Question 50

Jambmaths question: 

The bar chart above shows the marks obtained by students in a mathematics test

Determine the mean score of the students that took the mathematics test

Option A: 

4.5

Option B: 

4.3

Option C: 

4.2

Option D: 

4.6

Jamb Maths Solution: 

$\begin{align}  & \bar{x}=\frac{\left[ (0\times 3)+(1\times 2)+(2\times 5)+(3\times 4)+(4\times 6)+(5\times 10)+(6\times 4)+(7\times 3)+(8\times 1)+(9\times 2) \right]}{40} \\ & \bar{x}=\frac{171}{40}\approx 4.3 \\\end{align}$

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