(ii) The total number of television sets sold in the five shops in December 2.

1
=90+48+80+112+80 (
= 410 (
(
(b) Percentage of the total number of television sets sold in December
410
x 1007o
250 + 410
= 627o (correct to the nearest whole number)

(c) (i) Shop 4 enjoyed the greatest increase in the number of television sets sold

(ii) Percentage increase in sales * ll2--10 x lOO7o

10
= 60Va
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Note that the increase in sales in Shop 5 is 40. However, its percentage increase in sales

- 80 - 40
x lOOTa
40
= 1007o

Did Shop 4 or Shop 5 perforrn better?

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1. The following pictogram shows the average weekly pocket money that students from each of the
five secondary two classes receive.

Class Average weekly pocket moneyforfive secondary two classes

Sec 2A

2B

Eaclt represents Sl(

Sec 2C

Sec 2D

Sec 2E

(a) What is the ratio of Sec 2D's average weekly pocket money to Sec 2B's average weekly pocket
(:
money?
(r
(b) Express Sec 2,A s average weekly pocket money as a percentage of Sec 2D's average weekl1
((
pocket money.

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 2. The bar graph illustrates the results of a survey carried out in the shops of a certain housing estate.
Calculate
(a) the total number of workers;
(b) the percentage of shops hiring 3 or more workers.

Number of Workers in Shops

No. of shops 3

12345
No. of workers employed in each shop

3. The graph below shows the number of candidates who sat for an examination and the number who
were successful.

Examination Performance from 2001 to 2006

No. ofcandidates

1500

KEY
No. ofunsuccessful
1000 candidates

No. oJ successJul
canclidates
500

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 year

f
(a) How many candidates sat for the examination in 2003?
(b) How many passed in 2006?
! (c) what fraction of the number who took the examination in 2005 passed?
4. The graph below shows the product sales of ABC Company in the first four months of 2006 (c) Ir
\
ABC Company Pte. Ltd (d) (
Product Sales January - April 2006
2

50
6. The
45
40
35

30
25 KEY
Thousands of Dollars 20
1-5

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I Product 7 Use

Produt:t 2 7.In a
5

Jan , Feb Mar Apt

(a) Which product has almost the same amount of sales over the four-month period?
(b) which month showed the greatest increase in the sales of product 2?
(c) How much were the sales of product 1 in January? Illus
(d) How much were the sales of product 2 in April?
(e) What were the total sales of product 1? 8. The
(0 What were the total sales of product 2? data
(g) What fraction of the total product sales of the company did the sales of product 1 make up
during the first four months?

5. The pictogram below illustrates the number of cars registered each year from 2001 to 2005 in a
certain city. (a)
(b)

Each

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(a) In which year was the greatest number of cars registered? Estimate the number of cars registered
dur
that year.
(b) Estimate the number of cars registered in each of the other years.
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 (c) Il
in 2003, the registration fee for each car was $500, estimate the total amount the Registry of
Vehicles collected for that year.
(d) Give an estimate of the percentage increase in the number of cars registered from 2004 to
2005.

6. The circulation of a certain newspaper from 2001 to 2005 is given as follows

Year 200t 2002 2003 2004 2005

No. of copies 250 275 290 315 280
(in thousands)

Use a bar graph to illustrate this information.

7.In a cefiain city, the average daily number of traffic accidents in a week is given as follows:

Day Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

No. of acciclents 70 40 30 35 50 55 80

Illustrate this information with a bar graph.

8. The table below shows the number of students who play squash, tennis and badminton. Illustrate the
data using a pictogram.

Sport Squash Tennis Badminton

No. of students 40 60 50

(a) Find the ratio of the number of squash players to the number of badminton players.
(b) Calculate the percentage of pupils who play badminton.

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(a) Carry out a traffic survey by watching and noting the types of vehicles which pass by your school
during a lS-minute period.
 (b) The angle representing lat in the product = 2 x lBo
= 36o
the percentage of fat in the fast-fbod product
^ = ir+ x lOOC/o
360'
= l07c
(c) The angle representing carbohydrates is lr1r1" and this constitutes 120 g.
160
the total mass of the orocluct = 1
' x l20)s
\r44 J'
=300s

C*EE*cti*aa *f *ata ?hr*ugh Em€erviews

1{
(a) Conduct interviews with students in your class to find out their daily means of transport to school.
(b) Decide on the number of students you want to interview.
(c) Think of where and when to interview the students. e.g. in the canteen during recess time, or in the
morning before students go to their classes for lessons. Do not forget to thank the students you have
interviewed for their participation.
(d) Design a form for recording the results.
(e) Use a diagram, preferably a pie chart, to display your data.
(f ) Interpret the information fiom your diagram and draw your conclusions.

