General Mathematics Paper 2, WASSCE (PC), 2022

Question 11

Age (years)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Number of Pupils

12

14

20

45

36

20

23

16

8

6

The table is a frequency distribution of ages of 200 pupils in a school. Find, correct to one decimal place, the:

  1. mean;
  2. standard deviation,

of the distribution.

 

Observation

 

The Chief Examiner reported that most candidates who attempted this question had difficulty in obtaining standard deviation but were able to calculate the mean.
In part(a), they were expected to construct to frequency table as shown: