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1 A school nurse records the height, h cm, of each of 180 children.

The table shows the information.

Height
(h cm)
Frequency 8 26 35 67 28 16

In a histogram showing the information, the height of the bar for the interval is 0.4 cm.

Calculate the height of the bar for each of the following intervals.

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

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

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

[Total: 3]

2 The number of attempts at a driving test and the number of driving lessons for each of 17 people are shown
in the scatter diagram.
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(a) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

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

(b) One of these people is picked at random.

Work out the probability that this person had 5 or more attempts.

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

(c) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram. [1]

(d) Another person had 15 lessons.

Estimate their number of attempts.

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

[Total: 4]

3 A factory recycles metal.

The mass, x tonnes, of metal is measured each day for a number of days.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.
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(a) For how many days was the mass measured?

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

(b) Find an estimate of the median.

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

(c) Find an estimate of the upper quartile.

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

(d) Find an estimate of the interquartile range.

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

(e) Find an estimate of the number of days when the mass was greater than 20 tonnes.

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

[Total: 6]
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4 The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the time, m minutes, taken by 120 students to
complete some homework.

Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of

(a) the interquartile range,

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

(b) the number of students who took more than 50 minutes to complete the homework.

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

[Total: 4]
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5 The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the distances travelled, in kilometres, by 60
people.

y
60

50

40

Cumulative
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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]

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

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

[Total: 6]

6 A school nurse records the height, h cm, of each of 180 children.

The table shows the information.

Height
(h cm)
Frequency 8 26 35 67 28 16

Calculate an estimate of the mean.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

................................................... cm [4]

[Total: 4]
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7
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]

8 (a) The table shows the amount of time, T minutes, 120 people each spend in a supermarket one Saturday.
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Time (T minutes) Number of people

16

18

22

40

21

(i) Use the mid-points of the intervals to calculate an estimate of the mean.

................................................... min [4]

(ii) Complete this histogram to show the information in the table.

[4]
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(b) This histogram shows the amount of time, T minutes, 120 people each spend in the supermarket one
Wednesday.

Make a comment comparing the distributions of the times for the two days.

..........................................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 9]

9 The time taken for each of 120 students to complete a cooking challenge is shown in the table.

Time (t minutes)

Frequency 44 32 28 12 4

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes)

Cumulative
0 44
frequency

[2]
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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.

[3]

(c) Find the median time.

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

(d) Find the interquartile range.

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

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(e) Find the number of students who took more than 37 minutes to complete the cooking challenge.

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

[Total: 10]

10 20 students each record the mass, p grams, of their pencil case.

The table below shows the results.

Mass
(p grams)
Frequency 2 5 4 6 3

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

................................................... g [4]

(b) Use the frequency table above to complete the cumulative frequency table.

Mass
(p grams)
Cumulative
20
frequency

[2]
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(c) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student has a pencil case with a mass greater than 150 g.

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

[Total: 7]

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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]

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(b) the 30th percentile,

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

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

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

[Total: 5]

12 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]

[Total: 6]
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13 The frequency table shows information about the time, m minutes, that each of 160 people spend in a library.

Time
(m minutes)

Frequency 3 39 43 55 11 9

(a) (i) Find the probability that one of these people, chosen at random, spends more than 100 minutes
in the library.

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

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time spent in the library.

................................................... min [4]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Time
(m minutes)

Cumulative
3 42
frequency

[2]
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(c) On the grid, draw the cumulative frequency diagram.

[3]

(d) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find

(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range,

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

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(iii) the 90th percentile,

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

(iv) the number of people who spend more than 30 minutes in the library.

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

[Total: 17]

14 Three sizes of eggs are sold in a shop.

The table shows the number of eggs of each size sold in one day.

Size Small Medium Large

Mass (m grams)

Number of eggs sold 78 180 162

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

................................................... g [4]
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(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in the table.

[4]

[Total: 8]

15 The time taken for each of 120 students to complete a cooking challenge is shown in the table.

Time (t minutes)

Frequency 44 32 28 12 4

(a) Write down the modal time interval.

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

(b) Write down the interval containing the median time.

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

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(c) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

................................................... min [4]

(d) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student takes more than 40 minutes.

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

[Total: 7]

16 Belle records the height, in centimetres, and the mass, in kilograms, of some goats.
Some of her results are shown in the scatter diagram.
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(a) The table shows four more results.

Height (cm) 23 30 36 38

Mass (kg) 31.2 33.5 34.6 34.8

Plot these points on the scatter diagram. [2]

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

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

(c) (i) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter diagram. [1]

(ii) Use your line of best fit to estimate the height of a goat with mass 32.5 kg.

................................................... cm [1]
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(d) Work out the percentage of the 12 goats that have a height between 26 cm and 35 cm.

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

[Total: 8]

17 Ten students eat cereal with milk for breakfast.

The amounts are shown in the table.

Cereal (g) 40 20 58 70 60 35 28 40 55 46

Milk (ml) 190 85 240 305 320 180 150 230 340 220

(a) Complete the scatter diagram.

