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Mathematics test mark

The scatter diagram shows the marks obtained in a Mathematics test and the marks obtained in an
English test by 15 students.

(a) Describe the correlation.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) The mean for the Mathematics test is 47.3 .

The mean for the English test is 30.3 .

Plot the mean point (47.3, 30.3) on the scatter diagram above. [1]

(c) (i) Draw the line of best fit on the diagram above. [1]

(ii) One student missed the English test.

She received 45 marks in the Mathematics test.

Use your line to estimate the mark she might have gained in the English test.

Answer(c)(ii) [1]

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16 In a survey of 60 cars, the type of fuel that they use is recorded in the table below.

Each car only uses one type of fuel.

Petrol Diesel Liquid Hydrogen Electricity

40 12 2 6

(a) Write down the mode.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Olav drew a pie chart to illustrate these figures.

Calculate the angle of the sector for Diesel.

Answer(b) [2]

(c) Calculate the probability that a car chosen at random uses Electricity.

Write your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Answer(c) [2]

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3 The table shows information about the heights of 120 girls in a swimming club.

Height (h metres) Frequency

1.3 I h Y 1.4 4
1.4 I h Y 1.5 13
1.5 I h Y 1.6 33
1.6 I h Y 1.7 45
1.7 I h Y 1.8 19
1.8 I h Y 1.9 6

(a) (i) Write down the modal class.

Answer(a)(i) m [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height. Show all of your working.

Answer(a)(ii) m [4]

(b) Girls from this swimming club are chosen at random to swim in a race.
Calculate the probability that

(i) the height of the first girl chosen is more than 1.8 metres,

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) the heights of both the first and second girl chosen are 1.8 metres or less.

Answer(b)(ii) [3]

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(c) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table for the heights.

Height (h metres) Cumulative frequency

h Y 1.3 0
h Y 1.4 4
h Y 1.5 17
h Y 1.6 50
h Y 1.7
h Y 1.8 114
h Y 1.9
[1]
(ii) Draw the cumulative frequency graph on the grid.

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Cumulative
frequency 60

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20

10

0 h
1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9
Height (m) [3]
(d) Use your graph to find

(i) the median height,

Answer(d)(i) m [1]

(ii) the 30th percentile.

Answer(d)(ii) m [1]

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5 (a) The times, t seconds, for 200 people to solve a problem are shown in the table.

Time (t seconds) Frequency

0 I t Y 20 6
20 I t Y 40 12
40 I t Y 50 20
50 I t Y 60 37
60 I t Y 70 42
70 I t Y 80 50
80 I t Y 90 28
90 I t Y 100 5

Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

Answer(a) s [4]

(b) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table for this data.

Time
t Y 20 t Y 40 t Y 50 t Y 60 t Y 70 t Y 80 t Y 90 t Y 100
(t seconds)
Cumulative
6 18 38 167
Frequency

[2]

(ii) Draw the cumulative frequency graph on the grid opposite to show this data. [4]

(c) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find

(i) the median time,

Answer(c)(i) s [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(c)(ii) s [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(c)(iii) s [1]

(iv) how many people took between 65 and 75 seconds to solve the problem,

Answer(c)(iv) [1]

(v) how many people took longer than 45 seconds to solve the problem.

Answer(c)(v) [2]

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Time (seconds)

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7 The times, t minutes, taken for 200 students to cycle one kilometre are shown in the table.

Time (t minutes) 0 I=t=Y=2 2 I=t=Y=3 3 I=t=Y=4 4 I=t=Y=8

Frequency 24 68 72 36

(a) Write down the class interval that contains the median.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

Show all your working.

Answer(b) min [4]

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(c) (i) Use the information in the table opposite to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes) tY2 tY3 tY4 tY8

Cumulative frequency 24 200

[1]

(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram.

200

180

160
Cumulative frequency

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

t
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (minutes)
[3]

(iii) Use your diagram to find the median, the lower quartile and the inter-quartile range.

Answer(c)(iii) Median = min

Lower quartile = min

Inter-quartile range = min [3]

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9 (a) The number of people living in six houses is

3, 8, 4, x, y and z.