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t 1. The main products of a manufacturing company are corn oil (507o), margarine (30o/o), peanut oil
(157o) and others (5%). Display the above data using a pie chart.

2.72 students of a certain school were asked to indicate a place of interest in Singapore they would like
to visit during their holidays. The table below shows the results.

Place of Bird Chinese Science Sentosa Zoo

interest Park Garden Centre Island
No. of students 9 5 19 24 15

Use a bar graph to illustrate the results

 3' 100 people took part in a survey on their favourite fruit. The results were tabulated as fbllori : 6. Th,
(a)
Fruit Banana Durian Mangosteen Papaya Rambutan (b)
No. of people 30 25 10 15 20

(a) Illustrate the results using a

(i) bar graph; (ii) pie chart.
(b) Which diagram shows more clearly that one quarter of the people
like durian most?
(c) Which diagram shows more clearly that banana is more popular than
durian?

4. The pie chart below shows the health care expenditure for the year 2005.

Health Care 2005 Where the money goes

(Total -9720 million)

7.

Drttgs

Dental Clinics
PtLblic Health
Researt h

(a) Measure the angle of each sector using a protractor and calculate
the amount of money allocated
to each category. 8.
(b) Express the expenditure of each category as a percentage
of the total expenditure on Health
Care.

5. The pie chart shows the number of pupils and teachers in a certain school
(a) Calculate the value of -r. 9. Afr
(b) If there are 45 teachers in the school, how many by,
(i) boys are there in the school?
(ii) girls are there in the school?
Teachers
10. The
(a)

(b)
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6. The bar graph shows the number of cars of different colours sold in one year in a certain city.
(a) Which colour is the most popular?
(b) Illustrate the information using a clearly labelled pie chart.

No. of cars 6
(1000s) 5

4
3

2
I

Blue Grey White Red Black

Colour

7. Pupils in a class were asked to indicate which one of the

four ice-cream flavours vanilla, chocolate, yam or
mango they preferred. -
The following pie chart shows
-
the results.
(a) If one-quarter of the class preferred yam flavour, state
the angle in the yam sector.
(b) Calculate the angle in the vanilla sector.
(c) If 5 students indicated a preference for mango flavour,
calculate the number of students in the class.
(d) Calculate the percentage of students in the class who
preferred vanilla fl avour.

8. The daily output of two products, X andY, in a factory are 6 tonnes and 14 tonnes respectively. lf the
output is represented by a pie chart, calculate the angle of the sector representing the output of
product I.

9. A factory produces three products, A, B and C, in the ratio of 1 : -r : 5. When the output is illustrated
by a pie chart, the angle of the sector representing the output of C is 120'. Find "r.

10. The pie chart shows the sales of a publishing company.

(a) What percentage of the total sales does each of the Newspapers
following make up?
(i) newspapers (ii) magazines 1 80"

(b) Given that books make up n !C, of the total sales,

find r.
(b) His temperature at 4 p.m. was 37.6"C. His temperatures at 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. can be estimated usins 3. The
intermediate values because it is reasonable to assume that the temperature changes gradually withn
a relatively short period of 2 hours.

From the graph,

his temperature at 9 p.m. was about 38.4'C;
his temperature at 3 a.m. was about 38.5"C.

(c) Thechildhadatemperatureof3T"CatSa.m.,3T.4'Cat7a.m.,3B'Cat2p.m.,atabout6.50p.m.anc
at about 5.10 a.m.

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1. The line graph below shows the monthly tin output of a tin mine from July to December in 200,<
Study the graph and estimate
(a) the largest monthly output;
(b) the smallest monthly output;
(c) the total output fbr the six months.

15

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(a) I
(b) I

0
July August September October November December
Month
Conside
2. The temperature of a patient, taken every 3 hours, was recorded as shown in the table below

Tirue i 3 P'*. 6 p.m. 9 p.m. 12 midnight 3 a.m 6 a.m. 9 a.m.

I Temperature ("C) 39 39 39.5 37.5 39 38 it

(a) Display the data using a line graph.

(b) From the graph, estimate the patient's temperatures at 5 p.m. and at 1 a.m.
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3. The line graph below shows the population of a town from 1990 to 2000

25

20

q
5

0
i990 t991 t992 1993 1994 1995 1996 199.7 1998 19gg 2000
Year

(a) Between which two years did the town have the greatest number increase in population?
(b) Find the percentage increase in the population from 1997 to 2OOO.

Frequenq/ Tables and Histograrns

Consider the marks scored by 40 students in a Science test marked out of a total of 10.

