Frequency Distribution


 
 
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Frequency Distribution

Frequency:

The number of times a particular observation occurs in a given data is called its frequency of an observation.The observation having maximum frequency is known as mode.

Illustration: In a data 7,6,5,5,4,3,2,2,5,1,3 find the frequency of 5.

Solution: Here the frequency of 5  in this data is 3.

Frequency Distribution: 

The tabular arrangement of data sharing their corresponding frequencies is called a frequency distribution. Frequency tells you how often something happened. The frequency of an observation tells you the number of times the observation occurs in the data.

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Question : 1

A random survey of numbers of children of various age group playing in a park was found as follows. Children playing under the age of 5 year are:

Age No. of Children
1 - 2 5
2 - 3 3
3 - 5 6
5 - 7 12
7 - 10 9
10 - 15 10
15 - 17 4
Right Option : D
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Question : 2

The scores obtained by a group of participants in a game are shown in the table. A participant who scores more than 3 points receives a hamper. If the number of participants who do not receive hampers is twice the number of those who do, find the value of y.

Score2345
Number of participants10416y34

 

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

30 children were asked about the number of hours, they watched TV programs in previous week. The results are as follows: 1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 12, 5, 8, 4, 8 10, 3, 4, 12, 2, 8, 15, 1, 17, 6, 3, 2, 8, 5, 9, 6, 8, 7, 14, 12. How many children watch TV more than 5 hours?

Right Option : B
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