The median is 7 12 .
The mode is 8.
The mean is 7.

Find a value for each of x, y and z. [5]

(b) The grouped frequency table below shows the amount ($A) spent on travel by a number of students.

Cost of travel ($A) 0 < A ! 10 10 < A ! 20 20 < A ! 40

Frequency 15 m n

(i) Write down an estimate for the total amount in terms of m and n. [2]
(ii) The calculated estimate of the mean amount is $13 exactly.
Write down an equation containing m and n.
Show that it simplifies to 2m + 17n = 120. [3]
(iii) A student drew a histogram to represent this data.
The area of the rectangle representing the 0 < A ! 10 group was equal to the sum of the areas of
the other two rectangles.
Explain why m + n = 15. [1]
(iv) Find the values of m and n by solving the simultaneous equations

2m + 17n = 120,
m + n = 15. [3]

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13 A doctor’s patients are grouped by age, as shown in the table and the histogram below.

Age (x years) 0 ≤ x ` 10 10 ≤ x ` 30 30 ≤ x ` 60 60 ≤ x ` 100

Number of patients 300 600 880

Frequency
density

0 20 40 60 80 100
Age in years

(a) Complete the following:

1 cm!2 represents .......................... patients. [1]

(b) Use the histogram to fill in the blank in the table. [1]

(c) Draw the missing two rectangles to complete the histogram. [2]

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5 4 2 1 −4
14 (a) Multiply .
−3 −2 0 3 6

Answer (a) ( ) [2]

! "
5 4
(b) Find the inverse of .
−3 −2

Answer (b) ( ) [2]

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8 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

In a survey, 200 shoppers were asked how much they had just spent in a supermarket.
The results are shown in the table.

Amount($x) 0 ` x ≤ 20 20 ` x ≤ 40 40 ` x ≤ 60 60 ` x ≤ 80 80 ` x ≤ 100 100 ` x ≤ 140

Number of shoppers 10 32 48 54 36 20

(a) (i) Write down the modal class. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean amount, giving your answer correct to 2 decimal
places. [4]

(b) (i) Make a cumulative frequency table for these 200 shoppers. [2]
(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent $20 on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to represent
20 shoppers on the vertical axis, draw a cumulative frequency diagram for this data. [4]

(c) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find

(i) the median amount, [1]
(ii) the upper quartile, [1]
(iii) the interquartile range, [1]
(iv) how many shoppers spent at least $75. [2]

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3 The depth, d centimetres, of a river was recorded each day during a period of one year (365 days).
The results are shown by the cumulative frequency curve.

400

300

cumulative
frequency 200

100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

depth, d (cm)

(a) Use the cumulative frequency curve to find

(i) the median depth, [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range, [2]

(iii) the depth at the 40th percentile, [2]

(iv) the number of days when the depth of the river was at least 25 cm. [2]

(b)

d 0<d 10 10<d 20 20<d 30 30<d 40 40<d 50 50<d 60 60<d 70

Number of days 17 41 62 98 85 p q

(i) Show that p = 47 and q = 15. [2]

(ii) Use the information in the table and the values of p and q to calculate an estimate of the mean
depth of the river. [4]

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(c) The following information comes from the table in part (b).

d 0<d 20 20<d 40 40<d 70

Number of days 58 160 147

A histogram was drawn to show this information.

The height of the column for the interval 20 < d 40 was 8 cm.
Calculate the height of each of the other two columns.
[Do not draw the histogram.] [3]

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7 The speeds (v kilometres/hour) of 150 cars passing a 50 km/h speed limit sign are recorded.
A cumulative frequency curve to show the results is drawn below.

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frequency
70

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40

30

20

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0 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Speed (v kilometres / hour)

(a) Use the graph to find

(i) the median speed, [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range of the speeds, [2]

(iii) the number of cars travelling with speeds of more than 50 km/h. [2]

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(b) A frequency table showing the speeds of the cars is

Speed (v km/h) 30<v 35 35<v 40 40<v 45 45<v 50 50<v 55 55<v 60

Frequency 10 17 33 42 n 16

(i) Find the value of n. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean speed. [4]

(c) Answer this part of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Another frequency table for the same speeds is

Speed (v km/h) 30<v 40 40<v 55 55<v 60

Frequency 27 107 16

Draw an accurate histogram to show this information.

