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Objective: To Find the mean from tables with either discrete or continuous data.

Find either the mean, or an estimate of the mean for the following tables.

Also, write down the mode for each of the tables

Number of siblings

0

1

2

3

4

5

Frequency

4

3

10

2

5

6

 

 

 

Scores in a test

5

6

7

10

11

12

Frequency

5

6

12

15

2

4

 

 

 

Time(s)

10≤t<12

12≤t<14

14≤t<16

16≤t<18

18≤t<20

20≤t<22

Frequency

4

5

7

4

2

1

 

 

 

Favourite even number

0

2

4

6

8

10

Frequency

4

5

7

10

4

1

 

 

Number of sweets

10

15

20

25

30

35

Frequency

4

5

10

8

7

2

 

 

 

Height of trees (m)

0≤t<5

5≤t<10

10≤t<15

15≤t<20

25≤t<30

35≤t<40

Frequency

4

5

10

8

7

2

 

 

Score in a test

0≤t<20

20≤t<30

30≤t<50

50≤t<70

70≤t<90

90≤t<100

Frequency

2

5

10

7

3

1