STATISTICS

1.

The table below shows the frequency distribution of the number of dental fillings for a group of 25 children.

Number of fillings 0 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 4 3 8 q 4 1

(a) Find the value of q.

(b) Use your graphic display calculator to find

(i) the mean number of fillings;

(ii) the median number of fillings;

2.

The weights in kg, of 80 adult males, were collected and are summarized in the box and whisker plot shown below.

(a) Write down the median weight of the males.

(1)

(b) Calculate the interquartile range.

(2)

(c) Estimate the number of males who weigh between 61 kg and 66 kg.
(1)

(d) Estimate the mean weight of the lightest 40 males.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)
3.

The stem and leaf diagram below shows the lengths of 22 metal components in cm.

Stem Leaf
1 2, 2, 3, 7
2 4, 4, 4, 8, 9, 9
3 6, 7, 7
4 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 6
5 0, 1

Key: 1 | 2 means 1.2 cm

(a) Write down the modal length of the metal components.

(1)

(b) Find the median length of the metal components.

(2)

(c) Calculate the interquartile range of the lengths of the metal components.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)

4.

The mean of the ten numbers listed below is 6.8.

8, 5, 5, 10, 8, 4, 9, 7, p, q

(a) Write down an equation in terms of p and q.

(2)

The mode of these ten numbers is five and p is less than q.

(b) Write down the value of

(i) p;

(ii) q.
(2)

(c) Find the median of the ten numbers.

(2)
(Total 6 marks)
5.

The cumulative frequency graph shows the amount of time in minutes, 200 students spend waiting for their train on
a particular morning.

(a) Write down the median waiting time.

(1)

(b) Find the interquartile range for the waiting time.

(2)

The minimum waiting time is zero and the maximum waiting time is 45 minutes.

(c) Draw a box and whisker plot on the grid below to represent this information.

(3)
(Total 6 marks)
6.

56 students were given a test out of 40 marks. The teacher used the following box and whisker plot to represent the
marks of the students.

(a) Write down

(i) the median mark;

(ii) the 75th percentile mark;

(iii) the range of marks.

(4)

(b) Estimate the number of students who achieved a mark greater than 32.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

7.

Eight houses in a street are inhabited by different numbers of people, as shown in the table below.

House A B C D E F G H
Number of inhabitants 5 4 7 6 4 3 6 4

(a) The following statements refer to the number of inhabitants per house.
Write down true (T) or false (F) for each.

(i) The mean is 5.

(ii) The range is 4.

(iii) The mode is 6.

(iv) The standard deviation is 1.4 correct to 2 significant figures.

(4)

(b) Calculate the interquartile range for the number of inhabitants per house.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
8.

The diagram shows the cumulative frequency graph for the time t taken to perform a certain task by 2000 men.

(a) Use the diagram to estimate

(i) the median time;

(ii) the upper quartile and the lower quartile;

(iii) the interquartile range.

(4)

(b) Find the number of men who take more than 11 seconds to perform the task.
(3)

(c) 55 % of the men took less than p seconds to perform the task. Find p.
(2)

The times taken for the 2000 men were grouped as shown in the table below.

Time Frequency
5 ≤ t < 10 500
10 ≤ t < 15 850
15 ≤ t < 20 a
20 ≤ t < 25 b
 (d) Write down the value of

(i) a;

(ii) b.
(2)

(e) Use your graphic display calculator to find an estimate of

(i) the mean time;

(3)

Everyone who performs the task in less than one standard deviation below the mean will receive a bonus.
Pedro takes 9.5 seconds to perform the task.

(f) Does Pedro receive the bonus? Justify your answer.

(3)
(Total 17 marks)

9.

The table below shows the number of words in the extended essays of an IB class.

(a) Draw a histogram on the grid below for the data in this table.

20

15
Frequency

10

0
3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400
Number of words
(3)

(b) Write down the modal group.

(1)

The maximum word count is 4000 words.

(c) Write down the probability that a student chosen at random is on or over the word count.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
10.

(a) State which of the following sets of data are discrete.

(i) Speeds of cars travelling along a road.

(ii) Numbers of members in families.

(iii) Maximum daily temperatures.

(iv) Heights of people in a class measured to the nearest cm.

(v) Daily intake of protein by members of a sporting team.

The boxplot below shows the statistics for a set of data.

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
data values

(b) For this data set write down the value of

(i) the median;

(ii) the upper quartile;

(iii) the minimum value present.

(c) Write down three different integers whose mean is 10.

(Total 6 marks)
11.

The numbers of games played in each set of a tennis tournament were

9, 7, 8, 11, 9, 6, 10, 8, 12, 6, 8, 13, 7, 9, 10, 9, 10, 11,

12, 8, 7, 13, 10, 7, 7.

The raw data has been organized in the frequency table below.

games frequency
6 2
7 5
8 n
9 4
10 4
11 2
12 2
13 2

(a) Write down the value of n.

(b) Calculate the mean number of games played per set.

(c) What percentage of the sets had more than 10 games?

(d) What is the modal number of games?

(Total 8 marks)
12.

The cumulative frequency graph has been drawn from a frequency table showing the time it takes a number of
students to complete a computer game.

f
200

180

160
Number of students

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Time in minutes

(a) From the graph find

(i) the median time;

(ii) the interquartile range.

(5)

The graph has been drawn from the data given in the table below.

Time in minutes Number of students

0<x≤5 20
5 < x ≤ 15 20
15 < x ≤ 20 p
20 < x ≤ 25 40
25 < x ≤ 35 60
35 < x ≤ 50 q
50 < x ≤ 60 10

(b) Using the graph, find the values of p and q.

(2)

(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to finish the computer game.
(4)