Use 2 cm to represent 5 units on the speed axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the frequency density
axis (so that 1 cm2 represents 2.5 cars). [5]

8 f(x) = x2 – 4x + 3 and g(x) = 2x – 1.

(a) Solve f(x) = 0. [2]

(b) Find g-1(x). [2]

(c) Solve f(x) = g(x), giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. [5]

(d) Find the value of gf(–2). [2]

(e) Find fg(x). Simplify your answer. [3]

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6 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Kristina asked 200 people how much water they drink in one day.

The table shows her results.

Amount of water (x litres) Number of people

0<x 0.5 8

0.5 < x 1 27

1<x 1.5 45

1.5 < x 2 50

2<x 2.5 39

2.5 < x 3 21

3<x 3.5 7

3.5 < x 4 3

(a) Write down the modal interval. [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [4]

(c) Make a cumulative frequency table for this data. [2]

(d) Using a scale of 4 cm to 1 litre of water on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to 10 people on the
vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph. [5]

(e) Use your cumulative frequency graph to find

(i) the median, [1]

(ii) the 40th percentile, [1]

(iii) the number of people who drink at least 2.6 litres of water. [2]

(f) A doctor recommends that a person drinks at least 1.8 litres of water each day.
What percentage of these 200 people do not drink enough water? [2]

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frequency 100
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Number of hours worked (h)

200 people record the number of hours they work in a week.

The cumulative frequency graph shows this information.

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(a) Use the graph to find

(i) the median, [1]

(ii) the upper quartile, [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range, [1]

(iv) the number of people who work more than 60 hours in a week. [2]

(b) Omar uses the graph to make the following frequency table.

Hours
0IhY10 10IhY20 20IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY60 60IhY70 70IhY80
worked (h)

Frequency 12 34 36 30 38 30 p q

(i) Use the graph to find the values of p and q. [2]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean number of hours worked in a week. [4]

(c) Shalini uses the graph to make a different frequency table.

Hours worked (h) 0IhY30 30IhY40 40IhY50 50IhY80

Frequency 82 30 38 50

When she draws a histogram, the height of the column for the interval 30IhY40 is 9 cm.

Calculate the height of each of the other three columns. [4]

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2 A normal die, numbered 1 to 6, is rolled 50 times.

1
2 4
The results are shown in the frequency table.

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6

Frequency 15 10 7 5 6 7

(a) Write down the modal score.

Answer(a) [1]

(b) Find the median score.

Answer(b) [1]

(c) Calculate the mean score.

Answer(c) [2]

(d) The die is then rolled another 10 times.

The mean score for the 60 rolls is 2.95.
Calculate the mean score for the extra 10 rolls.

Answer(d) [3]

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9 The heights of 100 students are measured.

The results have been used to draw this cumulative frequency diagram.

Cumulative
frequency

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0
0 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190
Height (cm)

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(a) Find

(i) the median height,

Answer(a)(i) cm [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(a)(ii) cm [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(a)(iii) cm [1]

(iv) the number of students with a height greater than 177 cm.

Answer(a)(iv) [2]

(b) The frequency table shows the information about the 100 students who were measured.

Height (h cm) 150 < h Y=160 160 < h Y=170 170 < h Y=180 180 < h Y=190

Frequency 47 18

(i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the table above. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the 100 students.

Answer(b)(ii) cm [4]

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2 40 students are asked about the number of people in their families.

The table shows the results.

Number of people in family 2 3 4 5 6 7

Frequency 1 1 17 12 6 3

(a) Find

(i) the mode,

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) the median,

Answer(a)(ii) [1]

(iii) the mean.

Answer(a)(iii) [3]

(b) Another n students are asked about the number of people in their families.

The mean for these n students is 3.

