Question

The marks (out of 10) obtained by 28 students in a Mathematics test are listed as below:

8, 1, 2, 6, 5, 5, 5, 0, 1, 9, 7, 8, 0, 5, 8, 3, 0, 8, 10, 10, 3, 4, 8, 7, 8, 9, 2, 0

The number of students who obtained marks more than or equal to 5 is ______.

Options

• 13

• 15

• 16

• 17

Answer 1

The number of students who obtained marks more than or equal to 5 is 17.

Explanation:

In order to find out how many students obtained marks more than or equal to 5, we will arrange the given data in a table, using tally marks.

Marks in Mathematics test Tally marks Number of students

Marks in Mathematics test	Tally marks	Number of students
0	||||	4
1	||	2
2	||	2
3	||	2
4	|	1
5	||||	4
6	|	1
7	||	2
8	`cancel(bb|bb|bb|bb|) bb|`	6
9	||	2
10	||	2

The number of students who obtained marks more than or equal to 5

= 4 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 2

= 17