Class 9 · Maths · Chapter 14 · बिहार बोर्ड (BSEB)CBSE · NCERT 2026-27

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  • 1 Data and Activity 1
  • 2 A frequency table
  • 3 Bar graphs and Activity 3
  • 4 Histogram and unequal widths
  • 5 Frequency polygon and Exercise 14.3
  • 6 The mean
  • 7 Median, mode, and Exercise 14.4
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Data and Activity 1

आँकड़े और क्रियाकलाप 1 · Textbook 14.1–14.2 · Exercise 14.1

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Data and Activity 1Height = frequency
The height of each bar tells how many times that value appeared.
Two meanings, then collectionNotes

Statistics is sometimes the plural of data and sometimes the subject that teaches collection, presentation, analysis and conclusions. Facts or numbers gathered for a purpose are data.

Gather them yourself and they are primary. Take them from a register or a news report and they are secondary. Range = largest − smallest. A count with no purpose does not become data.

Activity 1 and Exercise 14.1Activity

Divide the class into four groups. One group gathers the heights of 20 students, the second the absences of a month, the third the number of family members, the fourth the heights of 15 plants. Exercise 14.1 says: write five everyday data sets and call each primary or secondary.

Worked exampleExample

Question: The heights are 140, 152, 148 and 161 cm. Find the range.

Formula: range = largest value − smallest value.

Substitution: 161 − 140 = 21.

Unit: centimetre.

10-second revision
  • Data are gathered for a purpose
  • Gathered by you means primary
  • Range = largest − smallest
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A copy from a register is secondary, even if you made the table.

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Write the unit with the range. Only 21 is incomplete if the data are in centimetres.

Check your understandingall correct = mastery ★
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If the investigator gathers them, the data are —
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Data taken from a newspaper table are secondary.
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The range of the values 140 and 161 cm is ______ cm.
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The first job of Activity 1 is —
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Write one primary and one secondary example. Also give the range formula.
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A frequency table

बारंबारता सारणी · Textbook 14.3 · Activity 2 · Exercise 14.2

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A frequency tableHeight = frequency
The height of each bar tells how many times that value appeared.
How often, that is the frequencyNotes

An ungrouped table writes the count beside each value. If the values are many, make classes. Keep a convenient class size and take the first interval as the book says. In 0–5, the 5 is often not included, when the book says so.

Tally marks keep the count honest. The greatest frequency is the common class. The least is the rare one. The total must equal the number of observations.

Activity 2 and Exercise 14.2Activity

The same four groups now turn their tables into frequencies. Choose the class size by looking at the range. Exercise 14.2 asks for tables such as blood groups, engineers’ distances (class size 5, first interval 0–5), humidity and heights. The 5 is not included if the book says so.

Worked exampleExample

Question: The values are 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2. Write the frequency of 2 and the total.

Formula: frequency = the count of that value. Total = the sum of all frequencies.

Substitution: 2 appears three times. The total of observations is 6.

Unit: a count, no other unit.

10-second revision
  • Frequency is a count
  • In 0–5, 5 is often outside
  • The sum equals the total
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In the classes 0–5 and 5–10, put 5 in the second class when the book says 5 is not included.

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After the tally, write the number. Marks alone are not taken as the answer.

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Frequency is —
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The sum of the frequencies in a table must equal the number of observations.
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In 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2 the frequency of 2 is ______.
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In the classes 0–5 (5 not included) and 5–10, which class gets the number 5? Give the reason in one line.
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Bar graphs and Activity 3

दंड आलेख और क्रियाकलाप 3 · Textbook 14.4 · Activity 3

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Bar graphs and Activity 3Height = frequency
The height of each bar tells how many times that value appeared.
Gaps stay between the barsNotes

A bar graph is good for separate names or classes. The length of a bar is proportional to the value. A gap is kept between the bars. Show every width the same, but the width is not used in the calculation.

Write the scale on the axis. Starting at zero keeps the picture honest. For two tables, keep one scale.

