Class – IX

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS
Additional topic: Mean, Median and Mode

1. If the mean of the following data is 18.75, then find the value of p.

2. Find the mean, median and mode:

3. If the marks of 41 students of a class are given in the following table, then find the
mean of marks obtained.

4. Find the mean of the following data.

5. Find the value of p when the mean of the following data is 21.6.

6. The heights (in cm) of 9 students of a class are as follows:

155, 160, 145, 149, 150, 147, 152, 144, 148
Find the median of this data.
7. The points scored by the team of kabaddi in a series of matches are as follows :
17, 2, 7, 27, 15, 5, 14, 8, 10, 24, 48, 10, 8, 7, 18, 28.
Find the median of the points scored by the team.
8. Find the mode of the following marks (out of 10) obtained by 20 students:

9. In a small unit of a factory 5 employees (a supervisor and four labourers) are working.
The laboures draw a salary of Rs. 5000 per month each while the supervisor gets Rs.
15,000 per month. Calculate the mean of the salaries of the unit of the factory.
10. Find the mode of the following data.
(a) 12, 8, 4, 8, 1, 8, 9, 11, 9, 10, 12, 8
(b) 15, 22, 17, 19, 22, 17, 29, 24, 17, 15
(c) 0, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 42, 1, 2, 0
(d) 1, 7, 2, 4, 5, 9, 8, 3
11. The runs scored in a cricket match by 11 players is as follows:
7, 16, 12, 5, 10, 8, 1, 16, 9, 11, 16. Find the mean, mode, median of this data.
12. What is the median of the following data set?
32, 6, 21, 10, 8, 11, 12, 36, 17, 16, 15, 18, 40, 24, 21, 23, 24, 24, 29, 16, 32, 31, 10, 30, 35,
32, 18, 39, 12, 20
13.If the median of data (arranged in ascending order) 31, 33, 35, x, x+10, 48, 48, 50 is 40,
then find value of x.
14.The number of runs scored by a cricket player in 25 innings are as follows:
26, 35, 94, 48, 82, 105, 53, 0, 39, 42, 71, 0, 64, 15, 34, 67, 0, 42, 124, 84, 54, 48, 139, 64,
47.
(i) Rearrange these runs in ascending order.
(ii) Determine the player, is highest score.
(ii) How many times did the player not score a run?
(iv) How many centuries did he score?
(v) How many times did he score more than 50 runs?
15.The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of the
data is 63, find the value of x: 29, 32, 48, 50, x, x + 2, 72, 78, 84, 95
16.Find out the mode of the following marks obtained by 15 students in a class:
Marks : 4, 6, 5, 7, 9, 8, 10, 4, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 7, 7.
17.If the mean of x + 2, 2x + 3, 3x + 4, 4x + 5 is x + 2, find x.
18.If the mode of scores 3, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, x is 4, find the value of x.
19.Find the mode of the following data in each case:
(i) 14, 25, 14, 28, 18, 17, 18, 14, 23, 22, 14, 18
(ii) 7, 9, 12, 13, 7, 12, 15, 7, 12, 7, 25, 18, 7
20.The weights (in kg) of 15 students are : 31, 35, 27, 29, 32, 43, 37, 41, 34, 28, 36, 44, 45, 42,
30. Find the median. If the weight 44 kg is replaced by 46 kg and 27 kg by 25 kg, find the
new median.
21.Find the median of the following data : 41, 43, 127, 99, 61, 92, 71, 58, 57. If 58 is replaced
by 85, what will be the new median.

22. If the mean of the following data is 15, find p.

23. Find the missing frequency (p) for the following distribution whose mean is 7.68.

24. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:

X 34 37 40 43 46
F 5 10 17 12 6
25. Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:
X 15 20 25 30 35 40
F 8 7 10 14 15 6
 Additional topic: probability
1. Three coins are tossed 200 times and we get three heads: 39 times; two heads: 58 times;
one head: 67 times; 0 head: 36 times. When three coins are tossed at random, what is the
probability of getting (i) 3 heads? (ii) 1 head? (iii) 0 head? (iv) 2 heads?
2. Compute the probability of the occurrence of an event if the probability the event not
occurring is 0.56.
3. In a factory of 364 workers, 91 are married. Find the probability of selecting a worker who
is not married.
4. A die is thrown 1000 times with the frequencies for the outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 as
given in the following table :
Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6

Frequency 179 150 157 149 175 190

Find the probability of getting each outcome.

