Question

Use the data in the Table below that relate to monthly household expenditure (in Rs) on the food of 50 households and

1904	1559	3473	1735	2760
2041	1612	1753	1855	4439
5090	1085	1823	2346	1523
1211	1360	1110	2152	1183
1218	1315	1105	2628	2712
4248	1812	1264	1183	1171
1007	1180	1953	1137	2048
2025	1583	1324	2621	3676
1397	1832	1962	2177	2575
1293	1365	1146	3222	1396

Monthly Household Expenditure (in Rupees) on Food of 50 Households

Find the number of households whose monthly expenditure on food is

(a) less than Rs 2000
(b) more than Rs 3000
(c) between Rs 1500 and Rs 2500

Answer 1

(a) Number of households whose monthly expenditure on food is less than Rs 2000

= 20 + 13 = 33

(b) Number of households whose monthly expenditure on food is more than Rs 3000

= 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 6

(c) Number of households whose monthly expenditure on food is between Rs 1500 and Rs 2500

= 13 + 6 = 19