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Statistics

1. The document contains 9 problems involving calculating statistics such as mean, median, interquartile range, and percentiles from frequency tables. 2. The problems require calculating estimates of the mean, completing cumulative frequency tables, drawing histograms and cumulative frequency diagrams, and finding probabilities using the data in the frequency tables. 3. The frequency tables provide data on topics like money donated to charity, time spent in various activities, heights, weights, and other measurements.

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Statistics

1. The document contains 9 problems involving calculating statistics such as mean, median, interquartile range, and percentiles from frequency tables. 2. The problems require calculating estimates of the mean, completing cumulative frequency tables, drawing histograms and cumulative frequency diagrams, and finding probabilities using the data in the frequency tables. 3. The frequency tables provide data on topics like money donated to charity, time spent in various activities, heights, weights, and other measurements.

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1 The table shows the amount of money, $x, given to a charity by each of 60 people.

Amount ($x)

Frequency 21 16 6 10 7

Calculate an estimate of the mean.

$ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

2 100 students were each asked how much money, $m, they spent in one week.
The frequency table shows the results.

Amount ($m)

Frequency 16 38 30 9 7

Calculate an estimate of the mean.

$ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

3 20 students each record the mass, p grams, of their pencil case.


The table below shows the results.

Mass
(p grams)
Frequency 2 5 4 6 3
2

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

................................................... g [4]

(b) Use the frequency table above to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Mass
(p grams)
Cumulative
20
frequency

[2]

(c) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student has a pencil case with a mass greater than 150 g.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 7]
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4 A school nurse records the height, h cm, of each of 180 children.


The table shows the information.

Height
(h cm)
Frequency 8 26 35 67 28 16

Calculate an estimate of the mean.


Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 4]

5 The time taken for each of 120 students to complete a cooking challenge is shown in the table.

Time (t minutes)

Frequency 44 32 28 12 4

(a) Write down the modal time interval.

.................... .................... [1]

(b) Write down the interval containing the median time.

.................... .................... [1]


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(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

................................................... min [4]

(d) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student takes more than 40 minutes.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 7]

6 (a) The table shows the amount of time, T minutes, 120 people each spend in a supermarket one Saturday.

Time (T minutes) Number of people

16

18

22

40

21

(i) Use the mid-points of the intervals to calculate an estimate of the mean.

................................................... min [4]


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(ii) Complete this histogram to show the information in the table.

[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.

..........................................................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................................... [1]

[Total: 9]

7 Three sizes of eggs are sold in a shop.


The table shows the number of eggs of each size sold in one day.

Size Small Medium Large

Mass (m grams)

Number of eggs sold 78 180 162


7

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

................................................... g [4]

(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in the table.

[4]

[Total: 8]

8 The frequency table shows information about the time, m minutes, that each of 160 people spend in a library.

Time
(m minutes)

Frequency 3 39 43 55 11 9
8

(a) (i) Find the probability that one of these people, chosen at random, spends more than 100 minutes
in the library.

................................................... [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time spent in the library.

................................................... min [4]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time
(m minutes)

Cumulative
3 42
frequency

[2]
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(c) On the grid, draw the cumulative frequency diagram.

[3]

(d) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find

(i) the median,

................................................... min [1]

(ii) the interquartile range,

................................................... min [2]


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(iii) the 90th percentile,

................................................... min [2]

(iv) the number of people who spend more than 30 minutes in the library.

................................................... min [2]

[Total: 17]

9 The heights, h metres, of the 120 boys in an athletics club are recorded.
The table shows information about the heights of the boys.

Height
(h metres)

Frequency 7 18 30 24 27 14

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

.............................. .............................. [1]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean height.

................................................... m [4]

(b) (i) One boy is chosen at random from the club.

Find the probability that this boy has a height greater than 1.8 m.

................................................... [1]
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(ii) Three boys are chosen at random from the club.

Calculate the probability that one of the boys has a height greater than 1.8 m and the other two
boys each have a height of 1.4 m or less.

................................................... [4]

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

Height
(h metres)
Cumulative
7 25
frequency

[2]
12

(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.

[3]

(d) Use your diagram to find an estimate for

(i) the median height,

................................................... m [1]

(ii) the 40th percentile.

................................................... m [2]

[Total: 18]

10 The speed, v km/h, of each of 200 cars passing a building is measured.


The table shows the results.

Speed (v km/h)

Frequency 16 34 62 58 26 4
13

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

................................................... km/h [4]

(b) (i) Use the frequency table to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Speed (v km/h)

Cumulative frequency 16 50 196 200

[1]

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

[3]

(iii) Use your diagram to find an estimate of

A the upper quartile,

................................................... km/h [1]


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B the number of cars with a speed greater than 35 km/h.

................................................... [2]

(c) Two of the 200 cars are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both have a speed greater than 50 km/h.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 13]

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