Activity 3Activity

The same four groups draw a suitable bar graph of their data. Do not push the height group and the family group into one picture if the units differ. The bar questions of Exercise 14.3 use this idea, but they come after the next lesson.

Worked exampleExample

Question: One bar stands for 12 students and the scale is 1 cm = 4 students. Find the length of the bar.

Formula: length = number ÷ one part of the scale.

Substitution: 12 ÷ 4 = 3.

Unit: centimetre.

10-second revision
  • Length is proportional to the value
  • A gap between the bars
  • Write the scale on the axis
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Starting the axis away from zero makes a small gap look large. Start at zero.

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Do not change the value by changing the width. In a bar graph the width carries no meaning.

Check your understandingall correct = mastery ★
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In a bar graph, between the bars there is —
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The length of a bar is proportional to the value.
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If 1 cm = 4 students, the bar for 12 students is ______ cm.
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Activity 3 draws —
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The scale is 1 cm = 5 marks and the value is 20. Write the length of the bar.
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Changing the width in a bar graph changes the value.
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Histogram and unequal widths

आयतचित्र और असमान चौड़ाई · Textbook 14.4 · continuous classes

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Area is proportional to frequencyNotes

A histogram is the graph of a table of continuous classes. The rectangles touch. There is no gap. If the widths are equal, the length may be proportional to the frequency.

If the width changes, look at the area. Choose the smallest width. Rectangle length = (frequency ÷ class width) × minimum width. Drawing the raw frequency alone gives a wrong picture.

Touching bars and a polygon of class markstouching barsclass marksThe polygon meets the axis at zero frequency on both sides.
Memory figure: the rectangles touch and the orange line passes through the class marks.
Worked exampleExample

Question: The minimum width is 10. One class has width 20 and frequency 8. Find the rectangle length.

Formula: length = (frequency ÷ width) × minimum width.

Substitution: (8 ÷ 20) × 10 = 4.

Unit: the length unit of the graph.

10-second revision
  • The rectangles touch
  • Area ∝ frequency
  • Unequal width needs an adjusted length
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Do not turn frequency 8 of width 20 into height 8. Show (8/20)×10 = 4.

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Do not mix a bar graph and a histogram in one sentence. A gap means bars. Touching means a histogram.

Check your understandingall correct = mastery ★
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In a histogram of continuous classes the rectangles —
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The area of a rectangle is proportional to the frequency.
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If the width is 20, the frequency is 8 and the minimum width is 10, the length is ______.
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If the widths are equal, the length may be kept —
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Width 30, frequency 9, minimum width 10. Write the length with the formula.
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Frequency polygon and Exercise 14.3

बारंबारता बहुभुज और अभ्यास 14.3 · Class mark · Exercise 14.3

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Frequency polygon and Exercise 14.3Height = frequency
The height of each bar tells how many times that value appeared.
Join the midpointsNotes

The midpoints of the tops of the rectangles are the class marks. Class mark = (lower limit + upper limit) / 2. Join them. Assume one imaginary class of frequency zero on each side, and the polygon closes.

A polygon can also be drawn without a histogram. For comparing two sections, two polygons on one axis work well. Exercise 14.3 asks for bars, histograms and polygons.

Exercise 14.3Activity

The order starts with the bar questions, then histograms and polygons. Compare two groups with two polygons. Find the class marks and plot the points. Put an imaginary zero class at both ends.

Worked exampleExample

Question: Find the class mark of the class 10–20.

Formula: class mark = (lower limit + upper limit) / 2.

Substitution: (10 + 20) / 2 = 15.

Unit: the unit of the data.

10-second revision
  • Class mark is the average of the two limits
  • The polygon closes on zero classes
  • The mark of 10–20 is 15
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The mark of 20–30 is 25, not 20 or 30. Show the average.

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The imaginary class has frequency 0. Do not count it as real data.