Find, in terms of n, an expression for the mean number for all (40 + n) students.

Answer(b) [2]

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(i) Use the information from the histogram to complete the frequency table.

Number of
0IhY5 5IhY8 8 I h Y 10 10 I h Y 12 12 I h Y 16 16 I h Y 20
hours (h)

Frequency 20 24 10

[3]

(ii) Use the information in this table to calculate an estimate of the mean number of hours.
Show your working.

Answer(b)(ii) hours [4]

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8 30 students took a vocabulary test.

The marks they scored are shown below.

7 8 5 8 3 2

6 6 3 3 6 2

7 1 5 10 2 6

6 5 8 1 2 7

3 1 5 3 10 3

(a) Complete the frequency table below.

The first five frequencies have been completed for you.

You may use the tally column to help you.

Mark Tally Frequency

1 3

2 4

3 6

4 0

5 4

10

[3]

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(b) (i) Find the range.

Answer(b)(i) [1]

(ii) Write down the mode.

Answer(b)(ii) [1]

(iii) Find the median.

Answer(b)(iii) [2]

(iv) Calculate the mean.

Answer(b)(iv) [3]

(c) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that the student scored

(i) 1 mark,

Answer(c)(i) [1]

(ii) 4 marks,

Answer(c)(ii) [1]

(iii) fewer than 6 marks.

Answer(c)(iii) [1]

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3 The colours of 30 cars in a car park are shown in the frequency table.

Colour Frequency

Red 5

Silver 15

Black 6

White 4

(a) Complete the bar chart to represent this information.

Frequency

Red Silver Black White

Colour
[3]

(b) Write down the mode.

Answer(b) [1]

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6 The number of ice-creams sold in a shop each month is shown in the table.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Number of
ice-creams 1300 1200 1700 1800 2300 2500 2800 2600 1500 1600 1100 1900
sold

(a) (i) Find the range.

Answer(a)(i) [1]
(ii) Calculate the mean.

Answer(a)(ii) [2]
(iii) Find the median.

Answer(a)(iii) [2]

(b) The numbers of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice-creams sold are shown in the table.
Flavour Number of ice-creams Pie chart sector angle
Chocolate 4200 140°
Strawberry 3600
Vanilla 3000
(i) Complete the table by working out the sector angles for strawberry and vanilla. [3]

(ii) Complete the pie chart below and label the sectors.

[2]

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(c) The table shows the average temperature and the number of ice-creams sold each month.

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature
5.6 5.7 7.0 11.4 16.0 23.3 23.4 20.0 15.5 11.5 8.0 14.0
(°C)
Number of
ice-creams 1300 1200 1700 1800 2300 2500 2800 2600 1500 1600 1100 1900
sold

(i) Complete the scatter diagram for the months August to December.
The points for January to July are plotted for you.

3000

2500

Number of
2000
ice-creams sold

1500

1000
5 10 15 20 25
Average temperature (°C)
[2]
(ii) What type of correlation does the scatter diagram show?

Answer(c)(ii) [1]

(iii) Write down a statement connecting the number of ice-creams sold to the average monthly
temperature.

Answer(c)(iii) [1]

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3 288 students took part in a quiz.

There were three questions in the quiz.
Each correct answer scored 1 point.
The pie chart shows the results.

1 point

2 points
120°
t°
100°
0 points

3 points

(a) Find the value of t.

Answer(a) t = [1]

(b) Find the number of students who scored 2 points.

Answer(b) [2]

(c) Find the modal number of points.

Answer(c) [1]

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(d) (i) Use the information in the pie chart to complete the frequency table for the 288 students.

Number of points 0 1 2 3

Number of students
[2]

(ii) Calculate the mean number of points.

Answer(d)(ii) [3]

(e) One student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student scored

(i) 3 points,

Answer(e)(i) [1]

(ii) at least 1 point,

Answer(e)(ii) [2]

(iii) more than 3 points.

Answer(e)(iii) [1]

(f) 1440 students took part in the same quiz.

How many students would be expected to score 3 points?

