BADB1014 – QUANTITATIVE METHOD

TUTORIAL 5

Question 1

Color Red Blue Green Yellow

No. of
12 9 11 8
Students

The table above shows the favorite colors of students in a particular class. Construct a bar
chart and pie chart to represent the above data.

Question 2

Hobby

18
36

66

Cycling Jogging Swimming Camping

The above pie chat shows the hobby for 144 students. Compute the difference in the number
of students with the hobbies of jogging and swimming in terms of percentage.

Question 3

Construct a bar chart for the following data

Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Distance 8 10 14 7 12
(km)
Question 4

The dual bar chart shows Mr. Kang’s telephone usage for five months. Calculate

a) the total bill for his mobile phone and fixed line phone in April

b) the greatest decrease in the mobile phone bill between two consecutive months

c) the difference between the total bill for his mobile phone and fixed line phone over the
five months.

d) his average fixed line phone bill for the five months.

Question 5
Question 6

The lengths, to the nearest cm, of 30 copper wires are shown below.

51 48 40 63 54 20 35 75 66 73
65 56 46 88 40 64 62 57 70 64
62 76 36 72 55 43 78 31 74 62

From the above data

a) Construct a frequency table that consists of number of classes, class interval and
frequency

b) From the answer in a), draw a histogram to represent the data

Question 7

Mark 30 – 40 35 – 39 40 – 44 45 – 49 50 – 54 55 – 59
Frequency 2 7 8 6 5 2

The marks scored by a group of students in a test are shown above. Draw a histogram to
show the above distribution.

Question 8

Thickness 3–4 5–6 7–8 9 – 10 11 – 12 13 – 14

(mm)
Frequency 5 7 8 10 6 3

Draw a histogram based on the above frequency table.

Question 9

The height, to the nearest cm, of 30 plants are shown above. Construct

a) a frequency table and

b) a histogram

from the above data

Question 10

Construct a frequency table for the following data. Hence, plot a histogram.

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 2 3 5 7 4 1

Question 11

Given the following frequency. Hence, plot a histogram.

Mass (kg) Frequency

30 – 34 3
35 – 39 6
40 – 44 18
45 – 49 12
50 – 54 7
55 – 59 4

Question 12

Price (RM) Frequency

12 – 14 4
15 – 17 5
18 – 20 8
21 – 23 6
24 – 26 3
27 – 29 2

From the above frequency table, draw a histogram to represent the data

Question 13

The frequency table shows the distribution of donations, in RM, collected from a class.

Donation (RM) Frequency

4–6 2
7–9 5
10 – 12 15
13 – 15 7
16 – 18 2
19 - 21 1

Compute the mean and determine the modal class.

Question 14

The number of accidents reported during the last twelve months in Klang Valley is shown
below:

19 17 22 18 28 34
45 39 38 44 34 10

Find the mean, mode and median.

Question 15

The frequency table shows the mass in kilograms, collected from a class.

Mass (kg) No. of

students
45 – 49 5
50 – 54 12
55 – 59 25
60 – 64 6
65 - 69 2

Compute the mean and determine the modal class.

Question 16
The speeds to the nearest miles per hour, of 120 vehicles passing a check point were
recorded and are grouped in the table below:

Speed (mph) 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 40 41 - 45

Number of vehicles 22 48 25 16 9

a) Estimate the mean and variance of this distribution.

b) What is the modal class and class median?
c) Find the range.
Question 17
Consider the following two sample data sets:
Set 1 Set 2

12 14 13 20 22 21
13 12 17 21 21 20
15 14 15 20 20 22

a) Compute the mean and median of each data sets.

b) Calculate the standard deviation of each data sets.
c) Find the coefficient of variation of each data sets and determine which data is more
dispersed.

Question 18
a) Determine the variance of the set of data 4, 6, 9, 3, 5, 12, 10.
b) The table below shows the distribution of the scores obtained when a dice is thrown 25
times.
Score Frequency
1 3
2 4
3 3
4 6
5 4
6 5

Question 19
The following table shows the distribution of the number of cars sold by 28 salesmen in a
month.

No. of cars No. of salesmen

1 – 10 4
11 – 20 8
21 – 30 12
32 – 40 4

Determine the variance of the distribution.

Question 20
a) Determine the standard deviation of the data 4, 6, 3, 2, 9, 10, 13, 5.
b) The following table shows the scores Umi obtained in 30 attempts of a shooting game.
Score 0 1 2 3 4
No. of 5 8 9 5 3
attempts

Determine the standard deviation of the scores obtained.

Question 21
The following table shows the number of speakers produced by 20 factories in a day.

No. of speakers No. of factories

100 – 149 2
150 – 199 4
200 – 249 6
250 – 299 6
300 – 349 2

Determine the standard deviation of the distribution.

Question 22
Find the interquartile range of the following sets of data.
a) 24, 21, 22, 30, 31, 29, 25, 24, 26, 32, 20, 19, 22.
b) 43, 44, 37, 41, 47, 49, 50, 43.

Question 23
The masses in kilograms of 20 students were rounded to the nearest kilogram and listed in
order of 48, 52, 54, 55, 55, 58, 58, 61, 62, 63, 63, 64, 65, 66, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 79. Draw a
boxplot to represent this data.

Question 24
The heights of ten 13-year-old boys and ten 13-year-old girls (to the nearest cm) are given in
the table.

Girls 137 133 141 137 138 134 149 144 144 131
Boys 145 142 146 139 138 148 138 147 142 146

Draw a boxplot for both sets of data and compare the interquartile range.