Practice Sheet

Business Statistics – I
Measures of Central tendency

Problem 01: The profits (in thousand) in a particular month earned by a number of salesmen of a
large company are given below:

Class Interval Frequency

0-9 10
10-19 20
20-29 35
30-39 40
40-49 25
50-59 25
60-69 15

Requirements:
a) Calculate the average score of players by using A.M
b) Calculate the median and modal score and comment.
c) If the team managers want to increase 10% payment of each of the top 15% scorers,
determine the lowest score of players who will receive the benefits.

Problem 02: Calculate geometric mean of the data given below:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No of 3 4 6 3 2
students

Problem 03: The monthly incomes (in taka) of 100 small shops are given below:
Monthly Income Number of Shops
1000-2000 12
2000-3000 18
3000-4000 27
4000-5000 20
5000-6000 17
6000-7000 6
N= 100

Draw a histogram by the above data and find mode from histogram. Calculate mode from direct
method and compare the result so obtained. Compare the value with arithmetic mean and median
also.

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Problem 04: The call times of telephone calls from an office switch board are given in the following
distribution:

Time of calls (Minutes) No. of Calls

O and below 2 10
2 and below 4 25
4 and below 6 20
6 and below 8 40
8 and below 10 5
Required:

a) Calculate mean for call times

b) Calculate 75th percentile and interpret it.

Problem 05: Calculate the H.M from the following data:

Variable Frequency
0-10 8
10-20 15
20-30 20
30-40 4
40-50 3

Problem 06: Calculate the G.M from the following data:

Class Frequency
0-10 5
10-20 12
20-30 30
30-40 35
40-50 11
50-60 7

Problem 07: Calculate mean, median and mode from the following distribution
Production 300-309 310-319 320-329 330-339 340-349 350-359 360-369 370-379
Units
No. of 9 20 24 38 48 27 17 6
Workers

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Problem 08: Calculate mean, median and mode from the following distribution
Class 60-64 64-68 68-72 72-76 76-80 80-84 84-88

Frequency 12 18 35 30 10 3 2

Problem 09: Calculate mean, median and mode from the following marks distribution .
Marks No. of Students
10-25 25
25-40 40
40-55 65
55-70 20
70-85 10
85-100 2

Problem 10: The following table shows the yearly income of 160 rural inhabitants.
Yearly Income Frequency
10,000 – 15,000 10
15,000 – 20,000 25
20,000 – 25,000 30
25,000 – 30,000 40
30,000 – 35,000 35
35,000 – 40,000 20
Total 160

Calculate the mean, median and mode and interpret the result.

Problem 11: Calculate the mean and median

Marks No. of Students

0-9 9
10-19 42
20-29 61
30-39 140
40-49 250
50-59 102
60-69 71
70-79 23
80-89 2

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Problem 12: Calculate median, 1 st
& 3rd Quartile for the following distribution:

Numbers 0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16 16-20 20-24

Students 10 12 18 7 5 2

Problem 13: The following table gives the daily wages distribution of employees of a commercial
organization:

Daily Wages (taka) No. of Employees

300-350 25
350-450 35
450-500 57
500-600 60
600-650 23
N= 200

Instructions:

a) Compute arithmetic mean and median of the distribution.

b) Find the range of wages of central 60% employees.
c) It is decided to collect tax-from those having income of Tk. 570 and above. What
percentages of the employees are taxable?

Problem 13:
The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61 inches and the mean height of 35 female
workers in the same factory is 58 inches. Find the combined mean height of 60 workers in the
factory.

Problem 14: The distribution of weights of 152 students is as follows:

Weight in Kg Frequency
30-40 18
40-50 38
50-60 46
60-70 27
70-80 15
80-90 8

Calculate Q1, median, D7 and P80.

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Problem 15: The mean annual salary of employees of a company is taka 30,000. The mean annual
salaries of male and female employees are taka 35,000 and taka 23,000 respectively. Find the
percentage of male and female employees working in the company.