Answer(f) [1]

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8 The table below shows the marks scored by a group of students in a test.

Mark 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Frequency 10 8 16 11 7 8 6 9

(a) Find the mean, median and mode.

Answer(a) mean =

median =

mode = [6]

(b) The table below shows the time (t minutes) taken by the students to complete the test.

Time (t) 0 I=t Y=10 10 I=t Y=20 20 I=t Y=30 30 I=t Y=40 40 I=t Y=50 50 I=t Y=60

Frequency 2 19 16 14 15 9

(i) Cara rearranges this information into a new table.

Complete her table.

Time (t) 0 I=t Y=20 20 I=t Y=40 40 I=t Y=50 50 I=t Y=60

Frequency 9
[2]

(ii) Cara wants to draw a histogram to show the information in part (b)(i).

Complete the table below to show the interval widths and the frequency densities.

0 I=t Y=20 20 I=t Y=40 40 I=t Y=50 50 I=t Y=60

Interval
10
width
Frequency
0.9
density
[3]

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(c) Some of the students were asked how much time they spent revising for the test.

10 students revised for 2.5 hours, 12 students revised for 3 hours and n students revised for
4 hours.

The mean time that these students spent revising was 3.1 hours.

Find n.

Show all your working.

Answer(c) n = [4]

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Time
0 I t Y 20 20 I t Y 35 35 I t Y 45 45 I t Y 55 55 I t Y 70 70 I t Y 80
(t mins)

Frequency 6 15 19 37 53 20

The table shows the times taken, in minutes, by 150 students to complete their homework on one day.

(a) (i) In which interval is the median time?

Answer(a)(i) [1]

(ii) Using the mid-interval values 10, 27.5, ……..calculate an estimate of the mean time.

Answer(a)(ii) min [3]

(b) (i) Complete the table of cumulative frequencies.

Time
t Y 20 t Y 35 t Y 45 t Y 55 t Y 70 t Y 80
(t mins)
Cumulative
6 21
frequency
[2]

(ii) On the grid, label the horizontal axis from 0 to 80, using the scale 1 cm represents 5 minutes
and the vertical axis from 0 to 150, using the scale 1 cm represents 10 students.

Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information. [5]

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(c) Use your graph to estimate

(i) the median time, Answer(c)(i) min [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(c)(ii) min [2]

(iii) the number of students whose time was in the range 50 I t Y 60,

Answer(c)(iii) [1]

(iv) the probability, as a fraction, that a student, chosen at random, took longer than 50 minutes,

Answer(c)(iv) [2]

(v) the probability, as a fraction, that two students, chosen at random, both took longer than 50
minutes.

Answer(c)(v) [2]

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frequency

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m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)

The masses of 200 parcels are recorded.

The results are shown in the cumulative frequency diagram above.

(a) Find

(i) the median,

Answer(a)(i) kg [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(a)(ii) kg [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(a)(iii) kg [1]

(iv) the number of parcels with a mass greater than 3.5 kg.

Answer(a)(iv) [2]

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(b) (i) Use the information from the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the grouped
frequency table.

Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10

Frequency 36 50
[2]
(ii) Use the grouped frequency table to calculate an estimate of the mean.

Answer(b)(ii) kg [4]

(iii) Complete the frequency density table and use it to complete the histogram.

Mass (m) kg 0ImY4 4ImY6 6ImY7 7 I m Y 10

Frequency
9 16.7
density

40

35

30

25
Frequency
density 20

15

10

m
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mass (kilograms)
[4]

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7 (a) A group of students sat an examination. Each student got one of the grades A, B, C or D.
The pie chart shows these results.

D
A

108° NOT TO SCALE

36 students got grade A, shown by an angle of 108°.

(i) Calculate the total number of students who sat the examination. [2]
(ii) How many students did not get grade A? [1]
(iii) The ratio of the number of students getting grades B, C or D is 4 : 5 : 3.
Find the number of students getting each grade. [3]
(iv) Work out the angles in the pie chart for grades B, C and D. [3]
(v) Find the ratio, in its lowest terms,
the number of students with grade A : the number of students with grade B. [1]

(b) A group of children were asked how much money they had saved. The histogram and table show the
results.

