Data Handling and Presentation — Question 29

The table shows the frequency of different numbers of wickets taken by faspreet Bumrah in his last 30 matches.
(ii) What may be the title of this table?
Solution:
‘Number of wickets taken by Jaspreet Bumrah in his last 30 matches’ may be the title of this table.
(iii) What caught your attention in this table?
Solution:
It is interesting to see which number of wickets he most commonly took.
The most striking part is that Bumrah took 3 wickets in 8 matche which is the highest frequency.
(iv) In how many matches has Bumrah taken 4 wickets?
Solution:
Bumrah took 4 wickets in 3 matches.
(v) Mayank says ‘If we want to know the total number of wickets he has taken in his last 30 matches, we have to add the numbers 0,1, 2, 3 …, upto: Can Mayank get the total number of wickets taken in this way? Why?
Solution:
No, Mayank cannot get the total number of wickets just by adding the numbers 0,1, 2, 3, upto 7 because he needs to multiply each number by its corresponding frequency first, then add those results.
(vi) Haw would you correctly figure out the total number of wickets taken by Bumrah in his last 30 matches, using this table?
Solution:
To find the total number of wickets
Multiply the number of wickets by the number of matches for each row.
Then, add up all these products.
e.g. (0 × 2) + (1 × 4) + (2 × 6) + (3 × 8) + (4 × 3) + (5 × 5) + (6 × 1) + (7 × 1) = 90
This will give us the total number of wickets taken across all 30 matches.