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1 Integers, powers and roots
3
4 a 12 < N < 15 b 10 < M < 20 c 0 < R < 5
5 a 26 b 25.5 c 26.5
3
6 200 < 6 because 63 = 216. 200 > 14 because 142 = 196. 6 is less than half of 14.
7 a 802 = 6400 < 7500 b 203 = 8000 > 7500
8 a 5.5 b 21 c 29 d 7.4 e 13.2
5 a a b 6 c 8 d 1 e e
6 a 1 b 1 c 1 d 1
9 k 100 2
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2 Sequences and functions
b
c Linear, term-to-term
term-to
Non-linear, -term rule is
term-to-term ‘add
rule 1’.. 1, add 2, add 3, ...’ .
1’
is ‘add
d Linear, term-to
term-to-term
-term rule is ‘subtr
‘subtract
act 7’.
e Non-linear,, term-to-term rule is ‘subtract 4, subtract 5, subtract 6, ...’
Non-linear ...’ .
f Linear, term-to
term-to-term
-term rule is ‘subtr
‘subtract
act 3’.
g Linear, term-to-term rule is ‘add 1 1 ’.
2
h Linear, term-to
term-to-term
-term rule is ‘subtr
‘subtract
act 1.1’
1.1’..
i Non-linear, term-to
term-to-term
-term rule is ‘add 5, add 4, add 3, ...’ .
1 1
2 a 9, 5, 1, −3 b 1 , 3, 4 ,6 c −3, −2, 0, 3
2 2
d 10, 9, 6, 1 e 64, 32, 16, 8 f −64, −32, −16, −8
3 20. Check students’ methods.
1
4 , 1, 3, 9. Check students’ methods.
3
5 a 6, 7, 8, 9 b −6, −5, −4, −3 c 3, 5, 7, 9 d 2, 5, 10, 17
4 a 58 b 42 c 155 d 68 e −12
f −50 g −126 h 80 i −21
5 The sequence increases by 2 each time, so should include a 2n term,
term, not a 5 n term.
term.
6 Yes. The number of squares increases by 4 each time (term-to-term rule is ‘add 4’), so the n th th term will
start with 4n . The number of squares in the patterns is:
i s: 1, 5, 9, 13 and 4 × 1 − 3 = 1, 4 × 2 − 3 = 5,
4 × 3 − 3 = 9, 4 × 4 − 3 = 13.
7 Mia. Each pattern increases by three dots (term-to-term rule is ‘add 3’), so the n th
th term will start with 3 n . The
numbers of dots in the
t he patterns are: 6, 9, 12, 15 and 3 × 1 + 3 = 6, 3 × 2 + 3 = 9, 3 × 3 + 3 = 12, 3 × 4 + 3 = 15.
2 a x → x −
− 7 b x → x +
+ 7 c x → x d x → 7x
7
x + 4 − 3
x
3 a y =
= b y =
= c y =
= 3(x −
− 4) d y =
= 4x −
− 3
3 4
x − 5 x + 2
x − 4 4
iii x → 100 – x iv x → or − x
−7 7
b i and iii
11
6 a x → 5(x +
+ 1) b − 1 = 1.2
5
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3 Place value, ordering and rounding
0 =4 − 2 3 = 0.67 1
4 × 10 0.04 10
÷ 670 10
÷ 6.7 10
÷
1 1 1 2
0.4 × 10 40 ÷ 10 6.7 × 10− 67 × 10−
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4 Length, mass, capacity and time
2 3 days
3 8 hours and 20 minutes
4 1165 miles 1864 km
≈
5 a 53.3 cm b 9
6 a 63 b 3 c $340
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5 Shapes
2 a 150° b 156°
3 a
Num
umb
ber of sid
ides
es Ext
xte
eri
rio
or an
angl
gle
e Int
nter
eriior an
angl
gle
e
5 72° 108°
10 36° 144°
20 18° 162°
40 9° 171°
b It is halved.
