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Find Averages from Grouped Data

In this worksheet, students will read grouped data from frequency tables in order to work out the mean, median and mode.

'Find Averages from Grouped Data' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 3

Year:  Year 8 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Statistics

Curriculum subtopic:   Understand Variables, Representation, Measures and Spread

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Worksheet Overview

Data organised in a frequency table can be used to work out the mean, median and mode.

 

The number of items in the group can be found by adding up the frequencies.  

Remember that 'frequency' is just 'how many times' something occurs.

 

When data is grouped, the exact value is not known.

 

Example

This table shows the masses of children in a Year 8 class at school.

Find the mean, median and mode.

 

 Mass (m kg) Frequency
 40 ≤ m < 45 2
 45 ≤ m < 50 5
 50 ≤ m < 55 9
 55 ≤ m < 60 3
 60 ≤ m < 65 1

 

This means that:

2 children have a mass greater than or equal to 40 kg but less than 45 kg.

5 children have a mass greater than or equal to 45 kg but less than 50 kg ..... etc.

  

Mean

We have to estimate the mean by using the midpoint value in each class.

These are 42.5, 47.5, 52.5, 57.5 and 62.5 kg

 

The total mass of all the children is (2 x 42.5) + (5 x 47.5) + (9 x 52.5) + (3 x 57.5) + (1 x 62.5) = 1,030 kg

 

There are 2 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 1 = 20 children in the class.

 

Mean mass = 1,030 ÷ 20 = 51.5 kg

 

Median

There are 20 children, so the 'middle person' will be the 10th and 11th.

The 10th and 11th person falls into the 50 ≤ m < 55 class.

 

The median class is 50 ≤ m < 55 kg

 

Mode

This is the class with the highest frequency.

The modal class is  50 ≤ m < 55 kg

 

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