5. In a certain cricket match, a batswoman hits a boundary 6 times out of 30 balls she had
played. Find the probability that she did not hit a boundary.
6. The percentage of marks obtained by a student in the monthly unit tests are given
below:
Unit Test I II III IV V
Percentage of Mark Obtained 69 71 73 68 76
Find the probability that the student gets
1. More than 70% marks 2. Less than 70% marks 3. A distinction
7. To know the opinion of the students about Mathematics, a survey of 200 students were
conducted. The data was recorded in the following table
Opinion Like Dislike
Number of students 135 65
Find the probability that student chosen at random:
1. Likes Mathematics 2. Does not like it.
8. The Blood group table of 30 students of class IX is recorded as follows:
A, B, O, O, AB, O, A, O, B, A, O, B, A, O, O, A, AB, O, A, A, O, O, AB, B, A, O, B, A, B, O
A student is selected at random from the class from blood donation. Find the
probability that the blood group of the student chosen is:
1: A 2: B 3: AB 4: O
 9. Eleven bags of wheat flour, each marked 5kg, actually contained the following weights
of flour (in Kg)
4.97 5.05 5.08 5.03 5 5.06 5.08 4.98 5.04 5.07 5
Find the probability that any of these bags chosen at random contains more than 5 kg
of flour.
10. A company selected 2400 families at random and surveys them to determine a
relationship between income level and the number of vehicles in a home. The
information gathered is listed below:
Monthly Income 0 1 2 Above 2
Less than 7000 10 160 25 0
7000 – 10000 0 305 27 2
10000 – 13000 1 535 29 1
13000 – 16000 2 469 29 25
16000 above 1 579 82 88
If a family is chosen at random find the probability that the family is:
1. Earning Rs 10000 – 13000 per month and owning exactly 2 vehicles.
2. Earning Rs 16000 or more per month and owning exactly 1 vehicle.
3. Earning less than Rs 7000 per month and does not own any vehicle.
4. Earning Rs 13000 – 16000 per month and owning more than 2 vehicles.
11. Given below is the frequency distribution of wages (in Rs) of 30 workers in
certain factory:
Wages 110 – 130 130 – 150 150 – 170 170 – 190 190 – 210 210 – 230 230 – 250
No of workers 3 4 5 6 5 4 3
A worker is selected at random. Find the probability that his wages are:
1. Less than Rs.150
2. At least Rs.210
3. More than or equal to 150 but less than 210
12. On one page of a telephone directory, there were 200 telephone numbers. The frequency
distribution of their unit place digit (for example, in the number 25828573,the unit place digit
is 3) is given in Table

Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frequency 22 26 22 22 20 10 14 28 16 20

The number is chosen at random. What is the probability that the digit in its unit place is 6?
 13. The record of a weather station shows that out of the past 250 consecutive days, its weather
forecasts were correct 175 times.
(i) What is the probability that on a given day it was correct?
(ii)What is the probability that it was not correct on a given day?
14. A tyre manufacturing company kept a record of the distance covered before a tyre
needed to be replaced. The table shows the results of 1000 cases.

Distance (in less than 4000 to 9001 to more than

km) 4000 9000 14000 14000
Frequency 20 210 325 445
If you buy a tyre of this company, what is the probability that :
(i) it will need to be replaced before it has covered 4000 km?
(ii) it will last more than 9000 km?
(iii) it will need to be replaced after it has covered somewhere between 4000 km and 14000
km?
15. An insurance company selected 2000 drivers at random (i.e., without any preference of
one driver over another) in a particular city to find a relationship between age and
accidents. The data obtained are given in the following table:

Age of drivers (in Accidents in one year

years) 0 1 2 3 over 3
18 - 29 440 160 110 61 35
30 - 50 505 125 60 22 18
Above 50 360 45 35 15 9

Find the probabilities of the following events for a driver chosen at random from the city:
(i) being 18-29 years of age and having exactly 3 accidents in one year.
(ii) being 30-50 years of age and having one or more accidents in a year.
(iii) having no accidents in one year.