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3 At a summer camp an arithmetic test is taken by 250 children. The times taken, to the nearest minute,
to complete the test were recorded. The results are summarised in the table.
Time taken, in minutes 1 − 30 31 − 45 46 − 65 66 − 75 76 − 100
Frequency 21 30 68 86 45
(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [4]
(b) State which class interval contains the median. [1]
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(c) Given that an estimate of the mean time is 61.05 minutes, state what feature of the distribution
accounts for the median and the mean being different. [1]
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3 The times taken to travel to college by 2500 students are summarised in the table.
Time taken (t minutes) 0 ≤ t < 20 20 ≤ t < 30 30 ≤ t < 40 40 ≤ t < 60 60 ≤ t < 90
Frequency 440 720 920 300 120
(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [4]
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From the data, the estimate of the mean value of t is 31.44.
(b) Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation of the times taken to travel to college. [3]
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(c) In which class interval does the upper quartile lie? [1]
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It was later discovered that the times taken to travel to college by two students were incorrectly
recorded. One student’s time was recorded as 15 instead of 5 and the other’s time was recorded as 65
instead of 75.
(d) Without doing any further calculations, state with a reason whether the estimate of the standard
deviation in part (b) would be increased, decreased or stay the same. [1]
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3 The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram shows the diameters, in cm, of 19 cylindrical pipes produced
by each of two companies, A and B.
Company A Company B
4 33 1 2 8
9 8 3 2 0 34 1 6 8 9 9
8 7 5 4 1 1 35 1 2 2 3
9 6 5 2 36 5 6
4 3 1 37 0 3 4
38 2 8
Key: 1 35 3 means the pipe diameter from company A is 0.351 cm and from company B is 0.353 cm.
(a) Find the median and interquartile range of the pipes produced by company A. [3]
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It is given that for the pipes produced by company B the lower quartile, median and upper quartile are
0.346 cm, 0.352 cm and 0.370 cm respectively.
(b) Draw box-and-whisker plots for companies A and B on the grid below. [3]
(c) Make one comparison between the diameters of the pipes produced by companies A and B. [1]
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1 The time taken, t minutes, to complete a puzzle was recorded for each of 150 students. These times
are summarised in the table.
Time taken (t minutes) t ≤ 25 t ≤ 50 t ≤ 75 t ≤ 100 t ≤ 150 t ≤ 200
Cumulative frequency 16 44 86 104 132 150
(a) Draw a cumulative frequency graph to illustrate the data. [2]
(b) Use your graph to estimate the 20th percentile of the data. [1]
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2 Twenty children were asked to estimate the height of a particular tree. Their estimates, in metres, were
as follows.
4.1 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.4
5.5 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.9 19.4
(a) Find the mean of the estimated heights. [1]
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(b) Find the median of the estimated heights. [1]
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(c) Give a reason why the median is likely to be more suitable than the mean as a measure of the
central tendency for this information. [1]
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3 The Lions and the Tigers are two basketball clubs. The heights, in cm, of the 11 players in each of
their first team squads are given in the table.
Lions 178 186 181 187 179 190 189 190 180 169 196
Tigers 194 179 187 190 183 201 184 180 195 191 197
(a) Draw a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to represent this information, with the Lions on the
left. [4]
(b) Find the median and the interquartile range of the heights of the Lions first team squad. [3]
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It is given that for the Tigers, the lower quartile is 183 cm, the median is 190 cm and the upper quartile
is 195 cm.
(c) Make two comparisons between the heights of the players in the Lions first team squad and the
heights of the players in the Tigers first team squad. [2]
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4 The times taken, in minutes, to complete a word processing task by 250 employees at a particular
company are summarised in the table.
Time taken (t minutes) 0 ≤ t < 20 20 ≤ t < 40 40 ≤ t < 50 50 ≤ t < 60 60 ≤ t < 100
Frequency 32 46 96 52 24
(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information. [4]
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From the data, the estimate of the mean time taken by these 250 employees is 43.2 minutes.
(b) Calculate an estimate for the standard deviation of these times. [3]
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3 The times, t minutes, taken to complete a walking challenge by 250 members of a club are summarised
in the table.
Time taken (t minutes) t ≤ 20 t ≤ 30 t ≤ 35 t ≤ 40 t ≤ 50 t ≤ 60
Cumulative frequency 32 66 112 178 228 250
(a) Draw a cumulative frequency graph to illustrate the data. [2]
(b) Use your graph to estimate the 60th percentile of the data. [1]
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It is given that an estimate for the mean time taken to complete the challenge by these 250 members
is 34.4 minutes.
(c) Calculate an estimate for the standard deviation of the times taken to complete the challenge by
these 250 members. [4]
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