Tables are used to represent data in an organised and simple form.
The following data shows the scores obtained by 34 pupils in a mathematics class.
52 35 40 40 72 38 64 52 72 64 40 45 72 52 38 45 59 52 45 52 52 45 80 40 52 52 64 40 52 80 52 45 72 72
Represent the data in a table using tally marks.
1. In a certain District, each school had one teacher per class. Each class had the same number of pupils. The table below shows the number of pupils in four of the schools. The number of teachers in three of the schools is given.
|
Number of pupils |
Number of teachers |
|
480 640 800 1000 |
12 16 20 |
How many teachers were there in the fourth school?
A. 40 B. 48 C. 24 25
2. A school bus carried 12 passengers on each trip. The table below shows the number of trips made by bus in five days.
|
Days |
No. of trips |
|
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday |
10 8 7 8 12 |
What is the mean number of passengers in one day?
A. 96 B. 108 C. 60 D. 540
3. The table below shows the number of newspapers Juma sold per day for the following six days of the week.
|
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Sat |
Sun |
|
90 |
107 |
143 |
159 |
88 |
169 |
The mean number if the newspapers sold per day for the whole week was 139. How many newspapers did he sell on Friday?
A. 108 B. 126 C. 139 D.217
4. The table below represents the number of hours Mutuiri worked in one week.
|
Day |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
|
Number of hours |
8 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
He earns sh 5 per hour for working 8 hours a day from Monday to Friday. Any hour worked overtime is paid at a rate of sh 10. All work done on Saturday and Sunday is treated as overtime.
How much did Mutuiri earn in that week?
A. 305 B. 330 C. 350 D. 410
5. The table below shows the number of crates of bread sold by a trader in one week.
|
Days of the week |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
|
Number of crates |
14 |
21 |
12 |
20 |
10 |
24 |
15 |
A crate of bread sells at sh 96.00. How much money did the trader get for bread sold on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of that week?
A. Sh 4512 B. Sh 4896 C. Sh 6048 D. Sh 11136
6. The table below shows daily sales of newspapers on one week.
|
Day of the week |
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
|
Number of papers sold |
30 |
42 |
33 |
25 |
20 |
30 |
15 |
Each Sunday newspapers were sold for sh 8.00 while each of the newspapers for the other days were sold for sh 7.00. How much money was received from newspaper sales during that week?
A. Sh 1155 B. Sh 1365 C. Sh 1395 D. Sh 1560
7. A shopkeeper had money in the form of notes as follows:
|
Value of notes in shillings |
100 |
50 |
20 |
10 |
|
Number of notes |
8 |
24 |
35 |
14 |
If he changed all that money into fifty-cent coins, how many coins did he get?
A. 5680 B. 2840 C.1420 D 142000
8. The table below shows how three pupils performed for their school in a sports competition. The number of times each pupil was placed in either 1st or 2nd or 3rd is shown:
|
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|
Nandwa |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
Sawe |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Aloo |
4 |
1 |
1 |
If 5 points were awarded for the 1st, 3 points for the 2nd and 1 point for the 3rd, what was the total number of points scored by the pupils for their school?
A. 18 B. 26 C. 62 D. 52
9. The table below shows the ages of a group of pupils.
|
Ages |
10 years old |
11 years old |
12 years old |
13 years old |
14 years old |
|
Number of pupils |
2 |
6 |
14 |
16 |
10 |
This information is to be represented in a pie chart. What angle will represent 14 years olds?
A. 900 B. 1050 C. 600 D. 750
10. The table below shows the number of cars, matatus and buses which transported people to a show.
|
DAYS |
CARS |
MATATUS |
BUSES |
|
MONDAY |
43 |
18 |
8 |
|
TUESDAY |
32 |
22 |
7 |
Each car took 4 people, each matatu 16 people and each bus 60 people. How many people had visited the show by the end of the second day using the three types of vehicles?
A. 160 B. 900 C. 1840 D. 10400
11. The table below shows the number of litres of milk delivered to a dairy for one week.
|
Weekday |
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
|
Litres |
44 |
45 |
42 |
48 |
46 |
49 |
41 |
On which four consecutive days was the total amount of milk delivered the least?
A. Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed B. Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
C. Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri D. Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
12. The table below shows the number of people who voted for the candidates Alo, Bidii and Chache in an election. The Polling Stations were Kilima, Lore, Mengi, and Njia.
|
|
POLLING STATIONS |
||||
|
|
Kilima |
Lore |
Mengi |
Njia |
Totals |
|
Candidates ALO |
236 |
200 |
68 |
|
775 |
|
BIDII |
140 |
146 |
|
43 |
|
|
CHACHE |
|
307 |
15 |
100 |
|
|
TOTALS |
500 |
|
562 |
|
|
How many more people voted for Bidii than for Chache?
A. 808 B. 546 C. 480 D. 262
13. The table below shows the weight in kilograms of fruits sold by a fruit vendor in two days.
|
|
Oranges |
Lemons |
Mangoes |
Pawpaws |
|
Tuesday |
17 |
9 |
15 |
5 |
|
Thursday |
8 |
16 |
10 |
20 |
The price per kilogram was:
Oranges, sh 14, lemons, sh 9 and pawpaws, sh 13. The vendor got a total of sh 1450 for all the fruits. How much money did the vendor get for the sale of mangoes?
A. Sh 350 B. Sh 550
C. Sh 900 D. Sh 1414