The first six points have been plotted for you.
[2]

(b) For these students, describe the relationship between the amount of cereal and the amount of milk.

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

(c) On the grid, draw a line of best fit. [1]

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(d) Another student has 280 ml of milk with her cereal.

Use your line of best fit to estimate an amount of cereal this student has.

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

(e) Explain why this scatter diagram should not be used to estimate the amount of milk for a student who
has more than 70 g of cereal.

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

[Total: 6]

18 100 students were each asked how much money, $m, they spent in one week.
The frequency table shows the results.

Amount ($m)

Frequency 16 38 30 9 7

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Amount ($m)

Cumulative
16 100
frequency

[2]
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(b) On the grid, draw the cumulative frequency diagram.

[3]

(c) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate for

(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range,

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

(iii) the number of students who spent more than $25.

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

[Total: 10]
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19 Here is some information about the masses of potatoes in a sack:

• The largest potato has a mass of 174 g.

• The range is 69 g.
• The median is 148 g.
• The lower quartile is 121 g.
• The interquartile range is 38 g.

On the grid below, draw a box-and-whisker plot to show this information.

[4]

[Total: 4]
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20 During one year the midday temperatures, t°C, in Zedford were recorded.
The table shows the results.

Temperature (t°C)

Number of days 50 85 100 120 10

Complete the histogram to show the information in the table.

[4]

[Total: 4]
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21 The speed, v km/h, of each of 200 cars passing a building is measured.

The table shows the results.

Speed (v km/h)

Frequency 50 120 30

On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in this table.

[3]

[Total: 3]

22 20 students choose their favourite science subject.

The results are shown in the bar chart.

12

10

8
Frequency
6

0
Biology Chemistry Physics
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(a) Work out how many more students choose biology than physics.

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

(b) Write down the fraction of students whose favourite science subject is chemistry.

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

(c) One of the 20 students is picked at random.

Write down the probability that this student did not choose biology.

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

(d) Only one of the averages, median, mode and mean can be found for these results.

(i) Write down the average that can be found.

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

(ii) Find this average for these results.

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

(iii) Explain why the range cannot be found.

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

[Total: 7]

23 (a) 20 students from College A each run 5 km.

The times, correct to the nearest minute, are recorded.

32 51 25 40 47 21 37 32 48 36
46 39 30 29 44 39 53 35 40 31

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

Key: 3 | 4 represents 34 minutes

[2]
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(ii) Find the range of the times.

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

(iii) Find the median of the times.

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

(iv) Complete the bar chart for the times of the students.

[2]

(b) 20 students from College B each run 5 km.

Their times, correct to the nearest minute, are recorded and the results are shown in the table.

Time (minutes) Number of students Pie chart sector angle

30 to 39 5 90°

40 to 49 8

50 to 59 7

(i) Complete the table. [2]

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(ii) Complete the pie chart. [2]

(c) Write down two comments comparing the times of students from College A with the times of students
from College B.

1 ..........................................................................................................................................................

..........................................................................................................................................................

2 ..........................................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 12]

24 (a) 60 boys are asked to name their favourite sport.

The results are shown in the pie chart.
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(i) Write down the most popular sport.

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

(ii) Write down the fraction of boys who choose Running.

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

(iii) Work out how many boys choose Judo.

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

(iv) One of the boys is chosen at random.

Work out the probability that his favourite sport is not Judo.

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

(v) Complete this statement.

Three times as many boys choose .............................. than choose .............................. [1]
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(b) Two of the boys in part (a) then change their choice from Running to Swimming.

Complete the pie chart after this change.

The Tennis, Judo and Hockey sectors have been drawn for you.

[2]
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(c) 60 girls are asked to name their favourite sport.

Their results are shown in the bar chart below.

Using your pie chart in part (b) and the bar chart above, write down one similarity and one difference
between the girls’ results and the boys’ results.

Similarity ......................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 10]

25 Lena owns a café.

One day, Lena records the drinks she sells in one hour.

Tea Tea Coffee Juice Milkshake Milkshake Coffee Coffee

Milkshake Coffee Tea Juice Tea Coffee Tea Juice
Milkshake Tea Milkshake Tea Coffee Tea Milkshake Coffee

(a) Complete the frequency table.

You may use the tally column to help you.

Drink Tally Frequency

Coffee

Juice

Milkshake

Tea

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(b) Draw a bar chart to show this information.

Complete the scale on the frequency axis.

[3]

[Total: 5]

26 Olga counts the number of letters in each of the last 50 words in the book she is reading.
She has only counted the letters in 43 words so far.
Her results for these 43 words are shown in the table below.
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The last seven words in the book that Olga needs to add to the table are

………. and they all lived happily ever after.

(a) Complete the tally and frequency columns in the table. [2]

(b) Find the range.

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

(c) Find the median.

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

[Total: 4]

27 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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28 A factory recycles metal.

The mass, x tonnes, of metal is measured each week.
The table shows the results for 52 weeks.

Mass (x tonnes)

Frequency 8 20 12 12

On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in the table.

[4]

[Total: 4]