Check your understandingall correct = mastery ★
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The mark of the class 20–30 is —
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A frequency polygon joins the class marks.
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The mark of the class 10–20 is ______.
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How will you close the polygon down to the axis? One sentence.
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The mean

माध्य · Textbook 14.5 · ungrouped and frequency

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The meanMeanThe average of all the values — the red line
The mean is the one number you get when the values are shared out equally.
Divide the sum by the countNotes

The ungrouped mean is x̄ = (sum of all values) / n. In a frequency table, x̄ = Σ(f x) / Σf. x is the value or the class mark, and f is its frequency.

One very large salary pulls the mean up. Then the mean is not a good representative of the group. The salary table of Exercise 14.4 points to this. The unit is the unit of the data.

Worked exampleExample

Question: The values are 4, 6, 6, 7 and 17. Find the mean.

Formula: x̄ = (Σx) / n.

Substitution: sum = 40, n = 5, x̄ = 40 / 5 = 8.

Unit: the unit of the values.

10-second revision
  • x̄ = sum / n
  • In a table, Σfx / Σf
  • The mean of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is 8
Board tip · BSEBBoard tip

Writing only the sum and forgetting to divide by n is half an answer.

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In a frequency mean, multiply each value by f. Adding only the x values is wrong.

Check your understandingall correct = mastery ★
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The ungrouped mean is —
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The mean of a frequency table is Σ(fx) / Σf.
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The mean of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is ______.
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One very large value pulls the mean —
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Values 2, 3, 7. Write the mean with the formula.
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When finding the mean we do not divide by n.
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Median, mode, and Exercise 14.4

माध्यिका, बहुलक और अभ्यास 14.4 · Textbook 14.5 · Exercise 14.4

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Median, mode, and Exercise 14.4MeanThe average of all the values — the red line
The mean is the one number you get when the values are shared out equally.
Order first, then the middleNotes

For the median, put the values in increasing order. If n is odd, the median is the value at place (n+1)/2. If n is even, average the (n/2)th and the next. The mode is the value that appears most often. There can be two modes.

Exercise 14.4 asks for goals, marks, an ordered list with x, the mode of one list, the mean of a salary frequency table, and when the mean is right and when the median is better.

Exercise 14.4 in orderActivity

1) Goals of ten matches: mean, median, mode. 2) All three for fifteen marks. 3) If the median of an increasing list is 63, find x. 4) The mode of the given list. 5) The mean of the salary table of 60 workers, by Σfx / Σf. 6) One situation where the mean is right and one where the median is better.

Worked exampleExample

Question: Find the median and the mode of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17.

Formula: n = 5 is odd, so the place is (5+1)/2 = 3. The mode is the most frequent.

Substitution: The list is already increasing. The third value is 6. 6 appears twice, so the mode is 6.

Unit: the unit of the values.

10-second revision
  • For odd n, the ((n+1)/2)th
  • For even n, the average of two middles
  • Mode is the most frequent
Board tip · BSEBBoard tip

Write the order before the median. Without the order the middle place catches the wrong value.

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Mean 8 and median 6 belong to the same list. The large 17 pulls the mean. Write both.

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The median of five increasing values is —
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The mode is the value that appears most often.
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The median of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is ______.
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If n = 10 is even, the median is —
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Write the mean, median and mode of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17. Which one does the large value pull?
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Data you gather yourself are —
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The range is —
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If 0–5 does not include 5, then 5 goes —
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A bar graph has —
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In a histogram the rectangles —
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For width 20, f = 8 and minimum 10, the length is —
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The mark of class 10–20 is —
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The ungrouped mean is —
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The frequency mean is —
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For n = 5 the median place is —
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The mode is —
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The mean of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is —
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The median for even n = 10 is —
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True or false

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Secondary data are measured by the investigator.
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The sum of frequencies must equal the number of observations.
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A bar graph and a histogram are the same picture.
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For unequal widths the raw frequency is the height.
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The class mark is the average of the two limits.
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One very large value pulls the mean up.
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Order is not needed before the median.
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There can be more than one mode.
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Fill in the blanks

