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Exam Style Questions

Frequency Polygons

Equipment needed: Pencil, Ruler, Pen and Calculator

Guidance

1. Read each question carefully before you begin answering it.

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Answers and Video Solutions

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1. The table gives information about the time taken, in seconds, for students
to complete a puzzle.

Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(2)

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2. The table gives information about the distances thrown, in metres, at a school
sports day.

Distance (m)

Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(2)

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3. The table gives information about the income of 200 households in a village.

Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(2)

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4. The table shows information about the time taken for teachers to travel to work.

Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(4)

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5. The table shows information about the lengths of 60 spiders.

Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(4)

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6. The frequency polygon shows the time taken for 100 students in Class A to solve
a maths question.

The table shows the times taken by 100 students in Class B to answer the same
question.

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information on the diagram above.
(2)

(b) Compare the times taken by the students in Class A and Class B.

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(2)
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7. The table shows the distance travelled to school by 48 students.

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(a) Draw a frequency polygon to represent this data.

One student is chosen at random.

(b) Work out the probability that this student travels more than 6 miles to school.

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(1)

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8. The table shows the speeds of cars travelling through a village.

(a) Find the class interval that contains the median.

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(1)

(b) Draw a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

(2)
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9. The table shows information about the heights of 152 people.

Zoey draws a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

Write down two mistakes that Zoey has made.

Mistake 1 ….……………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………

Mistake 2 ….……………………………………………………………………………

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(2)
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10. The table shows information about the donations 62 people made to charity.

Humphrey draws a frequency polygon for the information in the table.

Write down two mistakes that Humphrey has made.

Mistake 1 ….……………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………

Mistake 2 ….……………………………………………………………………………

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(2)
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11. The frequency polygon shows the length of 330 river eels.

The table shows the lengths of 330 sea eels.

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information on the diagram above.
(2)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of a sea eel.

.........................cm
(3)

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12. The frequency table gives information about the weights of some rugby players.

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to represent this data.

(b) Write down the modal class interval.

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(1)

One player is chosen at random.

(c) Work out the probability that this player is more than 90kg.

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(1)
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13. The frequency polygon shows the weights of 120 red apples from an orchard.

(grams)

The table shows the weights of 120 green apples from the same orchard.

(grams)

(a) Draw a frequency polygon to show this information on the diagram above.
(2)

(b) Compare the two distributions.

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(2)
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14. The frequency polygon shows information on how long people spend in a
swimming pool.

Calculate an estimate of the mean time spent in the swimming pool.

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(3)

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