Maths 8- Class work 1
Name: _____________________________________ Sec: ____ Date: ____________
Q1. 10 students were asked how much time they spent on a computer each week, and were then
timed running 100m. Here are the results
10km 32 34 36 39 43 47 48 51 56 59
time
Sport 16 11 13 11 10 9 12 7 4 3
hours
(a) Complete the scatter diagram.
(b) Identify type of correlation.
Q2. 10 students were asked how much time they spent playing sport each week,and were then
timed running 10km. Here are the results:
10km 32 34 36 39 43 47 48 51 56 59
time
Sport 16 11 13 11 10 9 12 7 4 3
hours
a) Plot the last five points.
b) What type of correlation does the graph
show?
Maths 8- Class work 2
Name: ___________________________Sec:____ Date:____________
Q1.
Q2.Identify i) type of correlation and ii) describe it.
a) b) c)
a) i)
ii)
b) i)
ii)
c) i)
ii
Maths 8- Class work 3
Name: __________________________________Sec:____ Date:____________
Q1.Eleven students sit examinations in Art and Biology.
Information about the results are shown in the scatter
graphs
a) What is the biology score of a student who scored
20 marks in arts?
b) Draw the line of best fit
c) Estimate marks of a student who scored 45 marks
in art but did not sit for biology test.
Q2. A shop sells umbrellas. The scatter graph shows
information about the number of umbrellas sold each
week and the rainfall that week, in millimetres.
a) What is the most number of umbrellas sold in
one week?
b) What is the greatest amount of rainfall in one
week?
c) Draw the line of best fit
d) In another week, there was 6mm of rain.
Estimate the number of umbrellas sold.
Q3.
Maths 8- Class work 4
Name: _____________________________________ Sec: ____ Date: ___________
Q.
The table shows the charge (£) by plumbers for jobs of different duration (hours ).
(a) Plot the data on the
scatter graph below.
(b) What type of correlation
does the graph show?
(c) Describe the correlation.
(d) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph.
(e) Use your line of best fit to estimate the charge for a 4 hour job. £.........................