The test marks of 16 students are: 52, 49, 88, 77, 84, 42, 79, 50, 71, 51, 85, 59, 62, 84, 60, 44. The marks are organised into the classes 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70–79, 80–89. Find the frequency of the class 50–59.
Remember: The class 50–59 starts at 50 and stops at 59. Both of those marks are in it, and 60 is not.
- The class 50–59 holds every mark from 50 to 59 inclusive.
- The marks in it are 50, 51, 52, 59.
- That is 4 marks, so the frequency is 4.