Frequency
Density

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 m
Money saved in dollars (m)

Money saved ($m) 0 < m ! 20 20 < m ! 30 30 < m ! 40 40 < m ! 70

Frequency 25 p q r

Use the histogram to calculate the values of p, q and r. [4]

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8 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

120 passengers on an aircraft had their baggage weighed. The results are shown in the table.

Mass of baggage (M kg) 0 ` M ≤ 10 10 ` M ≤ 15 15 ` M ≤ 20 20 ` M ≤ 25 25 ` M ≤ 40

Number of passengers 12 32 28 24 24

(a) (i) Write down the modal class. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of baggage for the 120 passengers. Show all your
working. [4]
(iii) Sophia draws a pie chart to show the data.
What angle should she have in the 0 ` M ≤ 10 sector? [1]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 5 kg, draw a horizontal axis for 0 ` M ≤ 40.
Using an area scale of 1 cm!2 to represent 1 passenger, draw a histogram for this data. [7]

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6 (a) Students are given marks 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 for a piece of work.

The table shows the number of students getting each mark.

Mark 0 1 2 3 4

Frequency 3 10 12 9 x

(i) The mean mark is 2.125.

Find the value of x. [4]

(ii) Write down the lower quartile mark. [1]

(b) The heights (h centimetres) of flowers in a shop are shown in the histogram below.
All the flowers are less than 60 cm high.
One bar has not been drawn on the histogram.

3
Frequency
density
2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Height (h cm)

(i) There are 25 flowers in the interval 20< h 25.

How many flowers are there in the intervals

(a) 25 < h 30, [1]

(b) 10 < h 20? [1]

(ii) There are 42 flowers in the interval 30 < h 60.

This can be shown by a single bar on the histogram.
Calculate the height of this bar. [2]

(iii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the flowers. [3]

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9
Answer the whole of this question on one sheet of graph paper.

The heights (h cm) of 270 students in a school are measured and the results are shown in the table.

h Frequency
120 < h 130 15
130 < h 140 24
140 < h 150 36
150 < h 160 45
160 < h 170 50
170 < h 180 43
180 < h 190 37
190 < h 200 20

(a) Write down the modal group. [1]

(b) (i) Calculate an estimate of the mean height. [4]

(ii) Explain why the answer to part (b)(i) is an estimate. [1]

(c) The following table shows the cumulative frequencies for the heights of the students.

h Cumulative frequency
h 120 0
h 130 p
h 140 q
h 150 r
h 160 120
h 170 170
h 180 213
h 190 250
h 200 270

Write down the values of p, q and r. [2]

(d) Using a scale of 1cm to 5 units, draw a horizontal h-axis, starting at h = 120.
Using a scale of 1cm to 20 units on the vertical axis, draw a cumulative frequency diagram. [5]

(e) Use your diagram to find

(i) the median height, [1]

(ii) the upper quartile, [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range, [1]

(iv) the 60th percentile. [1]

(f) All the players in the school’s basketball team are chosen from the 30 tallest students.
Use your diagram to find the least possible height of any player in the basketball team. [2]

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7 (a) The quiz scores of a class of n students are shown in the table.

Quiz score 6 7 8 9
Frequency (number of students) 9 3 a 5

The mean score is 7.2. Find

(i) a, [3]

(ii) n, [1]

(iii) the median score. [1]

(b) 200 students take a mathematics test.

The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

200

180

160

140

120

Cumulative
100
frequency
( x marks)
80

60

40

20

0
10 20 30 40 50
Mark (x)
Write down

(i) the median mark, [1]

(ii) the lower quartile, [1]

(iii) the upper quartile, [1]

(iv) the inter-quartile range, [1]

(v) the lowest possible mark scored by the top 40 students, [1]

(vi) the number of students scoring more than 25 marks. [1]

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(c) Another group of students takes an English test.

The results are shown in the histogram.

Frequency 3
density
2

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Mark (x)
100 students score marks in the range 50 < x 75.

