of 28 labourers working in a factory is given below:

Wage	Tally Marks	Frequency
210−230	||||	4
230−250	||||	4
250−270		5
270−290	|||	3
290−310	||	7
310−330		5

Question 10:

The daily minimum temperatures in degrees Celsius recorded in a certain Arctic region are as follows:
  −12.5,−10.8,−18.6,−8.4,−10.8,−4.2,−4.8,−6.7,−13.2,−11.8,−2.3, 1.2, 2.6, 0,−2.4, 0, 3.2, 2.7, 3.4, 0,−2.4,−2.4, 0, 3.2, 2.7, 3.4, 0,−2.4,−5.8,−8.9,−14.6,−12.3,−11.5,−7.8,−2.9
  Represent them as frequency distribution table taking−19.9 to−15 as the first class interval.

ANSWER:

The frequency table of the daily minimum temperatures is given below:

Temperature	Tally Marks	Frequency
−19.9 to −15	|	1
−14.9 to −10	|||	8
−9.9 to −5		5
−4.9 to 0	|||	13
0.1 to 5	|||	8