4 a 18 b 20
5 a 36 b 45 c 120
6 a The exterior angle is 24°. 360 ÷ 24 = 15. Yes, it has 15 sides.
b The exterior angle is 48°. 360
360 ÷ 48 = 7.5
7.5 which is not a whole number.
number. It is not possible.
7 9 sides
8 24 sides
6 r is
is the fourth angle of a quadrilateral so
r =
= 360 − (95 + 110 + 100) = 55. s makes
makes a triangle with
r and
and 100° so s =
= 180 − (55 + 100) = 25.
t makes
makes a triangle with 95° and r so
so t =
= 180 − (55 + 95) = 30.
F Exerci
Exercise
se 5.4 Isometric drawings
1 Other views are possible.
a b c
2 21 cm and 28 cm
3
or and
b
P A B
c P
A B
2 a b
3 a 5 b
F Exerci
Exercise
se 5.6 Symmetry in three-dimens
three-dimensional
ional shapes
1 a
4 a b Cube
5 a Four
Four b
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6 Planning and collecting data
F Exerci
Exercise
se 6.1 Identifying data
1 a More men than women like gardening
gardening..
c
b W omen
Girls arethink
bettermen
thanwith
boysspiky
boys hair look
at texting silly.
quickly.
quickly .
d Boys can
can throw
throw a ball more accurately than
than girls can.
can.
e Good cooks go to resaura
resaurants
nts more often than bad cooks do.
f Girls who drink lots of water have clearer skin
skin than those who
who don’t.
don’t.
2 a For example:
1. Right-handed students
students are better at writing their name using their left hand than left-handed
left-handed students are at
writing their name using their right hand.
2. ‘Are
Are you right or left handed?’
handed? ’, ‘Please write
wri te your name, using your left hand and then your right hand.’
hand.’
3. People
People’’s left- or right-handedness and their own names,
names, written with both their left and right hands.
4. Ask people to to write on a piece
piece of lined paper.
paper.
5. About 75 students.
6. Only give people one one chance to write their name as neatly as possible.
b Age, neatness of normal
normal writing, how
how many left-handed students
students there
there are.
c Lots of right-
right-handers
handers but not many left-handers, how to judge how much worse people’s handwriting is when
writing with the wrong hand, some students may think it is a silly idea and refuse.
3 a For example:
1. There are usually more pictures in my dad’s
dad’s newspaper than
t han in my magazine.
2. How many
many pictures are there
there in the newspaper and
and in the magazine.
3. Number of pictures in several copies of
of the newspaper and in the same number of copies
copies of the magazine.
4. Read through both the newspapers and magazines
magazines and count
count all pictures.
5. Five copies of the newspaper
newspaper and of the magazine
6. Count every picture
b Does the newspaper have
have different
different number of pictures depending
depending on the
the day?
c Might not be able to get copies
copies of
of her dad’s newspapers?
4 a Need equal numbers of boys and
and girls in the sample. Need to have a wide range of students, not just those on
on
her bus.
b Need to have
have a range of ages, not just in his year group. Need to ask a range of
of students, not just those
those that
obviously like hockey.
2
Make of motorcycle Tally Frequency
BMW
Ducati
Harley Davidson
Honda
Moto Guzzi
Other
Total
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7 Fractions
2 a 1 b 2 c 5 d 3 e 5 f 9
2 9 6 7 12 11
2 2 4 7 4 6
3 a b c d e f
5 3 7 12 5 11
F Exerci
Exercise
se 7.2 Adding and subtracting fractions
3 9 1 2 2 1
1 a b c d e f
8 10 2 9 21 3
3 5 1 5 1 11
g 1 h 1 i 1 j k l
20 14 27 26 12 48
1 6 7 18 25 25 4
3 a + = + = , = 1 9 +1 4 = 10
4
3 7 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
33 39 165 78 87 87 7
b − = − = = 4
4 10 20 20 20 20 20
1 3 1 13 11 7
4 a 4 b 8 c 8 d 3 e 8 f 7
6 4 8 30 24 20
1 8 1 7 11 7
g 7 h 4 i j 5 k 4 l 9
14 21 2 9 40 36
5 For example: 1 1 1 3 1
1 1 = 3, 1 + 1 = 3
+
2 2 3 4 12
3 1
6 a 8 m b 2 m c Check students’ methods.
