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Practice Quiz |Maths :77|Class

Mathematics/P2 3
:12th | pages:04
DBE/November 2011

Questions and Answers


NSC

QUESTION 1

Fifteen members of a basketball team took part in a tournament. Each player was allowed the
same amount of time on the court. The points scored by each player at the end of the
tournament are shown below.

27 28 30 32 34 38 41 42 43 43 44 46 53 56 62

1.1 Determine the median of the given data. (1)

1.2 Determine the interquartile range for the data. (3)

1.3 Draw a box and whisker diagram to represent the data. (3)

1.4 Use the box and whisker diagram to comment on the points scored by the players in
this team. (2)
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QUESTION 2

The scores for 8 golfers who played a single round of golf on the same golf course are shown
below.

69 71 75 74 78 70 72 71

2.1 Calculate the mean score. (2)

2.2 Calculate the standard deviation for the data. (2)

2.3 How many golfers' scores lie outside one standard deviation of the mean? (2)
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QUESTION 3

A group of 8 learners was randomly selected from a class. The performance of these learners in
a standardised test (which counted 150 marks) and the average number of hours they spend
watching TV each week was recorded. The data is represented in the scatter plot below.

SCATTER PLOT

140
130
120
110
100
Test scores obtained

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Average number of hours spent watching TV

3.1 What is the lowest test score for this group of learners? (1)

3.2 Does the data display a linear, quadratic or exponential relationship? Justify your
choice. (2)

3.3 What conclusion can be reached about the learners' test scores and the average
number of hours they spend watching TV? (1)

3.4 Another learner from the class watches 35 hours of TV per week. Using the given
information, predict his/her performance in the test. (2)
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