FORM 4 MATHS

CHAPTER 6: STATISTICS
*For Ogive*
Size of a class interval = Upper boundary – Lower Boundary To find median, Q2:

i) Find total frequency

Modal class = Class with the largest frequency
ii) Read the value from graph
To find first quartile, Q1:
Midpoint =
i) Find total frequency
ii) Read the value from graph
To find third quartile, Q3:

i) Find total frequency

Mean of grouped data =
ii) Read the value from graph

Interquartile range = Third quartile – First quartile

Range = Biggest value of data – smallest value of data

Types of Histogram Frequency Polygon Ogive

graph

Horizontal Lower and upper boundaries Midpoint Upper boundary

axis (Or sometimes midpoint)

Vertical axis Frequency Frequency Cumulative frequency

Sketching

HISTOGRAM AND FREQUENCY POLYGON

Example 1
Diagram below shows the ages, in years, of 30 members in a club.

32 27 37 31 39 41
37 47 33 29 45 36
34 42 44 36 43 30
45 31 28 44 46 38
38 48 40 43 34 42
 a) Based on the data in diagram above,
Age (years) Frequency Midpoint complete the table.
21 – 25 0 [3 marks]
b) 26 – 30 State the modal class.[1 mark]
c) Based on the table, calculate the
estimated mean of age of a member
in the club.[3 marks]
d) For this part of question, use graph
paper. By using a scale of 2cm to 5
years on the horizontal axis and 2cm to 1 member on the vertical axis, draw a histogram and a frequency
polygon for the data.[8 marks]
e) Based on the frequency polygon in (d), state the number of members who are below than 38 years old.
[1 mark]
[12 MARKS]

OGIVE
Example 2
Table below shows the frequency distribution of visitors according to age at an exhibition.

Age (years) Frequency Midpoint Upper boundary Cumulative frequency

1 – 10 0 5.5 10.5 0

11 – 20 4
21 – 30 7

31 – 40 14
41 – 50 11

51 – 60 6
61 – 70 2

a) i) Complete the table above.

ii) State the modal class. [4 marks]
b) Calculate the estimated mean age of a visitor. [3 marks]
c) For this part of question, use graph paper. You may use a flexible curve ruler.
By using a scale of 2cm to 10 years on the horizontal axis and 2cm to 5 visitors on the vertical axis, draw
an ogive for the data. [4 marks]

d) From the ogive, find

i) the median
ii) the interquartile range

e) Based on the ogive drawn in (c), state the number of visitors who are more than 45 years old. [1
mark]
[12 MARKS]