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161 − 140 = ______ cm.
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In 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2 the frequency of 2 is ______.
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For 12 students and 1 cm = 4, the bar is ______ cm.
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(8/20)×10 = ______.
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(10+20)/2 = ______.
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40/5 = ______.
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For n = 5 the median place is ______.
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The mode of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is ______.
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Match

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Match the measure with its meaning.
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Column B: A. Largest − smallest · B. Sum / n · C. The middle value · D. Most frequent
1. Mean
2. Median
3. Mode
4. Range
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Match the activity with its job.
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Column B: A. Mean, median, mode · B. Gathering four kinds of data · C. A frequency table · D. A bar graph
1. Activity 1
2. Activity 2
3. Activity 3
4. Exercise 14.4
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Assertion–reason

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Check both statements, then see whether the reason explains the assertion.
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Assertion (A): The rectangles of a histogram touch.

Reason (R): It is the graph of continuous classes and the area is proportional to the frequency.

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Assertion (A): Mean = sum / n.

Reason (R): The mode is the most frequent value.

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Assertion (A): For unequal widths the length is adjusted.

Reason (R): The raw frequency is always the height.

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Assertion (A): Primary data are copied from a newspaper.

Reason (R): Secondary data come from another source.

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Assertion (A): The median of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17 is 6 and the mean is 8.

Reason (R): 17 pulls the mean up, not the middle place.

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These are not results of this maths chapter. They are only coefficient practice for H2 + O2 → H2O.
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This is coefficient practice, not a result of this maths chapter. Fill coefficients for H2 + O2 making H2O (blank = 1). This is not a statistics result.
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H2 + O2 → H2O
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This is coefficient practice, not a result of this maths chapter. Fill coefficients for H2 + O2 making H2O (blank = 1). Match the hydrogen count.
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H2 + O2 → H2O
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This is coefficient practice, not a result of this maths chapter. Fill coefficients for H2 + O2 making H2O (blank = 1). Match the oxygen count.
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H2 + O2 → H2O
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This is coefficient practice, not a result of this maths chapter. Fill coefficients for H2 + O2 making H2O (blank = 1). A blank coefficient is 1.
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H2 + O2 → H2O
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Classify

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Place each picture in its type.
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Gaps between bars
Touching rectangles
Width carries no meaning
Area proportional to frequency
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Place each measure on its name.
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Sum / n
The middle place
Most frequent
Σfx / Σf
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Define primary data in one line.
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Write the range formula.
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Write the class-mark formula.
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Write the ungrouped mean formula.
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Write the median place for odd n.
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Find the mean, median and mode of 4, 6, 6, 7, 17.
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Width 20, frequency 8, minimum width 10. Write the rectangle length.
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Write the mark of class 30–40 and the bar length for value 20 when 1 cm = 5 marks.
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Write the mean and median of 10, 10, 40. Which is the better representative?
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Write the difference between primary and secondary data, and between a bar graph and a histogram. Also find the range of 161 and 140.
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Write the definitions of mean, median and mode. Give all three for 4, 6, 6, 7, 17.
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Write Activity 1, 2, 3 and Exercises 14.1 to 14.4 in order, one line each.
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The mark of class 40–50 is —
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On unequal widths the histogram height depends on —
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The mean of 2, 3, 7 is ______.
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Activity 3 is a bar graph.
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Write the median and the mean of 10, 10, 40. Which one is pulled?
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This is coefficient practice, not a result of statistics. Balance H2 + O2 making H2O by filling coefficients (blank = 1).
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A student who graphs a newspaper table should call the data —
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In a clinic one bill is very large. For a typical expense the better measure is —
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Assertion (A): A histogram has no gap between rectangles.

Reason (R): So the width never matters.

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Hiding the scale and making a bar look twice as long is a fair comparison.
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A shop’s sales are 8, 8, 9, 10 and 40 thousand rupees. Find the mean and the median. Which will you tell the manager?
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How is measuring the class height yourself different from copying a register? Which group of Activity 1 is the first kind?
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MeanΣx / n
Medianmiddle value
Modemost frequent
Class mark(lower+upper)/2
Histogramareas ∝ frequency
Unequal width(f / width) × min width

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