Name of Student: Teacher’s Name: Ms Lim HT

Class : F3A4
Lesson No. : 1 ( Post PT3)
Date : 25/11/17
Time : 9.45am-10.55am

SEKOLAH MENENGAH SERI OMEGA

Subject : Mathematics
Chapter/Topic : Form 4 Chapter 6 : Statistics III
Sub-Topic : 6.1 Class Intervals

(A) Class Intervals

 Grouped data is a set of numerical data that is grouped into several classes.
 The range of each class is known as a class interval.

Exercise 1
Complete the class intervals of each of the following.

1) 2)
Class interval Time (minutes)
31 - 35
36 - 40 55 - 59
41 - 45
46 - 50

3) 4)
Distance ( km ) Height (cm)
120 – 129

7.1 – 7.5

5)
Distance (m) 0–4

6)
Mass (g) 25.5 – 29.5

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(B) Class Limits and Boundaries

 Lower limit of a class interval is the smallest value of the class.

 Upper limit of a class interval is the largest value of the class.
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 Lower boundary of a class interval = 2 (Lower limit of the class + Upper limit of the previous class)
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 Upper boundary of a class interval = 2 (Upper limit of the class + Lower limit of the next class)

Exercise 2
Complete each of the following table.
1)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

1–5 1 5 (1 + 0) (5 + 6)
= 0.5 = 5.5
2 2
6 - 10

2)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

3.0 – 3.4
3.5 – 3.9
4.0 – 4.4

3)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

90 - 99
100 – 109

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4)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

2.1 – 2.4

2.5 – 2.8

5)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

11 – 13

14 – 16

6)
Class Interval Lower limit Upper limit Lower boundary Upper boundary

55 - 59

60 - 64

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(C) Size of a Class Interval

 The size of a class interval is the difference between the upper boundary and the lower
boundary of the class.

Size of a class interval = Upper boundary – Lower boundary

Exercise 3: Complete the table for each of the following.

1)
Marks Lower boundary Upper boundary Size of class
1 – 10 (0 + 1) (10 + 11) 10.5-0.5= 10
= 0.5 = 10.5
2 2
11 – 20

21 – 30

2)
Wage (RM) Lower boundary Upper boundary Size of class
50 – 59

60 – 69

70 – 79

3)
Diameter ( cm) Lower boundary Upper boundary Size of class
2.0 – 2.4

2.5 – 2.9

3.0 – 3.4

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 Range of data
 Size of class interval = Number of classes
(D) Suitable class intervals
 Range = largest value of data - smallest value of data
Exercise 4

1) The masses of 30 parcels (to the nearest kg) to be delivered by a post office are as shown
below.
1 6 4 3 9 7 5 12 14 11
16 13 18 17 19 20 7 2 3 10
8 12 17 15 10 6 5 4 8 16

Determine the suitable class intervals if the number of classes required is 7.

2)
28 35 22 40 29 30 32 23
19 27 32 32 37 33 35 40
35 39 34 38 45 21 34 30
40 14 22 39 33 31 28 27
28 38 26 22 17 26 24 20

a) calculate the range of data

b) if 6 classes are required, calculate the size of each class

c) Hence, determine the suitable class intervals include all the given data.

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3) The marks obtained by 40 students in a Mathematics test are as shown below.

46 54 47 74 70 72 68 55
60 69 56 54 58 56 59 64
58 57 72 67 73 51 60 57
47 53 48 55 68 56 65 59
64 62 70 58 57 60 59 56

a) calculate the range of data

b) if 6 classes are required, calculate the size of each class

c) Hence, determine the suitable class intervals include all the given data.

4) The data in the diagram shows the marks obtained by 18 students in a mathematics test.

36 52 39 51 54 43
47 36 40 50 43 41
44 54 55 37 38 49

Determine the suitable class intervals if the number of classes required is 4.

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(E) Frequency table

Exercise 5
1) The masses (to the nearest kg) of 36 students are as shown as below.

50 63 68 60 64 67
65 70 54 72 62 77
61 71 66 60 55 59
66 58 63 67 59 78
56 65 61 75 69 62
73 74 68 64 57 76

Construct a frequency table for the above set of data such that the size of each class interval is 5,
beginning from the first class 50-54.

Mass (kg) Tally Frequency

50 - 54

2) 28 students who have long arms are chosen to be trained as boxers. The length of arms ( to the
nearest cm) of the 28 students are shown as below.

75 78 81 82 86 81 78
86 77 82 80 85 83 76
77 83 84 81 87 83 85
86 80 79 81 87 77 84

Construct a frequency table for the above set of data such that the size of each class interval is 3,
beginning from the first class 75-77.

Length (cm) Tally Frequency

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3) The time taken, in seconds, by 32 primary pupils in 100m races are as shown below.

17.2 15.5 16.4 15.2 16.8 15.5 16.3 16.0

16.2 16.3 17.3 17.8 16.3 16.4 15.6 15.3

16.6 16.7 15.2 16.2 15.3 16.8 17.3 16.4

15.1 16.1 15.6 15.4 17.6 16.5 15.2 16.8

Time taken (s) Tally Frequency

15.1 – 15.5

4) The masses, in kg, of suitcases for a group of tourists where every tourist has one suitcase are as
shown below.

31 26 23 14 25 22 18 29
27 26 21 21 19 22 10 27
27 24 20 24 13 16 25 29
31 29 16 24 28 19 33 27

Mass (kg) Tally Frequency

10 - 12

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Exercise 6
1)
a) Complete the following table.

Distance (km) Lower limit Upper limit Lower Upper

boundary boundary
1.0 – 1.9
2.0 – 2.9
3.0 – 3.9
4.0 – 4.9
5.0 – 5.9

b) Determine the size of class interval.

2)
a) Complete the following table.

Temperature Lower limit Upper limit Lower Upper

boundary boundary
11 – 15
16 – 20
21 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 35

b) Determine the size of class interval.

3) Using a class interval of 5, construct a frequency table for the following set of data.

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4) Using six classes of class intervals, construct a frequency table for the following data.

5) The marks obtained by 40 students in a Mathematics test are as shown below.

Mark Tally Frequency

65 - 69

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 Answers
Exercise 2
1) 2)

3) 4)

5) 6)

Exercise 3
1) 2) 3)

Exercise 4
1) 3
2) a) 31 b) 5
14-18 19-23 24-28 29-33 34-38 39-43

3) a) 28 b) 5
46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75

4) range =19, class size=5

36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55

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Exercise 5
1) 2)

3) 4)

Exercise 6
1) 2)

Class interval =1 Class interval =5

3) 4)

5)

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