20 10
5
7 a m b Check students’ methods.
8
g 1
9
h 1
5
i 7
11
j 1
9
k 6
11
l 6
25
3 1 9 2
4 a 3 b 5 c 4 d 11
20 4 14 3
16 1 2
e 2 f 22
2
g 10 h 2
25 21
5 For example: 1 1 1, 2 5 10
× = × =
2 2 4 3 7 21
1 1
6 a b
16 15
15 1 19 1 4 1
2 a 16
b 4
6
c 1 d 1
14
e 2 f 4
5
26 9
10 11 1 1
g 11 h 116 i 13 j 1 k 1 l 42
25 1 3 5
3 a 26
b 3
8
c 5
d 1
21
1 3 16
e 4 f 3
9
g 6 h 63
7
4 For example: 1 1 2 3 10
÷ 2,
= ÷ =
2 4 3 5 9
5 4 13 1
5 a 12
b 4 c 21
d 1
5
5
1 1 4 1 5 2
2 a 10 b 15 c 25 d 3 e 9 f 15
3 1 1 3 7 11
g h 20
i 18
j 28
k 12
l 24
10
1 2 9 12 20 81
3 a 6
b 9
c d e f
28 35 63 200
1 7 15 1 1 15
g h i j k l
5 20 22 6 2 22
1 1 1 1 1
4 a b c d e 6 f 1
2 4 3 6 8
8 1 11 1 7 11
g h 2 i j 1 k l 1
9 10 12 2 8 14
7
5
15
11
6 40
3 5 5
7 a b c
28 28 7
8 a 7
3 b 2
7
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8 Constructions, shapes and Pythagoras’ theorem
F Exerci
Exercise
se 8.1 Constructing
Constructing perpendicular lines
1 Check students’ drawings, all measurements ± 2 mm and ± 2°.
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9 Expressions and formulae
k 3(
3(n
n +
+ 20) l 20(
20(n
n −
− 3)
2 a 6x b 3x +
+ 10 c 12
12x
x −
− 2 d 13
13x
x −
− 4
3 a xy b y 2 c 4xy d 16x 2
16x
4 a i 2a +
+ 16 ii
ii 5a + + 15 b i 2b +
+ 2 ii 5b −
ii − 20
c i 4c −
− 16 ii
ii c − 8c
2
8c d i 12
12d
d −
− 2 ii 5d 2 − 5d
ii 5d
5 a i 2( 2(a
a +
+ 3) + 2(3a
2(3a + 1) = 8a
8a +
+ 8, 4(2a
4(2 a +
+ 2) = 8a
8a +
+ 8
ii 3(
ii 3(a
a +
+ 3) + 3(3a
3(3a + 1) = 12a
12a +
+ 12, 6(2a
6(2a +
+ 2) = 12a
12a +
+ 12
iii
iii 5(
5(a
a +
+ 3) + 5(3a
5(3a + 1) = 20a
20a +
+ 20, 10(2a
10(2a +
+ 2) = 20a
20a +
+ 20
b n black
black rods + n striped
striped rods = 2n
2n white
white rods (or similar explanation given in words)
c i 4( 4(a
a +
+ 3) + 2(2a
2(2a + 2) = 8a
8a +
+ 16 , 8(a
8(a +
+ 2) = 8a
8a +
+ 16
ii 6(
ii 6(a
a +
+ 3) + 3(2a
3(2a + 2) = 12a
12a +
+ 24, 12(a
12(a +
+ 2) = 12a
12a +
+ 24
iii
iii 8(
8(a
a +
+ 3) + 4(2a
4(2a + 2) = 16a
16a +
+ 32, 16(a
16(a +
+ 2) = 16a
16a +
+ 32
d 2n black
black rods + n white
white rods = 4n
4n grey
grey rods (or similar explanation given in words)
