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1 Gemma records the times, in seconds, taken for a group of children and a group of adults to complete a
puzzle.
The box-and-whisker plot shows information about the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

(a) Find the interquartile range of the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

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

(b) The table shows some information about the times, in seconds, taken for the adults to complete the
puzzle.

Minimum Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Maximum

28 42 58 70 75

On the grid above, draw the box-and-whisker plot for the adults. [2]

[Total: 4]

2 (a) 20 students from College A each run 5 km.

32 51 25 40 47 21 37 32 48 36
46 39 30 29 44 39 53 35 40 31
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(i) Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram.

Key: 3 | 4 represents 34 minutes

[2]

(ii) Find the range of the times.

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

(iii) Find the median of the times.

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

(iv) Complete the bar chart for the times of the students.

[2]

(b) 20 students from College B each run 5 km.

Time (minutes) Number of students Pie chart sector angle

30 to 39 5 90°
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40 to 49 8

50 to 59 7

(i) Complete the table. [2]

(ii) Complete the pie chart. [2]

(c) Write down two comments comparing the times of students from College A with the times of students
from College B.

1..........................................................................................................................................................

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2..........................................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 12]

3 Dina has a set of 12 cards.

3 4 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 2 1 3

Work out
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(a) the median,

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

(b) the mode,

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

(c) the mean,

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

(d) the range.

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

[Total: 6]

4 160 students record the amount of time, t hours, they each spend playing computer games in a week.
This information is shown in the cumulative frequency diagram.
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(a) Use the diagram to find an estimate of

(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range.

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

(b) Use the diagram to complete this frequency table.

Time (t hours)

Frequency 20 24 12 4

[2]

[Total: 5]
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5 The table shows the number of bananas bought by the last 50 customers in a shop.

Number of
Frequency
bananas bought

0 14

1 0

2 2

3 5

4 11

5 8

6 10

(a) Find the range.

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

(b) Work out the median.

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

(c) Calculate the mean.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 5]

6 A factory recycles metal.

(a) For how many days was the mass measured?

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

(b) Find an estimate of the median.

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

(c) Find an estimate of the upper quartile.

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

(d) Find an estimate of the interquartile range.

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

(e) Find an estimate of the number of days when the mass was greater than 20 tonnes.

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

[Total: 6]
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7 (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]

(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.

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[Total: 9]