Question 21· Statistics· WAEC
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Question 22· Statistics· JAMB
The mean of five numbers is 12. When one number is removed, the mean of the rest is 10. Find the number removed.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 23· Statistics· JAMB
The mean of 10 numbers is 6. When one number, 15, is removed, what is the mean of the remaining numbers?
Explanation and discussionQuestion 24· Statistics· WAEC
Find the median of 12, 5, 9, 15, 7 and 10.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 25· Statistics· JAMB
The mean of 2, 4, x, 7 and 9 is 6. Find x.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 26· Statistics· JAMB
Find the mean of the first five positive even numbers.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 27· Statistics· JAMB
In a histogram, the frequency of each class is proportional to the
Explanation and discussionQuestion 28· Statistics· WAEC
Find the mode of 4, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 29· Statistics· WAEC
The mean of five numbers is 12. Four of the numbers are 10, 14, 9 and 15. Find the fifth number.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 30· Statistics· JAMB
Find the median of this distribution: score 1, 2, 3, 4 with frequencies 3, 5, 4, 2.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 31· Statistics· JAMB
The scores of five students are 6, 8, 8, 10 and 13. Find the mode and the range.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 32· Statistics· JAMB
Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme values?
Explanation and discussionQuestion 33· Statistics· WAEC
In a pie chart, a sector representing 15 out of 60 students has an angle of
Explanation and discussionQuestion 34· Statistics· WAEC
Calculate the mean of 6, 11, 4, 9 and 15.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 35· Statistics· WAEC
Find the mean of 4, 7, 9, 10, 15.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 36· Statistics· JAMB
Find the mode of 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 37· Statistics· JAMB
Find the median of 7, 3, 9, 4, 8, 6.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 38· Statistics· JAMB
Find the mean of 5, 8, 11 and 14.
Explanation and discussionQuestion 39· Statistics· WAEC
The mode of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9 is
Explanation and discussionQuestion 40· Statistics· JAMB
39 students are arranged in order of height. The median height is the height of the
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