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Class10 MathG9 Homework Aug 03-06

The document is a homework assignment for a class 10 statistics course, requiring students to calculate statistical measures such as mean, median, mode, and range for given data sets. It also includes tasks on identifying primary and secondary data sources, defining populations, and analyzing scatter plots and trends in various scenarios. Additionally, students are asked to describe relationships in data and predict future trends based on provided graphs.

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Class10 MathG9 Homework Aug 03-06

The document is a homework assignment for a class 10 statistics course, requiring students to calculate statistical measures such as mean, median, mode, and range for given data sets. It also includes tasks on identifying primary and secondary data sources, defining populations, and analyzing scatter plots and trends in various scenarios. Additionally, students are asked to describe relationships in data and predict future trends based on provided graphs.

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Olympiads School Mcu9 class 10: homework

First name: _____________ Last name: ______________

Statistics Homework

1. Find the mean, median, mode, and range of each set of data.

1. 170, 69, 51, 141, 157, 165, 124, 123, 56, 89, and 21

Mean: ___________ Median: __________ Mode: __________ Range: __________


2. 107, 25, 24, 55, 162, 15, 79, 53, 52, 105, 15, 172, and 124

Mean: ___________ Median: __________ Mode: __________ Range: __________

3. 153, 94, 120, 94, 48, 104, 24, 159, 149, 177, 109, 104, and 160

Mean: ___________ Median: __________ Mode: __________ Range: __________

2. Identify each data source as primary or secondary.

a) A researcher interviewed 100 students about their study habits.

b) A sporting goods company searched on the Internet for data on how Canadians spend their
leisure time.

c) A manufacturer surveyed 1000 recent customers about possible changes to a product.

d) A student found advertisements in out-of-town newspapers at a library to check admission


prices at theatres across the country.

3. Identify the population in each situation.

a) Generally, girls learn to walk before boys do.

b) The mean mark on yesterday’s test was 72%.

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Olympiads School Mcu9 class 10: homework

c) As cars age their repair costs increase

d) Most food stores charge more for cream than for milk.

4. Identify the type of sample in each situation.

a) The personnel department sends questionnaires to 75 employees randomly selected from a list
of everyone working for the company.

b) A computer randomly chooses one name from an alphabetical list of a store’s customers and
then also selects every 25th person listed before and after that name.

c) The president of a restaurant chain interviews employees at one branch.

d) The student council of a school randomly selects a number of students from each class. This
number is proportional to the size of the class.

Word problems

1. The chart shows the number of times a student was late for math class in a month, and the
student’s mark in the class.

Number of Late 1 4 0 1 1 1 8 1 3 8 0 7 1 2 1
Arrivals 2 0 5 8 0 1
Mark (%) 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 8 9 6 8 7 6 7 7
5 5 8 5 8 4 8 5 0 3 2 2 2 6 1

a) Which is the independent variable and the dependent variable? Why?

b) Make a scatter plot of the data.

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Olympiads School Mcu9 class 10: homework

c) Use the scatter plot to describe the


relationship between lateness and
marks.

2. The table below shows how many sit-ups Samantha did in gym class.

a. Plot the data on the grid.

b. Describe the pattern of the plot.

c. Is the trend increasing or decreasing? Is the rate of change (speed) getting faster or slower?

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3. For each scatter plot, answer the following questions.

a) Identify the independent and dependent variables.


b) Select two points on each line of best fit, and describe what each point represents.
c) Use the scatter plot to describe the relationship (if any) of the variables, including the strength
of the correlation.
d) Find the equation of line of best fit.

i) Traveling Across Canada

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Olympiads School Mcu9 class 10: homework

ii) Part-time Work and Average Mark

iii) Pets and Exercise

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Olympiads School Mcu9 class 10: homework

5. The table shows the population of a bacterial colony growing in a test tube at various times.
Time (h) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Population (thousands) 1 1.4 2.0 2.7 3.8 5.4 7.5 10.5 14.8
a. Use a graph to describe the growth of
the colony.
b. Use a graph to estimate the
population of the colony after 7.5h.

c. Predict the future trend of the curve.

6. In physics, we use velocity instead of speed to describe motion. Velocity is the slope of a
distance-time graph.
Describe the motion from the following d-t graph:

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