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GCSE HistogramQuestions

The document provides examples and exercises on interpreting and completing histograms and frequency tables. It includes examples where partial histograms and tables are given and the reader is asked to fill in the missing information. Exercises increase in difficulty and cover topics such as estimating frequencies from a histogram and drawing histograms from frequency tables.

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GCSE HistogramQuestions

The document provides examples and exercises on interpreting and completing histograms and frequency tables. It includes examples where partial histograms and tables are given and the reader is asked to fill in the missing information. Exercises increase in difficulty and cover topics such as estimating frequencies from a histogram and drawing histograms from frequency tables.

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Histograms

Example: (June 2011) The incomplete table and histogram give some information about the
heights (in cm) of some sunflowers.

Height (h cm) Frequency

100 < h  130 30

130 < h  150

150 < h  160

160 < h  180 40

180 < h  210 18

(a) Use the histogram to complete the table.


(2)

(b) Use the table to complete the histogram.


(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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Test Your Understanding

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Exercise 1

1 Some trains from Manchester to London were late.


The incomplete table and histogram gives some information about how late the trains were.

Minutes late (t) Frequency


0<t≤5 16
5 < t ≤ 10 10
10 < t ≤ 20
20 < t ≤ 30
30 < t ≤ 50 8

(a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the table.


(2)

(b) Use the information in the table to complete the histogram.


(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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2. (May 2009).
A call centre receives 64 telephone calls one morning.
The table gives information about the lengths, in minutes, of these telephone calls.

Length (x) minutes Frequency

0<x5 4

5 < x  15 10

15 < x  30 24

30 < x  40 20

40 < x  45 6

Draw a histogram for this information.

Length (minutes)

(Total 4 marks)

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3 The table gives some information about the speeds, in km/h, of 100 cars.

Speed(s km/h) Frequency


60 < s  65 15
65 < s  70 25
70 < s  80 36
80 < s  100 24

(a) On the grid, draw a histogram for the information in the table.

(3)

(b) Work out an estimate for the number of cars with a speed of more than 85 km/h.

..............................................
(2)
(Total for Question 14 is 5 marks)

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Section 2: Harder Histogram Questions

Example:

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Question 1

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Question 2

Question 3
The histogram shows information about the lifetime of some batteries.

Frequency
density

1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5

Two of the batteries had a lifetime of between 1.5 and 2.5 years. Find the total number of
batteries.

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Question 4

This histogram gives information about the books sold in a bookshop one Saturday.

20
Frequency
density 16
(number
of books 12
per £)
8

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Price (P) in pounds (£)

(a) Use the histogram to complete the table.

Price (P) in pounds (£) Frequency


0<P5
5 < P  10
10 < P  20
20 < P  40

The frequency table below gives information about the books sold in a second bookshop
on the same Saturday.

Price (P) in pounds (£) Frequency


0<P5 80
5 < P  10 20
10 < P  20 24
20 < P  40 96

(b) On the grid below, draw a histogram to represent the information about the books
sold in the second bookshop.

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Price (P) in pounds (£)

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5. The unfinished table and histogram show information about the weight,
w grams, of fish that Alan caught each day.

Weight (w grams) Frequency


0 < w  400 8
400 < w  600 5
600 < w  800 10
800 < w  1000
1000 < w  1400

(a) Use the information in the histogram to complete the table.


Frequency density

O 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400


Weight of fish (w grams)
(2)

(b) Use the information in the table to complete the histogram.


(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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