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Anthony’s Canossian Secondary School

Secondary 2G3/2G2 Mathematics
Standardised Quiz on Statistical Diagram
Duration: 25 minutes 20
Low KaiNing
Name: _______________________ ( 19 ) Class: _________
2CT 10 / ____
Date: ____ 09 / 2024
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Instructions:
• Answer all questions. Write in dark blue or black pen.
• Show all working steps neatly and clearly. Omission of essential working may result
in the loss of marks.
• Use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
• If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not
exact, give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one
decimal place.
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1 The ages of the readers of magazine A and magazine B are presented in a back-to-
back stem-and-leaf diagram.

Readers’ ages of magazines A and B

Leaf for magazine A Stem Leaf for magazine B

9 9 7 6 2 4 7 8 8
3 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 9 9
3 3 2 4 0 3 3 5
5
8 6

Key: 6 | 2 | 4 means 26 years old for magazine A and 24 years old for magazine B

(a) Find the median age of readers for

(i) magazine A,

31.5 years old

Answer ….…………..........….……. [1]

(ii) magazine B.

33 years old
Answer ….…………..........….……. [1]

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 (b) Calculate the mean age of readers for

(i) magazine A,
26+27+29(2)+30+31+32+33+42+43(2)+68
12
= 35.75
35.75 years old
Answer ….…………..........….……. [1]
(ii) magazine B.
24+27+28(2)+31(2)+33+39(2)+40+43(2)+35
13
= 34.692 (5 s.f.)
34.7 years old
= 34.7 (3 s.f.) Answer ….…………..........….……. [1]

(c) Is the median or the mean a more appropriate average for this distribution?
Explain your answer.

median
Answer ………………... there is
is a more appropriate average because ………….
a outlier for magazine one, a man of age 68.
………………………………………………………………………… [2]

2 The following diagram shows the time a group of students spend using their mobile
devices on a particular day.

Amount of time (hours)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(a) State the total number of students who participated in the survey.

25 students
Answer ………………………………… [1]

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(b) Find the mean amount of time spent using their mobile devices.
1(3)+2(5)+3(3)+4(6)+5(5)+6(2)+7
25
= 3.6 hours

3.6
Answer …………………………… hours[2]

(c) State the mode amount of time spent using their mobile devices.

4
Answer …………………………… hours[1]

(d) 12% of the students spent at least x number of hours on their mobile devices.
Find the value of x.
12/100 x 25 = 3
x=6 hours

6
Answer x = …………………………… [2]

(e) Explain whether it is suitable to represent the data in dot diagram or in a stem
and-leaf diagram?

It is not suitable as no exact amount of time spent on the

Answer ………………………………………………………………………….
phone by each student is given and it will be more suitable
………………………………………………………………………….
to represent the data in a stem-and-leaf diagram.
…………………………………….………………………………… [1]
No, it is not suitable to represent the data in a stem-and-leaf

diagram because all the values are single digits (place value
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of one). Hence there will only be one single stem row.
 3 The histogram shows the marks for an English test of a group of students.

40

30

Frequency 20

10

0
20 30 40 marks
50 60 70

(a) Mary claims that the difference between the highest and lowest mark is 50.
Do you agree with her claim? Justify your choice with clear reasons.

Answer
as the highest mark is 70 and the
I agree / disagee with Mary because ……………………………………….…
lowest is 20, and 70-20=50. Hence I agree with Mary that the
…………………………………………………………………………………
difference beween the highest and lowest marks is 50.
..………………………………….………………………………………… [1]
Disagree as we do not know the exact marks. The highest mark may not be 70 and the lowest mark may not be

20. (b) Given that 21% of students failed the test, find the passing mark of the test.
total no. of students = 9+12+25+34+20 = 100
21/100 x 100 = 21

9+12=21

40
Answer ………………………………… [2]

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 (c) Calculate an estimate of the mean mark.

25(9)+35(12)+45(25)+55(34)+65(20)
100

= 49.4 marks

49.4 marks
Answer ………………………………… [2]

(d) Explain why the answer in (c) is only an estimate of the mean mark.

Answer The answer in (c) is a estimated mean based on the mid-

………………………………………………………………………
value of each class interval as the individual's exact mark is not
…………………………………………………………………………………
known.
..………………………………….………………………………………… [1]

4 The diagram shows the distribution of the ages of people watching a concert. State
one aspect of the histogram that may mislead the readers.

Frequency
1000

900
00
800
00
700
0
600
00
500

400 Age
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 (years)

Answer The vertical axis does not start at zero. This misleads the
………………………………………………………………………
reader to think that the frequency of the graph may be lower than
…………………………………………………………………………………
it actually is. For example, the height is the bar for 20 to 30 years
..………………………………….………………………………………… [1]
old is 4 times the height of the bar for 10 to 20 years old, but the
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actual frequencies only have a difference of 300 people, and not 4
5
times more.