8 6 4 3 5 5 2 9 2 7
9 J -1 7 7 5 8 J 1 J
4 8 7 8 2 4 6 2 4 1
7 7 6 2 6 4 4 6 10 6
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This method of collecting data is useful in controlling the quality of products fiom a production line. Fc: A,
example, in a factory producing electrical light bulbs, the quality control process may involve measurin_:
the lifespan of a certain number of bulbs selected at random from the production line. The results of th.
actual calculations involving this number of bulbs are then analysed to determine whether the electnc- Anot
light bulbs produced overall are up to the acceptable standard. rotte

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(a) I
(b) \
(a) Measure the lengths, correct to the nearest cm, of the shoes worn by each of your classmates (c) r
(b) Record the results and arrange them in the form of a frequency table.
(c) Display your information using a histogram. 4.Aco
(d) Comment on your results. numl
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1. In a spelling test, the number of mistakes incurred by each of the 30 pupils in a primary one c1as. (a) (
is given below: (b) r
3460224353 (c) \
4223153045
4340326310 5. The:

(a) Construct a frequency table for the number of spelling mistakes

(b) Draw a histogram to illustrate the results.
(c) What is the most common number of mistakes?
(d) What is the highest number of mistakes? (a) c
(b) F
2. The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours they spend or-,
marking students' assignments each day. The fbllowing set of data was obtained.
6. The 1

64 3 r 22 314
\. 125345223 1y'u

31223142 Nu
(a) Construct a frequency table and draw a histogram illustrating the results.
(b) How many teachers responded to the survey? (a) F
(c) What is the longest number of hours spent? (b) E
(d) What is the most common number of hours spent? si
o
 The diagram below shows the histogram representing the distribution of the length of
the 40 leaves. 2.Th
Lengths of40 Leaves

10

8
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1. The lengths, in mm, of 48 rubber tree leaves are given below

137 t52 t27 134 147 14t t57 t32 153 t66 r47 136
t46 142 r62 t69 149 t35 r66 t48 r57 t4t 146 t47
163 t33 148 150 136 127 t62 t52 t43 138 t42 153 Dr
145 154 t44 126 r39 126 158 147 136 t44 t59 t6t
Copy and complete the following table: 4. Th

Lengths (x mm) Tally Frequency

125 <x < 130
130<x<135
135<x<140
I40<x=I45
145<x<150
150<x<155
I55<x<160
160<-x<165
165<x=110
Dr
Draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution
2. The waiting time, r minutes, for 52 patients at a hospital pharmacy are as fbllows:
12 t] 2s 34 46 18 11 8 13 15 27 14 36
t4 22 45 48 35 52 23 31 16 42 t] 36 58
51 27 19 23 29 32 31 43 16 t9 21 29 33
44 31 16 9 r0 t4 16 39 29 35 4t 31 20
(a)Constructafrequencytableusingclassintervals5<r.10. 10<-r.15, 15<-r.20,20<,r<
25.25 < r < 30. and so on.
(b) Draw a histogram for the distribution.

3. The following frequency table shows the amount of money spent by 100 smokers per day during a
random survey done in 2005.

Amount spent per day ($r) Frequency

0<x=4 4
,1 <x.8 6

8<x.12 t6
12<x.16 18

16<x.20 24

20<x=24 t6
24<x.28 8

28<r<32 5

32<x.36 -)

Draw a histogram to represent this information.

4. The mass, in kg, of 70 girls were recorded as shown in the table below.

Mass, x kg Frequency

35<x<40 6

40.r<45 7

45<x<50 18

50<x<55 t9
55<x<60 10

60<x<65 5

65=x<70 J

70=.r<15 2

Draw a histogram to represent this information

5. The histogram shows the life span (in days) of insects in a colony.
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Life span of insects (in tlays)

(a) Find the total number of insects in the colony.

(b) How many insects have a life span of less than 6 days?
(c) How many insects have a life span of more than or equal to 10 days?

1. (a) Numerical data can be obtained in many ways.

(b) The data collected can be summarised in a systematic way by tabulation. F ind
(c) The tabulated data is usually presented in a graphical form. (a) rhe
(d) Some common statistical graphs are pi*l*gra:::g" fu*r gri,*g:i:s" p!*,-hi:rtr and lin* (b) the
'sz'z:zp=Ez*. (c') the
2. (a) A set of data, or raw data, can be arranged in an orderly way in the form of a tol
flrea;a:*r.:ev EaE:1e.
(b) A frequency table can be represented graphically by a iris{+sriEry:.
(c) A }:isE*gr*r* is a vertical bar graph with no space in fu*ie*r* the bars.
(d) The ;lr*:r of each bar is proportional to the frequency it represents. W
(a) Thr
3. Suitable choice of statistical graphs depends on the type of data that is collected. In
-/
general,
(a) a pictogram is most suitable when the data needs to be presented -.,
-t
in a live1y and 1
L
interesting manner while the accuracy is not of utmost importance;
(b)
(c)

(d)

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