F Exerci
Exercise
se 9.4 Deriving and using formulae
H
1 a H =
= 24D
24D b H =
= 240 c D = d D = 20
24
2 a D =
= 150 b D =
= 180 c S =
= 20 d T = 5.5
3 a F =
= 25 b F =
= 54 c I =
= 40 d I =
= 21
e e =
= 5 f a =
= 7
4 a d +
+ 3 b T =
= 2d
2d +
+ 3 c T =
= 19 d d T 3
=
−
2
e 12
5 a 50% b 8% c 110%
6 a 450 m b 1303 m c 1078 m d 1615 m
7 Anders is correct. 20 °C = 68 °F and 68 °F > 65 °F.
F Exerci
Exercise
se 9.6 Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
2 x 3x x 4 x 3x 2 x
1 a 3
b 5
c 3
d e 4
f 5
7
y 2 y 17 y 5 y
g h 1 4 y i 1 5 y j
j k l
2 9 18 9 24 16
x + y 2x + y 9x + y 15x − y 7x − 8 y 7x − 15 y
2 a b c d e f
2 6 12 18 12 18
4a + 5b 21a + 4b 10a + 15b 5a − 7b 15a − 2b 12a − 35b
g h i j
j k l
20 28 18 35 24 42
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10 Processing and presenting data
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11 Percentages
2 a For example:
example: Find 25% (a quarter) and 10% (divide by
by 10) and add them.
b i 15.4 kg ii 98 m iii $30.80
3 a 219.3 b 2646 c 57.6 d 320
4 a 204.12 kg b $136.08 c 816.48 m d 40.824 litres
5
Amount 164 328 82 16.4 32.8
6 a C, 69% of 272
b The rest are all equal. This one
one should be 69% of 282 to be the same as the others.
7 a 1024 b 1536 c 2112 d 3712
8 D C A B
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12 Tessellations, transformations and loci
c 2
1
a
0
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 A 1 2 3 4
–1
d
–2
b
–3
2 y
6
4
c
3
2 B a b
0
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 y
d
6
5 a
4 b
C
3
1
c
0
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4 a y b y
6 6
5 5
4 4
a
3 3
2 2
1 1 b
0 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 x
5 y
4
3
P
2
1
0
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1
R
–2
Q –3
–4
4
C
3
2
D A′
1
D′
0
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4 d d
c
3
c
2
1
b
0 x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 b–1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
a
–3
A a
–4
–5
–6
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x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1
–2
0
x
–6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1
–2
–3
2
3 cm 3 cm
3 cm 3 cm
3
4 cm 4 cm
Q
6 cm
P 4 c m
4 cm
5
C
6 cm
1.5 cm
8 cm
6 a b c
7 W X
Z Y
W X
160 km
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13 Equations and inequalities
2 x =
= 6, y
6, y =
= −3
3 x =
= 2,
2, y
y =
= 5
4 a x =
= 6, y
6, y =
= 24 b x =
= 4, y
4, y =
= 6 c x =
= 1, y
1, y =
= −3
5 (2 × 4) + (3 × 5) = 23 and (5 × 4) + (2 × 5) = 30
6 x =
= 10, y
10, y =
= 20
7 x =
= 1.6, y
1.6, y =
= 18.4
8 x =
= 14, y
14, y =
= −9
9 x =
= −2, y
−2, y =
= 4
7 x =
= 2.7
8 x =
= 1.6 and x =
= 4.4
b
0 3.5
c
–3 0
d
–10 0 10 20
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14 Ratio and proportion
Total: 17
8 a $744 b $525 c $312 d €258.50
9 a $154 b Check students’ methods for checking.