(i) How many students score marks in the range 0 < x 50? [1]

(ii) How many students score marks in the range 75 < x 100? [1]

(iii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mark of this group of students. [4]

8 (a) The surface area, A, of a cylinder, radius r and height h, is given by the formula
A = 2πrh + 2πr2.
(i) Calculate the surface area of a cylinder of radius 5 cm and height 9 cm. [2]

(ii) Make h the subject of the formula. [2]

(iii) A cylinder has a radius of 6 cm and a surface area of 377 cm2.

Calculate the height of this cylinder. [2]

(iv) A cylinder has a surface area of 1200 cm2 and its radius and height are equal.
Calculate the radius. [3]

(b) (i) On Monday a shop receives $60.30 by selling bottles of water at 45 cents each.
How many bottles are sold? [1]

(ii) On Tuesday the shop receives x cents by selling bottles of water at 45 cents each.
In terms of x, how many bottles are sold? [1]

(iii) On Wednesday the shop receives (x – 75) cents by selling bottles of water at 48 cents each.
In terms of x, how many bottles are sold? [1]

(iv) The number of bottles sold on Tuesday was 7 more than the number of bottles sold on
Wednesday.
Write down an equation in x and solve your equation. [4]

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19 The mass of each of 200 tea bags was checked by an inspector in a factory.
The results are shown by the cumulative frequency curve.

200

150

Cumulative
100
frequency

50

0
3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9

Mass (grams)

Use the cumulative frequency curve to find

(a) the median mass,

Answer(a) g [1]

(b) the interquartile range,

Answer(b) g [2]

(c) the number of tea bags with a mass greater than 3.5 grams.

Answer(c) [1]

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2 (a)

Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Number of students 1 2 4 7 4 8 2

The table shows the grades gained by 28 students in a history test.

(i) Write down the mode. [1]

(ii) Find the median. [1]

(iii) Calculate the mean. [3]

(iv) Two students are chosen at random.

Calculate the probability that they both gained grade 5. [2]

(v) From all the students who gained grades 4 or 5 or 6 or 7, two are chosen at random.

Calculate the probability that they both gained grade 5. [2]

(vi) Students are chosen at random, one by one, from the original 28, until the student
chosen has a grade 5.

Calculate the probability that this is the third student chosen. [2]

(b) Claude goes to school by bus.

The probability that the bus is late is 0.1 .

If the bus is late, the probability that Claude is late to school is 0.8 .

If the bus is not late, the probability that Claude is late to school is 0.05 .

(i) Calculate the probability that the bus is late and Claude is late to school. [1]

(ii) Calculate the probability that Claude is late to school. [3]

(iii) The school term lasts 56 days.

How many days would Claude expect to be late? [1]

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6 (a) Each student in a class is given a bag of sweets.

The students note the number of sweets in their bag.

The results are shown in the table, where 0 Y x I 10.

Number of sweets 30 31 32

Frequency (number of bags) 10 7 x

(i) State the mode. [1]

(ii) Find the possible values of the median. [3]

(iii) The mean number of sweets is 30.65.

Find the value of x. [3]

(b) The mass, m grams, of each of 200 chocolates is noted and the results are shown in the table.

Mass (m grams) 10 I m Y 20 20 I m Y=22 22 I m Y24 24 I m Y30

Frequency 35 115 26 24

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of a chocolate. [4]

(ii) On a histogram, the height of the column for the 20 I m Y=22 interval is 11.5 cm.

Calculate the heights of the other three columns.

Do not draw the histogram. [5]

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20 The number of hours that a group of 80 students spent using a computer in a week was recorded.
The results are shown by the cumulative frequency curve.

80

60

Cumulative
40
frequency

20

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Number of hours

Use the cumulative frequency curve to find

(a) the median,

Answer(a) h [1]

(b) the upper quartile,

Answer(b) h [1]

(c) the interquartile range,

Answer(c) h [1]

(d) the number of students who spent more than 50 hours using a computer in a week.

Answer(d) [2]

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8 Fifty students are timed when running one kilometre.

