Maharashtra Board Class 8 Maths Chapter 11 Statistics Practice Set 11.1 Solution

Chapter 11 Statistics Set 11.1

Question 1.
The following table shows the number of saplings planted by 30 students. Fill in the boxes and find the average number of saplings planted by each student.

No. of saplings (Scores) x_i	No. of students (frequency) f_i	f_i × x_i
1	4	4
2	6	__
3	12	__
4	8	__
	N = __	∑ f_i × x_{i = __}

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Solution:

No. of saplings (Scores) x_i	No. of students (frequency) f_i	f_i × x_i
1	4	4
2	6	12
3	12	36
4	8	32
	N = __	∑ f_i × x_{i = 84}

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Question 2.
The following table shows the electricity (in units) used by 25 families of Eklara village in a month of May. Complete the table and answer the following questions.

Electricity used (Units) x_i	No. of families (frequency) f_i	f_i × x_i
30	4
45	6
60	12
75	8
90	3
	N = __	∑ f_i × x_{i =}

i. How many families use 45 units electricity?
ii. State the score, the frequency of which is 5.
iii. Find N, and ∑ f_i × x_i.
iv. Find the mean of electricity used by each family in the month of May.
Solution:

Electricity used (Units) x_i	No. of families (frequency) f_i	f_i × x_i
30	7	210
45	2	90
60	8	480
75	5	375
90	3	270
	N = 25	∑ f_i × x_{i = 1425}

i. 2 families used 45 units of electricity.
ii. The score for which the frequency is 5 is 75
iii. N = 25 and ∑ f_i × x_i = 1425
iv.
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The mean of electricity used by each.

Question 3.
The number of members in the 40 families in Bhilar are as follows:
1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 7, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 5, 5, 4, 6, 2,3, 5, 6, 4, 2. Prepare a frequency table and And the mean of members of 40 families.
Solution:
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∴ The mean of the members of 40 families is 3.9.

Question 4.
The number of Science and Mathematics projects submitted by Model high school, Nandpur in last 20 years at the state level science exhibition is:
2, 3 ,4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2. Prepare a frequency table and find the mean of the data.
Solution:
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∴ The mean of the given data is 2.75.

Intext Questions and Activities

Question 1.
The number of pages of a book Ninad read for five consecutive days were 60, 50, 54, 46, 50. Find the average number of pages he read everyday. (Textbook pg. no. 67)
Solution:

∴ Average number of pages read daily is 52