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Median from frequency tables

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Median from frequency tables

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to find the median from a frequency table.
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3 Questions

Q1.
The questions in this quiz relate to the frequency table below, which shows the results of a survey asking students how many books they have read. First, how many students were asked in total?
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10
Correct answer: 20
35
5
Q2.
What is the total number of books that all the students read?
20
40
Correct answer: 60
61
Q3.
What is the mean number of books read?
2
2.5
Correct answer: 3
3.5

3 Questions

Q1.
The questions in the quiz are about the table below, which is a frequency table showing the results of a survey which asked how many siblings students in a class had. First, how many people answered the survey?
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15
Correct answer: 17
32
5
Q2.
What is the mode number of siblings?
Correct answer: 1
2
5
6
Q3.
What is the median number of siblings?
Correct answer: 2
2.5
3
3.5

Lesson appears in

UnitMaths / Univariate data