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15 Area, perimeter and volume
3 a d =
= 8.37 cm b d =
= 28.49 mm c d = = 1.51 m d d =
= 11.30 cm
4 a r =
= 7.07 cm b r =
= 3.82 m c r =
= 0.53 m d r =
= 10.78 mm
5 1.4 cm (14 mm)
6 7.59 m (759 cm)
7 27 cm2
8 a 168.18 cm2 b 120.82 cm2
F Exerci
Exercise
se 15.4 Calculating
Calculating with prisms and cylinders
1 a 150 cm3 b 129.6 cm3 c 427.5 cm3
2 Area of cross-section Length of prism Volume of prism
2
a 8.4 cm 20 c m 168 cm3
6 a x =
= 4.3 b x =
= 3.3 c x =
= 2.1
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16 Probability
F Exerci
Exercise
se 16.2 Sample space diagrams
H + +
H T
11 1 2
2 a 6 + + + + + + b i ii iii
36 6 9
5 + + + + + +
4 + + + + + +
3 + + + + + +
2 + + + + + +
1 + + + + + +
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 5 1
3 a 4 + + + + b i ii iii
6 6 6
3 + + + +
2 + + + +
0 2 4 6
1 2
4 a C + + + b i ii
3 3
B + + +
A + + +
A B C
1 3
5 a D + + + + b i ii
4 4
C + + + +
B + + + +
A + + + +
A B C D
1
6 and 4
5 5
3 13
7 a b
16 16
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17 Bearings and scale drawing
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18 Graphs
2 a −1 b −5 c − 13
3 y
4
3 b
1
a
0 x
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
–1
c
–2
–3
–4
4 y
8
5
d
4
b
3
c 2
0 x
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7
–8
7 a 25 b 0.1 c −1 d 2
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ii iii
5
i
4
0 x
–2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
–7
–8
2 a y =
= 1.5x
1.5x −
− 3 b y
c 1.5
8
0 x
–4 –2 2 4 6 8
–2
–4
–6
–8
3 a y =
= 0.1x
0.1x + 1.4 is the equation of a straight
str aight line. b 0.1
4 a 1.5
1.5 b −0.4 c −1 d 5
5 a The top
top line. It passes through (0, 5).
5).
b 5x +
+ 8 y =
= 0 (through the origin) and 5x 5 x +
+ 8 y =
= 20 (through (0, 2.5))
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–140 –120 –100 –80 –60 –40 –20 20 40 60 80 1 00 1 20 140
–2
Exerci
Exercise
se 18.4 Simultaneous equations
F
1 a x =
= −4 and y
and y =
= −7 b x =
= −1 and y
and y =
= 2 c x =
= 2 and y
and y =
= −1
2 a x =
= 3.2 and y
and y =
= 4.6 b x =
= −0.8 and y
and y =
= 2.6 c x =
= 1.4 and y
and y =
= −1.9
3 a i y =
= −x
−x +
+ 5 ii y =
ii = x −
− 3 b y
6
0 x
–2 2 4 6 8
–2
–4
–6
→ →
c x =
= 4 and y
and y =
= 1 d −x +
+ 5 = x −
− 3 8 = 2x
2x x =
= 4 and then y
then y = x −
− 3 = 4 − 3 = 1
4 a, b y c x =
= −3 and y
and y =
= 6
8
0 x
–6 –4 –2 2 4 6 8 10
–2
–4
–6
–8
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60
40
20
0
–6 –4 –2 2 4 6 8 10 x
–20
–40
0 x
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5
–6
y
(100, 164)
150
)
$
(
s
r
a100
l
l
o
D
50
0 x
50 100
Euros (€)
y
2 a b y =
= 7.35g
7.35g c i $24.99 ii 2.72 grams
ii
40
(5, 36.75)
30
s
r
a
l
l
o
D 20
10
0 x
1 2 3 4 5
Grams
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10 20 30 40 50 60
Minutes
c f =
= 250m
250m d i 41 250 litres ii 400 minutes
ii minutes or 6 hours and 40 minutes
y
5 a ) b 16.5 c Just over 6 minutes or about
about 6 minutes and 4 seconds
m40
c
(
(2, 33)
e30
c
n
a20
t
s
i
D10
0 x
1 2
Minutes
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 d
Days
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= 3w
3w +
+ 20 b D c i $32 ii 10 weeks
ii
60
50
s
r40
a
l
l
o
D
30
20
10
0
w
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Weeks
