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Representations of Data

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AS-Level
Edexcel __
88
Mathematics
Materials
For this paper  you must have:
Ruler
Pencil, Rubber, Protractor and Compass
Scientific calculator, which you are expected to use when appropriate

Instructions
Answer all questions
Answer questions in the space provided
All working must be shown
Do all rough work in this book. Cross out any rough work you don't want to be marked

Information
The marks for the questions are shown in brackets
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1 The box and whisker plot below summarises the weights in grams of the 20 chocolates in a box. blank

17.2 17.4 17.6 17.8 18.0 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.8

weight (g)

Find the interquartile range of the data and hence determine whether there are any outliers at
either end of the distribution.

(Total for question 1 is 5 marks)

2 The heating quality of the coal in a sample of 50 sacks is measured in suitable units.
The data are summarised below.
Heating quality (x) 9.1 ≤ x ≤ 9.3 9.3 < x ≤ 9.5 9.5 < x ≤ 9.7 9.7 < x ≤ 9.9 9.9 < x ≤ 10.1
Frequency 5 7 15 16 7

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to illustrate these data. (5)

(b) Use the diagram to estimate the median and interquartile range of the data. (3)

(c) Show that there are no outliers in the sample. (3)

(Total for question 2 is 11 marks)

3 The ages, x years, of the senior members of a running club are summarised in the table below.

Age (x) 20 G x 1 30 30 G x 1 40 40 G x 1 50 50 G x 1 60 60 G x 1 70 70 G x 1 80 80 G x 1 90

Frequency 10 30 42 23 9 5 1

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency diagram to illustrate the data.

(5)
(b) Use your diagram to estimate the median and interquartile range of the data.
(3)

(Total for question 3 is 8 marks)

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4 The lifetimes in hours of 90 components are summarised in the table. blank

Lifetime (x hours) 0 < x ≤ 20 20 < x ≤ 30 30 < x ≤ 50 50 < x ≤ 65 65 < x ≤ 100

Frequency 24 13 14 21 18

(a) Draw a histogram to illustrate these data. (5)

(b) In which class interval does the median lie? Justify your answer. (2)

(Total for question 4 is 7 marks)

5 The heights x cm of 100 boys in Year 7 at a school are summarised in the table below.

Height 125 G x G 140 140 < x G 145 145 < x G 150 150 < x G 160 160 < x G 170
Frequency 25 29 24 18 4

(a) Estimate the number of boys who have heights of at least 155 cm. (2)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the median height of the 100 boys. (3)

(c) Draw a histogram to illustrate the data. (5)

The histogram below shows the heights of 100 girls in Year 7 at the same school.

5
frequency density

0
0 125 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180
height (cm)

(d) How many more girls than boys had heights exceeding 160 cm? (3)

(e) Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the 100 girls. (5)

(Total for question 5 is 18 marks)

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6 The temperature of a supermarket fridge is regularly checked to ensure that it is working blank
correctly. Over a period of three months the temperature (measured in degrees Celsius) is
checked 600 times. These temperatures are displayed in the cumulative frequency diagram
below.

600

500
Cumulative frequency

400

300

200

100

0
3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.0
Temperature (degrees Celsius)
(a) Use the diagram to estimate the median and interquartile range of the data. (3)

(b) Use your answers to part (a) to show that there are very few, if any, outliers in the
sample. (4)

(c) Suppose that an outlier is identified in these data. Discuss whether it should be
excluded from any further analysis. (2)
(d) Copy and complete the frequency table below for these data. (3)

Temperature
(t degrees Celsius) 3.0 ≤ t ≤ 3.4 3.4 < t ≤ 3.8 3.8 < t ≤ 4.2 4.2 < t ≤ 4.6 4.6 < t ≤ 5.0

Frequency 243 157

(Total for question 6 is 12 marks)

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7 The birth weights in grams of a random sample of 1000 babies are displayed in the
cumulative frequency diagram below.

(a) Use the diagram to estimate the median and interquartile range of the data. (3)

(b) Use your answers to part (a) to estimate the number of outliers in the sample. (4)

(c) Should these outliers be excluded from any further analysis? Briefly explain your
answer. (2)

(d) Any baby whose weight is below the 10th percentile is selected for careful monitoring.
Use the diagram to determine the range of weights of the babies who are selected. (2)
(Total for question 7 is 9 marks)
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8 In a recent survey, 640 people were asked about the length of time each week that they spent
watching television. The median time was found to be 20 hours, and the lower and upper
quartiles were 15 hours and 35 hours respectively. The least amount of time that anyone spent
was 3 hours, and the greatest amount was 60 hours.

(a) On graph paper, show these results using a fully labelled cumulative frequency graph. (3)
(b) Use your graph to estimate how many people watched more than 50 hours of
television each week. (2)

(Total for question 8 is 5 marks)

9 Each father in a random sample of fathers was asked how old he was when his first
child was born. The following histogram represents the information.

(a) What is the modal age group? (1)

(b) How many fathers were between 25 and 30 years old when their first child was
(2)
born?
(2)
(c) How many fathers were in the sample?

(Total for question 9 is 5 marks)

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10 During January the numbers of people entering a store during the first hour after opening blank
were as follows.

Time after opening, Frequency Cumulative

x minutes frequency
0 < x ≤ 10 210 210
10 < x ≤ 20 134 344
20 < x ≤ 30 78 422
30 < x ≤ 40 72 a
40 < x ≤ 60 b 540

(a) Find the values of a and b. (2)

(b) Draw a cumulative frequency graph to represent this information.

Take a scale of 2 cm for 10 minutes on the horizontal axis and 2 cm for 50
(4)
people on the vertical axis.

(c) Use your graph to estimate the median time after opening that people
(2)
entered the store.
(Total for question 10 is 8 marks)