The results are shown in the table.

Time 4.0 < t Y 4.5 4.5 < t Y 5.0 5.0 < t Y 5.5 5.5 < t Y 6.0 6.0 < t Y 6.5 6.5 < t Y 7.0
(t minutes)

Frequency 2 7 8 18 10 5

(a) Write down the modal time interval.

Answer(a) min [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

Answer(b) min [4]

(c) A new frequency table is made from the results shown in the table above.

Time 4.0 < t Y 5.5 5.5 < t Y 6.0 6.0 < t Y 7.0
(t minutes)

Frequency 18

(i) Complete the table by filling in the two empty boxes. [1]

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(ii) On the grid below, complete an accurate histogram to show the information in this new
table.

40

30
Frequency
density

20

10

0 t
4 5 6 7 8
Time (minutes)

[3]

(iii) Find the number of students represented by 1 cm2 on the histogram.

Answer(c)(iii) [1]

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5 The cumulative frequency table shows the distribution of heights, h centimetres, of 200 students.

Height (h cm) Y130 Y140 Y150 Y160 Y165 Y170 Y180 Y190

Cumulative frequency 0 10 50 95 115 145 180 200

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show the information in the table.

200

160

120
Cumulative
frequency

80

40

0
130 140 150 160 170 180 190
Height (h cm)
[4]
(b) Use your diagram to find

(i) the median,

Answer(b)(i) cm [1]

(ii) the upper quartile,

Answer(b)(ii) cm [1]

(iii) the interquartile range.

Answer(b)(iii) cm [1]

(c) (i) One of the 200 students is chosen at random.

Use the table to find the probability that the height of this student is greater than 170 cm.
Give your answer as a fraction.

Answer(c)(i) [1]

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(ii) One of the 200 students is chosen at random and then a second student is chosen at random
from the remaining students.

Calculate the probability that one has a height greater than 170 cm and the other has a
height of 140 cm or less.
Give your answer as a fraction.

Answer(c)(ii) [3]

(d) (i) Complete this frequency table which shows the distribution of the heights of the 200
students.

Height (h cm) 130IhY140 140IhY150 150IhY160 160IhY165 165IhY170 170IhY180 180IhY190

Frequency 10 40 45 20

[2]
(ii) Complete this histogram to show the distribution of the heights of the 200 students.

Frequency
3
density

0
130 140 150 160 170 180 190

Height (h cm)
[3]

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3 80 boys each had their mass, m kilograms, recorded.

The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

80

60

Cumulative
40
frequency

20

0 m
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Mass (kg)

(a) Find

(i) the median,

Answer(a)(i) kg [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

Answer(a)(ii) kg [1]

(iii) the interquartile range.

Answer(a)(iii) kg [1]

(b) How many boys had a mass greater than 60kg?

Answer(b) [2]

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(c) (i) Use the cumulative frequency graph to complete this frequency table.

Mass, m Frequency

30 I m Y 40 8

40 I m Y 50

50 I m Y 60 14

60 I m Y 70 22

70 I m Y 80

80 I m Y 90 10
[2]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

Answer(c)(ii) kg [4]

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(ii) On the grid, complete the histogram to show the information in the table.

3
Frequency
density
2

0 m
50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

Mass (grams)
[4]

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13

100

80

60
Cumulative
frequency
40

20

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Height (centimetres)

The cumulative frequency diagram shows the height of plants measured in an experiment.
From the diagram, estimate

(a) (i) the lower quartile,

Answer (a)(i) .............................................cm [1]

(ii) the inter-quartile range,

Answer (a) (ii) ...........................................cm [1]

(b) the number of plants with a height greater than 25 cm.

Answer (b) ...................................................... [1]

14 For a holiday in 1998, Stefan wanted to change 250 Cypriot pounds (£) into Greek Drachma.
He first had to pay a bank charge of 1 1–2 % of the £250.
He then changed the remaining pounds into Drachma at a rate of £1 = 485 Drachma.
Calculate how many Drachma Stefan received, giving your answer to the nearest 10.

Answer ..............................................Drachma [3]

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