Mock on Representation of Data

Time – 1 hour 15 mins

1 The times taken, in minutes, by 150 students to complete a puzzle are summarised
in the table.

Time taken
0 ⩽ 𝑡 < 20 20 ⩽ 𝑡 < 30 30 ⩽ 𝑡 < 35 35 ⩽ 𝑡 < 40 40 ⩽ 𝑡 < 50 50 ⩽ 𝑡 < 70
(𝑡 minutes )

Frequency 8 23 35 52 20 12

(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [4]

(b) Calculate an estimate for the mean time for these students to complete the
puzzle. [3]

(c) In which class interval does the lower quartile of the times lie? [1]

2 The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the annual salaries of 19

employees at each of two companies, Petral and Ravon.

Petral Ravon

3 0 0 30 2 6

99 8 2 2 1 31 1 5

5 5 4 0 32 0 0 2

7 5 3 33 0 4 8 9

1 0 34 1 1 3 4 6

35 3

8 36 7 9
Key: 2|31|5 means $31200 for a Petral employee and $31500 for a Ravon employee.

(a) Find the median and the interquartile range of the salaries of the Petral
employees. [3]

The median salary of the Ravon employees is $33800, the lower quartile is $32000
and the upper quartile is $34400.

(b) Represent the data shown in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram by a pair
of box-and-whisker plots in a single diagram [3]

(c) Comment on whether the mean or the median would be a better representation
of the data for the employees at Petral. [1]

3 The times taken by 120 children to complete a particular puzzle are represented
in the cumulative frequency graph.

(a) Use the graph to estimate the

interquartile range of the data. [2]
35% of the children took longer than 𝑇
seconds to complete the puzzle.

(b) Use the graph to estimate the value

of 𝑇. [2]

4 The weights, 𝑥 kg, of 120 students in a sports college are recorded. The results are
summarised in the following table.

Weight (𝑥 kg) 𝑥 ⩽ 40 𝑥 ⩽ 60 𝑥 ⩽ 65 𝑥 ⩽ 70 𝑥 ⩽ 85 𝑥 ⩽ 100

Cumulative frequency 0 14 38 60 106 120

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent this information. [2]

(b) It is found that 35% of the students weigh more than 𝑊 kg. [2]

Use your graph to estimate the value of 𝑊.

(c) Calculate estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the weights of the
120 students. [6]

5 The Lions and the Tigers are two basketball clubs. The heights, in cm , of the 11
players in each of their first team squads are given in the table.

Lions 178 186 181 187 179 190 189 190 180 169 196

Tigers 194 179 187 190 183 201 184 180 195 191 197

(a) Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to represent this information, with

the Lions on the left. [4]

(b) Find the median and the interquartile range of the heights of the Lions first team
squad. [3]

It is given that for the Tigers, the lower quartile is 183 cm, the median is 190 cm and
the upper quartile is 195 cm.
(c) Make two comparisons between the heights of the players in the Lions first team
squad and the heights of the players in the Tigers first team squad. [2]

6 A set of 50 values of the variable 𝑥 are summarised by

Σ(𝑥 − 20) = 35 and Σ𝑥 2 = 25036

Find the variance of these 50 values. [3]

7 Twenty children were asked to estimate the height of a particular tree. Their
estimates, in metres, were as follows.

4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.4

5.5 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.9 19.4

(a) Find the mean of the estimated heights. [1]

(b) Find the median of the estimated heights. [1]

(c) Give a reason why the median is likely to be more suitable than the mean as a
measure of the central tendency for this information. [1]

8 The distances, 𝑥 m, travelled to school by 140 children were recorded. The results
are summarised in the table below.

Distance, 𝑥 m 𝑥 ⩽ 200 𝑥 ⩽ 300 𝑥 ⩽ 500 𝑥 ⩽ 900 𝑥 ⩽ 1200 𝑥 ⩽ 1600

Cumulative frequency 16 46 88 122 134 140

(a) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent these results. [2]

(b) Use your graph to estimate the interquartile range of the distances. [2]

(c) Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the distances. [6]

9 The heights, in cm, of the 11 basketball players in each of two clubs, the Amazons
and the Giants, are shown below.

Amazons 205 198 181 182 190 215 201 178 202 196 184

Giants 175 182 184 187 189 192 193 195 195 195 204

(a) State an advantage of using a stem-and-leaf diagram compared to a box-and-

whisker plot to illustrate this information. [1]

(b) Represent the data by drawing a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram with

Amazons on the left-hand side of the diagram. [4]

(c) Find the interquartile range of the heights of the players in the Amazons. [2]

Four new players join the Amazons. The mean height of the 15 players in the
Amazons is now 191.2 cm. The heights of three of the new players are
180 cm, 185 cm and 190 cm.
(d) Find the height of the fourth new player. [3]
10 A sports club has a volleyball team and a hockey team. The heights of the 6
members of the volleyball team are summarised by Σ𝑥 = 1050 and Σ𝑥 2 = 193700,
where 𝑥 is the height of member in cm. The heights of the 11 members of the hockey
team are summarised by Σ𝑦 = 1991 and Σ𝑦 2 = 366400, where 𝑦 is the height of a
member in cm.

(a) Find the mean height of all 17 members of the club. [2]

(b) Find the standard deviation of the heights of all 17 members of the club. [3]