Evergreen Secondary School

Mathematics Department 20
Name: ______________________________ ( ) Class: 2____ Date: 17 Feb 2021
Duration: 30 minutes Parent’s Signature: _____________
Secondary Two (G2)
Mathematics - Weighted Assessment One
Calculator is allowed. Show all necessary working. Omission of essential working will result in
loss of marks.

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Pictogram
The pictogram shows the amount of donation collected for Golden Heart Old Folk Home
from January to May 2020.

Month Amount collected

January
February
March -

April
May

represents $15

(a) How much more money was collected in March than in January?

(9.5-7) × 15 =

$3711
Answer: (a) $ [1]

(b) Calculate the total amount of donation collected.

30 ✗ IF
$45s

Answer: (b) $ [1]

(c) If the same data is to be represented on a pie chart, calculate the angle of the
0
sector representing the amount of donation collected for the month of April.

2¥ ✗ 360° =

3¥
O
Answer: (c) [1]
2 The masses, in grams of 30 apples were recorded. The results are shown in the stem-and-leaf
diagram.
8 9
Stem Leaves
9 0 1 4 6 6 8 9
10 0 0 3 5 7 7
16th 16th
11 0 ☐ 1 @
2 2 2 3 4
12 2 3 6 7 7 9 9
13 2 2
14
15 x 4
3
Key: 9 | 3 represents 93 grams
Max min
/
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(a) The range of the masses for the apples is 63 grams. Find the value of x.

Mass of heaviest apple 90-163

=

=
153
It 3

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Answer: (a) x= [1]
(b) Write down the median mass of the apples.

① middle position 30¥ 1¥!

=

= 155th

¥2
"
② Median = =

111-5-1

Answer: (b) g [1]

≤ 99 > 130
(c) Apples of masses less than or equal to 99 grams or more than 130 grams will be rejected.
Calculate the percentage of apples which will be rejected.

% =
¥ ✗ look
=

3% 33 }
.

Answer: (c) % [1]

(d) Explain why the mean may not be an appropriate average to use to summarise the
masses of the apples.
Answer:
outlier value which affect the
153g is an will
mean .
[1]

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 (e) It was later found that there was an extra apple whose mass was not recorded.

The mass of the missing apple would increase the range of the data by 1 gram but
decrease the median.
Find the mass of the missing apple.
new

① Middle
position
=
16th

Answer: (e) sq g [1]

3 Students are interviewed about the amount of time they spent on social media in a week. The
information was grouped as follows.
Midvale 5 15 25 35
Number of hours per week (t) 0  t  10 10  t  20 20  t  30 30  t  40
No. of students 21 9 32 18

(a) Find the fraction of students who spent more than 20 hours on social media.

To =

E-
Answer: (a) [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time students spent on social media in a week.
estimated mean =
(21×5)-1 (9×15)-1 (32×25)+(18×35)
a-
=
20875 / 20Th .

Answer: (b) hours [2]

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4 The dot diagram shows the noon temperature recorded in Singapore in the month of December.

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19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
o
temperature ( C)

(a) What was the lowest temperature recorded?

Answer: (a)
23 o
C [1]

(b) The same temperature was recorded at noon on 5 days in December.

What was the temperature recorded? 5 dob
Answer: (b) 29 o
C [1]

(c) Find the modal temperature.

27 o
Answer: (c) C [1]
o
The following
What list
wasshows the noon temperature
the temperature recorded? ( C) recorded in Sydney in the month of December.

19.5 21.3 21.2 20.8 21.2

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20.0 18.0 20.5 22.5 0
24.0
19.7 22.0 21.4 23.9 20.8

(d) Complete the frequency table below for the data.

Temperature (t oC) Tally Frequency

① 18  t  20 I 4
④ 20  t  22 8
③ 22  t  24 3

Total 15

[1]

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 (e) Which city, Singapore or Sydney, was hotter that December?
By comparing the range for the noon temperatures recorded in each city, give a reason
to support your answer.
Answer: \

range for
SG =

7°C
600
range for syncing
hotter
The
range
is
greater Singapore was [2]
: -
.

5 The number of working hours per week of the workers at a factory are shown in the table
below.

Number of hours per week 45 50 55 60

No. of workers 10 5 x
☆ 1.0 4
12 13 14 ④
(a) If the mode is 45 hours, write down the largest possible integer value of x.
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:
Answer: (a) x = [1]

(b) If the median is 50 hours, find the largest possible integer value of x.

Answer: (b) x = [1]

(c) If the mean number of hours spent is 50.8, find the value of x.

Answer: (c) x = [1]

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