Problem 16:
Calculate the median, 1st quartile, 3rd quartile, 7th decile, 40th percentile from the following
data:

Wages Number of Workers

Above taka 45 120
Above taka 55 105
Above taka 65 96
Above taka 75 85
Above taka 85 72
Above taka 95 42
Problem 17:
Calculate the arithmetic mean , geometric mean and harmonic mean from the following
information and show that , AM> GM>HM.

Marks Obtained Number of Students

Below 10% 7
Below 20% 39
Below 30% 95
Below 40% 201
Below 50% 281
Below 60% 545
Below 70% 631
Below 80% 675

Problem 18:
The following distribution shows the first semester marks of BBA students in Comilla University:

Marks Number of Students

40 and under 50 15
50 and under 60 20
60 and under 70 35
70 and under 80 20
80 and under 90 10

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From the given table,

a) Calculate mean, median and mode.

b) Calculate geometric mean and harmonic mean.
c) Compute the quartiles, 7th decile and 60th percentile
d) Determine the limits (or intervals) of the marks of central (middle) 50 percent of the
students.
e) Determine the range of the marks of central (middle) 50% of the students.

Problem 19:
In an HSC examination students from Notre Dame College were appeared and marks obtained as
follows:

Obtained Marks No. of Students

Greater than 30% and less than ( or below) 40% 10
less than ( or below) 50% 40
less than ( or below) 60% 90
less than ( or below) 70% 200
less than ( or below) 80% 240
less than ( or below) 90% 250

Calculate the mean, median and mode of the percentage obtained marks. Hence, sketch the nature
of distribution and comments.

Problem 20:
Class Frequency
45-55 15
55-65 9
65-75 11
75-85 13
85-95 30
95-10 42
N = 120

Instruction: You are required to calculate,

i. Arithmetic Mean
ii. Median
iii. 3rd Quartile ( )
iv. 7th Decile ( )

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Problem 21:
Here, Median = 35

Class Frequency
0-10 10
10-20 20
20-30 ?
30-40 40
40-50 ?
50-60 25
60-70 15
Total=170

Required:

a) Find out the missing frequencies

b) From the complete table compute arithmetic mean and mode

Problem 22:
Calculate mean, median and mode from the following data.

Marks 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

more than
No. of 80 76 50 28 18 9 3
Students

Problem 23:
An incomplete distribution is as follows, where median is 65.

Class Frequency
30-40 10
40-50 15
50-60 ?
60-70 20
70-80 ?
80-90 5
Total=100

Find out the frequencies.

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Problem 24:
The median and mode of a given frequency distribution are 34 and 32 respectively:

Class Frequency
20-25 15
25-30 15
30-35 ?
35-40 ?
40-45 ?
45-50 17
Total=120

Find out the missing frequencies.

Problem 25:
The mean of marks in business statistics of 100 students of a class was 72. The mean of marks of
boys was 75, while their number was 70. Find out the mean marks of girls in the class.

Problem 26:
The mean of 100 workers in a factory running in the two shifts of 60 and 40 workers respectively is
taka 38. The mean wage of 60 workers working in the morning shift is taka 40. Find out the mean
wage of worker in the evening shift.

Problem 27:
The average monthly income of male employees in affirm is taka 1,000 and that of the females is
taka 800. But the mean income of all the employee is taka 920. Find out the percentages of male and
female employees.

