Stat QP-3
Stat QP-3
1 (a) The table shows the amount of time, T minutes, 120 people each spend in a supermarket one Saturday.
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18
22
40
21
(i) Use the mid-points of the intervals to calculate an estimate of the mean.
[4]
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(b) This histogram shows the amount of time, T minutes, 120 people each spend in the supermarket one
Wednesday.
Make a comment comparing the distributions of the times for the two days.
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[Total: 9]
17 21 21 18 23 22 25 19
21 17 19 18 21 24 23
1 7
[2]
3
................................................... °C [1]
................................................... °C [1]
Calculate the sector angle for the number of days the temperature is 18 °C.
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[Total: 6]
3 (a) The time, t minutes, spent on homework in one week by each of 200 students is recorded.
The table shows the results.
Time (t minutes)
Frequency 6 10 70 84 30
Time (t minutes)
Frequency 86 114
On a histogram the height of the bar for the interval is 17.2 cm.
................................................... cm [2]
[Total: 6]
4 The table shows information about the mass, m grams, of each of 120 letters.
Mass (m grams)
Frequency 43 31 25 21
................................................... g [4]
5
Mass (m grams)
Cumulative
frequency
[2]
6
120
100
80
Cumulative
frequency 60
40
20
0 m
0 100 200 300 400 500
Mass (g)
[3]
................................................... g [1]
................................................... g [1]
................................................... g [2]
................................................... [2]
[Total: 18]
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5 Some apples are weighed and the mass, m grams, of each apple is recorded.
The table shows the results.
Mass (m grams)
Frequency 50 x 44 51
Frequency
density 4
0 m
100 110 120 130 140
Mass (grams)
x = ................................................... [1]
[2]
[Total: 3]
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Speed (v km/h)
Frequency 50 120 30
[3]
[Total: 3]
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7 The table shows the number of people in different age groups at a cinema.
Age (y years)
Number of people 35 32 44 12
................................................... cm
................................................... cm
................................................... cm [3]
[Total: 3]
8 The scatter diagram shows the number of people and the number of phones in each of 8 buildings.
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[Total: 2]
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9 During one year the midday temperatures, t°C, in Zedford were recorded.
The table shows the results.
Temperature (t°C)
[4]
[Total: 4]
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10 The table shows the time, t seconds, taken by each of 120 boys to solve a puzzle.
Time (t seconds)
Frequency 38 27 21 16 18
On the grid, complete the histogram to show the information in the frequency table.
[4]
[Total: 4]
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11 Some students each record the mass, m kg, of their school bag.
Adil wants to draw a histogram to show this information.
Mass (m kg)
Frequency 32 42
Height of bar on
1.6 2 1.2 2.8
histogram (cm)
[2]
[Total: 2]
Height
(h cm)
Frequency 8 26 35 67 28 16
In a histogram showing the information, the height of the bar for the interval is 0.4 cm.
Calculate the height of the bar for each of the following intervals.
................................................... cm
................................................... cm
................................................... cm [3]
[Total: 3]
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13 The histogram shows information about the time, t minutes, spent in a shop by each of 80 people.
Time (t minutes)
Number of people 6 27 10
[2]
[Total: 2]
Mass (m grams)
................................................... g [4]
(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in the table.
[4]
[Total: 8]
[2]
................................................... [1]
[Total: 3]
16 Some students were asked how many books they each had in their school bags.
The table shows some of this information.
Number of books 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency 4 5 x 11 7 5
x = ................................................... [3]
[Total: 3]
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Mark 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency 8 2 12 2 0 1
................................................... [3]
[Total: 3]
21 21 23 26 25 21 22 20 21 23 23 27 24 21
(a) Find the range, mode, median and mean of the test scores.
Range = ...................................................
Mode = ...................................................
Median = ...................................................
Find the probability that this student has a test score of more than 24.
................................................... [1]
[Total: 7]
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19 The frequency table shows information about the number of books read by some students in a reading
marathon.
Number of
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
books read
Frequency 2 2 16 10 9 4 x 2
x = ................................................... [3]
................................................... [1]
................................................... [1]
[Total: 5]
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19
(a) A number is removed from this list and the median and range do not change.
(b) An extra number is included in the original list and the mode does not change.
[Total: 2]
21 Cheryl recorded the midday temperatures in Seoul for one week in January.
Day Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
(b) On how many days was the temperature lower than the mode?
[Total: 2]