The raw scores of 20 students of Utopia High School who took part in an examination in Economics are given below. The pass mark is 40% 38 28 70 43 39 20 64 ...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Economics - 1990 (Essay) Subject: Economics

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The raw scores of 20 students of Utopia High School who took part in an examination in Economics are given below. The pass mark is 40%
38 28 70 43 
39 20 64 66
12 46 52 53
20 34 48 69
18 20 64 34
(a) What is the mean score of the students' marks?
(b) How many students passed the examination?
(c) What percentage of the students failed the examination?
(d) What is the range of the scores?
(e) How many students scored below the mean score? 
 

Answer Details

Scores: 38, 28, 70, 43, 39, 20, 64, 66, 12, 46, 52, 53, 20, 34, 48, 69, 18, 20, 64, 34. Number of students \(n = 20\), pass mark = 40%.

(a) Mean score. The sum of all scores is 838.

\[ \bar{x} = \frac{\sum x}{n} = \frac{838}{20} = 41.9 \]

The mean score is 41.9%.

(b) Number who passed. Scores of 40 and above are: 70, 43, 64, 66, 46, 52, 53, 48, 69, 64. That is 10 students.

(c) Percentage who failed. Failures = \(20 - 10 = 10\) students.

\[ \text{Percentage failed} = \frac{10}{20} \times 100 = 50\% \]

(d) Range of scores. Highest = 70, lowest = 12.

\[ \text{Range} = 70 - 12 = 58 \]

(e) Number scoring below the mean (41.9). Scores below 41.9 are: 38, 28, 39, 20, 12, 20, 34, 18, 20, 34, giving 10 students.

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