ALF Data 2021 to 2022

Baseline test

Time Allowed 45 minutes to complete the test plus 15 minutes

for online students to complete and return the
answer sheet

Equipment Needed Scientific calculator

Instructions Answer as many questions as you can.

If you are working online, enter your answers

in the spreadsheet provided

Name ……………………………….………………………………………………………………………

Date ………………………………………………………………………………………

Data Group …………………………Data Teacher………………………………………..……

Leave this mark grid blank

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL %

Mark
Awarded
Out of 7 6 4 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 40 100

1. Here are the amounts of money 11 people gave to a charity:

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 £1 £1 £2 £2 £3 £3 £4 £5 £5 £10 £500
Work out:

(a) the mean. Write your answer to the nearest pound (£)

£ ...................................
(2)

(b) the range.

£ ...................................
(1)

(c) the interquartile range.

£ ...................................
(2)

(d) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using the mean as an indication of the average of
a dataset.

Advantage: ..................................................................................................................................

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

Disadvantage: ..............................................................................................................................

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

(2)

2. A shop sells pairs of jeans.

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The pairs of jeans have one of three lengths, L, M and S.
Here are the lengths of the 20 pairs of jeans in the shop one day.

L M S L L M S S M M

M M M S S S L L M S

(a) Complete the frequency table for this information.

Length Frequency
L
M
S
(2)

One of these 20 pairs of jeans is picked at random.

(b) (i) Write down the length that is most likely to be picked.

..................................... (1)

(ii) Circle the letter which is closest to the probability that the length will be L.

A B C D E F G H I

(1)

(iii) Work out the probability that the length will be M. Write your answer as a fraction in its
simplest form.

.....................................
(2)

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3. The table below shows the usual times taken for 9 different rail journeys in 1987 and in 2015.

1987 Time 2015 Time

Journey
(minutes) (minutes)
Canterbury East to Victoria 81 86
Chatham to Victoria 43 44
Lewes to Victoria 61 67
Lewes to Haywards Heath 15 20
Southend to Fenchurch St 49 54
Southend to Upminster 28 30
Canterbury East to Faversham 13 17
Haywards Heath to Gatwick 13 14
Barking to Fenchurch St 12 16

(a) Write down what the table shows about journey times in 1987 compared to journey times
in 2015.

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

...................................................................................................................................................(1)

The scatter diagram below shows these data with a line of best fit.

Journey Times
100

90

80

70
2015 Time (minutes)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
1987 Time (minutes)

In 1987 a train took 70 minutes to complete a journey.

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 (b) Use the graph to estimate the time a train took to complete the same journey in 2015

..................................... minutes
(1)

In 1987 a train took 180 minutes for a journey from Manchester to London.
The line of best fit could be used to find an estimate of the time for the journey in 2015.

(c) Would your line of best fit give a reliable estimate? ………… (1)

Give ONE reason why

............................................................................................................................................(1)

4. There are 4 teams in a netball competition.

The box plots show some information about the ages of the players in each team.

(a) Write down the letter of the box plot for the team:

with the oldest player in the competition ,..................................... (1)

whose distribution of ages has a positive skew ,............................ (1)

whose interquartile range is the largest ......................................... (1)

(b) Write down the median age of team C including units

.................... .................... (2)

5. The table gives information about the waist sizes, in inches, of 19 pairs of jeans.

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 Waist size (inches) Frequency
28 8
30 7
32 3
34 1

(a) Write down the modal waist size.

...................................... inches
(1)

(b) Find the median waist size.

...................................... inches
(1)

(c) Work out the mean waist size. Use the blank columns in the table if you need to.

Answer: Mean waist size…………...... inches (write down all the digits on your calculator)

...................... inches (rounded to 3 significant figures)

(2)
(d) Which average would best describe the waist sizes of the 19 pairs of jeans?
Give a reason for your answer.

The best average is ............................................................because.............................................

....................................................................................................................................................
(1)

6. 150 bags of sweets are weighed.

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The results are summarised in the table below.

Mass, m
Frequency
(grams)
95 ≤ m < 99 8
99 ≤ m < 101 10
101 ≤ m < 103 22
103 ≤ m < 105 38
105 ≤ m < 107 32
107 ≤ m < 109 18
109 ≤ m < 111 10
111 ≤ m < 115 12

The unfinished histogram below shows information about some of these bags of sweets.

Mass (grams)

(a) Use the information in the table to calculate the value of A on the frequency density scale.

A = …………… (1)

(b) Use the information in the table to calculate the frequency density of the missing bars. (Use
some of the blank columns for any working)
(109 ≤ m < 111), height = …………… (1)

(111 ≤ m < 115), height = …………… (1)

(c) Work out an estimate for the mean mass of a bag of sweets. (Use some of the other blank
columns for any working.)

Mean mass:...........................grams.....(1)

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7. Samira and Max work in a shop from Monday to Friday. Sam draws a graph to show the number of
computers they sell

Write down three things that are wrong with this graph

1. ………………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………………

2. .………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(3)
8. Here is a probability tree diagram.

Work out the probability of winning exactly one game ……………………………………..(2)

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9. There are 25 men and 32 women in a club.
2 1
of the men and of the women walk to the club.
5 2
The club leader picks at random a person who walks to the club.
Work out the probability that this person is a man.

Answer: ……………………………………..(2)

10. Jane asked 50 people which drinks they liked from tea, coffee and milk.

All 50 people liked at least one of the drinks

19 people liked all three drinks
16 people like tea and coffee but do not like milk
21 people like coffee and milk
24 people like tea and milk
40 people like coffee
1 person likes only milk

How many people like tea?

Answer: ……………………………………..(2)

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