3 a n =
= 14 000 − 500m
500m b n c 8 minutes
14000
12000
e
10000
l
p
o 8000
e
P
6000
4000
2000
0
m
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Minutes
4 a t = 30 − 4d
4d b t c On the 8th day ( 7 1 days)
2
32
28
24
s
t 20
e
l
b
a
T16
12
8
4
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 d
Days
5 a L =
= 20 000 − 1500d
1500d b L
20000
18000
16000
)
s 14000
e
r
t 12000
i
l
(
r
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t
a
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6000
4000
2000
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 d
11 12 13
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19 Interpreting and discussing results
c
Time taken by 9C to complete
cross-country run
18
16
14
12
y
c
n
10
e
u
q
e
r
8
F
6
4
2
0
10 12 14 16 18
Time (minutes)
5
d
8
2 a 50
b Wednesday Saturday
Height, h (c
(cm) Frequency Midpoint Height, h (c
(cm) Frequency Midpoint
120 ≤ h <
< 140 4 130 120 ≤ h <
< 140 25 130
140 ≤ h < 160 6 150 140 ≤ h < 160 16 150
160 ≤ h <
< 180 22 170 160 ≤ h <
< 180 7 170
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Number of hours
b For example: The most popular training time for the Falcons
Falcons Club was between 5 and 10 hours,
hours, whereas for
the Harriers Club it was between 15 and 20 hours. In the Falcons Club only 22 athletes trained for more than
15 hours a week compared with 42 athletes from the Harriers Club.
c Falcons Club 68, Harriers Club 70
d Yes, because the number of athletes surveyed
surveyed at each club was nearly
nearly the same.
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Time spent reading and spelling test score
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b Positi
Positive
ve correlation.
correlation. The more
more hours reading
reading a student does,
does, the better
better their spelling test
test score.
2 a Art and Science exam results
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b No correlation.
correlation. The number of packets
packets of biscuits sold has no relationship to the number
number of packets
of crisps sold.
4 a Negative correlation. The further the house is from the railway station,
station, the less it is worth.
b The house that doesn
doesn’t
’t fit the tren
trend
d is worth $146 000 and is 6 km from the train station.
station.
For example:
example: It might not be in a very good state
state of repair,
repair, which
which is why
why it isn’t
isn’t worth
worth as much
much as it should be.
9 7 3 6 7 8
6 6 6 5 3 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 7
5 0 2 4 5 6 8 8
8 0 6 2
Key: For June, 0 | 2 means 20 customers
For August, 3 | 6 means 36 customers
0 13
1 3 0 2 6 8 9 9
14 2 4 5 7
Key: For the top shelf, 4 | 10 means 104 boxes of cereal
For the middle shelf, 11 | 5 means 115 boxes
b oxes of cereal
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For example:
example: The sales of cereal were
were better on the middle shelf as on average more
more boxes
boxes were
were sold (the
(the mean,
median and mode were all greater on the top shelf than the middle shelf).
shelf ). The sales on the middle shelf were
more varied, but included the largest number of boxes sold on one day.
day. The smallest number of box boxes
es sold on
one day were on the top shelf.
Team A 18 19 16 21.25
Team B 28 27.5 7 27.25