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1 The number of bowls of hot soup sold decreases when the temperature rises.

What type of correlation does this statement describe?

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

2 The number of passengers on a bus is recorded each day for 14 days.

15 18 22 17 35 38 24
19 19 24 25 31 36 29

(a) Complete the stem-and-leaf diagram.

Key: represents 15 passengers

[2]

(b) Find the median.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]

3 Some students were asked how many books they each had in their school bags.
The table shows some of this information.

Number of books 5 6 7 8 9 10

Frequency 4 5 x 11 7 5

The mean number of books is 7.6 .

Calculate the value of x.

x = ................................................... [3]
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[Total: 3]

4 Gemma records the times, in seconds, taken for a group of children and a group of adults to complete a
puzzle.
The box-and-whisker plot shows information about the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

(a) Find the interquartile range of the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

................................................... seconds [2]

(b) The table shows some information about the times, in seconds, taken for the adults to complete the
puzzle.

Minimum Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Maximum

28 42 58 70 75

On the grid above, draw the box-and-whisker plot for the adults. [2]

[Total: 4]
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5 The table shows the amount of money, $x, given to a charity by each of 60 people.

Amount ($x)

Frequency 21 16 6 10 7

Calculate an estimate of the mean.

$ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

6 160 students record the amount of time, t hours, they each spend playing computer games in a week.
This information is shown in the cumulative frequency diagram.
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(a) Use the diagram to find an estimate of

(i) the median,

................................................... hours [1]

(ii) the interquartile range.

................................................... hours [2]

(b) Use the diagram to complete this frequency table.

Time (t hours)

Frequency 20 24 12 4

[2]

[Total: 5]
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7 The table shows the number of people in different age groups at a cinema.

Age (y years)

Number of people 35 32 44 12

Dexter draws a histogram to show this information.

The height of the bar he draws for the group is 7 cm.

Calculate the height of each of the remaining bars.

................................................... cm

................................................... cm

................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]

8 The scatter diagram shows the number of people and the number of phones in each of 8 buildings.
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(a) One of the buildings contains 42 people.

Write down the number of phones in this building.

................................................... [1]

(b) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

................................................... [1]

[Total: 2]
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What type of correlation does the scatter diagram show?

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

10 The time, t minutes, 80 students each spend completing their homework is recorded.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.
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Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of

(a) the median,

................................................... min [1]

(b) the interquartile range,

................................................... min [2]

(c) the number of students who spend more than 40 minutes completing their homework.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]
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11 The histogram shows information about the time, t minutes, spent in a shop by each of 80 people.

Complete the frequency table.

Time (t minutes)

Number of people 6 27 10

[2]

[Total: 2]

12 Shahruk plays four games of golf.

His four scores have a mean of 75, a mode of 78 and a median of 77.

Work out his four scores.

.................... .................... .................... .................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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13 Jim scores the following marks in 8 tests.

His mean mark is 7.5 .

Calculate the value of y.

Answer y = ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

14 The table shows information about the numbers of pets owned by 24 students.

Number of pets 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Frequency 1 2 3 5 7 3 3

(a) Calculate the mean number of pets.

Answer(a) ................................................... [3]

(b) Jennifer joins the group of 24 students.

When the information for Jennifer is added to the table, the new mean is 3.44 .

Calculate the number of pets that Jennifer has.

Answer(b) ................................................... [3]

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[Total: 6]

15
80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency 40

30

20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (minutes)

The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the times, in minutes, taken by 80 students to
complete a short test.

Find

(a) the median,

Answer(a) .........................................min [1]

(b) the 30th percentile,

Answer(b) .........................................min [2]

(c) the number of students taking more than 5 minutes.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]
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(a) A number is removed from this list and the median and range do not change.

Write down this number.

Answer(a) ................................................... [1]

(b) An extra number is included in the original list and the mode does not change.

Write down a possible value for this number.

Answer(b) ................................................... [1]

[Total: 2]

17 The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the distances travelled, in kilometres, by 60
people.
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y
60

50

40

Cumulative
30
frequency

20

10

x
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Distance (kilometres)

Find

(a) the 80th percentile,

Answer(a) .........................................km [2]

(b) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(b) .........................................km [2]

(c) the number of people who travelled more than 60 km.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]
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200

150

Cumulative
frequency 100

50

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (seconds)

200 students take a reaction time test.

The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

Find

(a) the median,

Answer(a) ................................................... s [1]

(b) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(b) ................................................... s [2]

(c) the number of students with a reaction time of more than 4 seconds.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]

19 Cheryl recorded the midday temperatures in Seoul for one week in January.
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Day Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Temperature (°C) -4 -5 -3 -11 -8 -3 -1

(a) Write down the mode.

Answer(a) ................................................... °C [1]

(b) On how many days was the temperature lower than the mode?

Answer(b) ................................................... [1]

[Total: 2]