Problem 28:
From the following table showing the wage distribution in a certain factory

Weekly Wage (Taka) No. of Employees Weekly Wage (Taka) No. of Employees
120-140 8 220-240 32
140-160 12 240-260 18
160-180 20 260-280 7
180-200 30 280-300 6
200 - 220 40 300-320 4

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Determine,

a) The percentage of workers who earned between 175 and 225

b) The percentage who earned more than taka 250 per week and
c) The percentage who earned less than taka 200 per week

Problem 29:
The monthly income distribution of 600 families in a factory is given below:

Monthly Income (in taka) No. of families

Below 4,000 70
4,000 – 6,000 166
6,000 – 8,000 205
8,000 – 10,000 66
10,000 – 12,000 58
12,000 – 14,000 25
14,000and above 10

Find out,

a) The interval of the monthly income of middle 50% of the families

b) The range of monthly income of central 40% of the families
c) It is decided to collect tax from those families having income taka 11,000 and above. What
percentage of families is taxable?
d) How much percentage of families would have income within taka 5,500 and taka 10,000

Problem 30:
An incomplete distribution is as follows, where median is 33.5 and mode is 34.

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 Total

Frequency 4 16 - - - 6 4 230

Find out the three missing frequency and calculate the mean.

Problem 31:
Find out the missing frequencies from the following data where arithmetic mean is 67.47 inches

Heights 60-62 63-65 66-68 69-71 72-74 Total

(in inches)
Frequency 5 18 ? ? 8 100

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Problem 32:
Subject Group A Group B
Marks No. of Students Marks No. of Students
Bengali 58 30 60 35
English 56 30 54 35
Statistics 68 20 66 25
Management 70 15 67 20
Accounting 69 10 70 15

 Which group do you think better? And why? Or,

 Which of two groups get higher average marks? Or,
 In which group the level of knowledge of students is better? Give reasons

Problem 33:
Factory A Factory B
No. of employees 250 200
Average daily wages Taka 12 Taka 13.8

Required:

a) Which factory pays larger amounts of daily wages?

b) What is the average daily wages for the workers of two factories?

Problem 34:
Calculate the H.M from the following data:

Class 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54

Frequency 11 18 32 37 212 47 13

Problem 35:
Calculate quartile from the following distribution

Class 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Interval
Frequency 7 5 16 11 3 4

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Problem 36:
Calculate AM and median from the following distribution

House Rent Number of Families

20-29 16
30-39 31
40-49 50
50-59 20
60-69 8

Problem 37:
The frequency distribution given below refers to the blood cholesterol levels (given in milligrams per
deciliter) of 65 patients admitted into a clinic.

Frequency distribution of blood cholesterol levels of 65 Person:

Blood cholesterol levels Number of patients

149.5 -169.5 4
169.5- 189.5 11
189.5 – 209.5 15
209.5 – 229.5 25
229.5 – 249.5 13
249.5 – 269.5 7
269.5 – 289.5 3
289.5 – 309.5 2

Compute mean, median, mode, Q1, Q3, D4, P65, P90 and D9

Problem 38:
Suppose the daily profits in taka of 100 shops are distributed as follows:

Blood cholesterol levels Number of patients

0-1000 12
1000-2000 18
2000-3000 27
3000-4000 20
4000-5000 17
5000-6000 6

Compute mean, median, mode, Q1, Q3, D3, D5, P68, and P45

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Problem 39:
The numbers of days of absenteeism of 80 workers of a factory over a particular year are recorded
as follows:

Days No. of workers Days No. of Workers

0-3 5 16-19 10
4-7 14 20-23 6
8-11 17 24-27 3
12-15 25

Instructions:

a) Calculate the average days of absenteeism

b) Calculate median, mode and Q3 of days of absenteeism.
c) If the authority terminates 30% of the most irregular workers, how can you help the
authority to take decision in this case?
d) On the other hand, if the authority decides to reward 30% of the most regular workers, how
can you help the authority to take decision?

Problem 40:
Calculate the median, Q1, Third quartile, D7 and 40th percentile from the following distribution:

Wages Number of Workers

Above taka 45 120
Above taka 55 105
Above taka 65 96
Above taka 75 85
Above taka 85 72
Above taka 95 42

Muhaiminul Islam
Lecturer, department of Management Studies
Faculty of Business Studies
Comilla University

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