MATHEMATICS (EXTENDED) 0580
REVISION 8
STATISTICS
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8 4 8 y 9
His mean mark is 7.2.
Calculate the value of y.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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The table shows information about the heights of some flowers.
Calculate the values of u and v.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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3.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the heights of 60 tomato plants.
Use the diagram to find
(a) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(b) the lower quartile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(c) the interquartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(d) the probability that the height of a tomato plant, chosen at random,
will be more than 15 cm.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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4.
The table shows the test marks in Mathematics and English for 10 students.
(a) (i) On the grid, complete the scatter diagram to show the Mathematics and English marks
for the 10 students. The first four points have been plotted for you. [2]
(ii) What type of correlation does your scatter diagram show?
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(iii) Draw a line of best fit on the grid. [1]
(iv) Ann missed the English test but scored 22 marks in the Mathematics test.
Use your line of best fit to estimate a possible English mark for Ann.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(b) Show that the mean English mark for the 10 students is 28.
[2]
(c) Two new students do the English test. They both score the same mark.
The mean English mark for the 12 students is 31.
Calculate the English mark for the new students.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
IGCSE REVISION
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5. Felix asked 80 motorists how many hours their journey tool that day.
He used the results to draw a cumulative frequency diagram.
(a) Find
(i) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) the upper quartile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(iii) the inter-quartile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
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(b) Find the number of motorists whose journey took more than 5 hours but no more than 7
hours.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(c) The frequency table shows some of the information about the 80 journeys,
(i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the table above. [2]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean number of hours the 80 journeys took.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
(d) On the grid, draw a histogram to represent the information in your table in part (c).
[5]
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6. (a) In a football league a team is given 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and
0 points for a loss.
The table shows the 20 results for Athletico Cambridge.
(i) Find the median and the mode.
Answer: Median = …………………………… [4]
Mode = …………………………… [2]
(ii) Thomas wants to draw a pie chart using the information in the table.
Calculate the angle of the sector which shows the number of times Athletico Cambridge
were given 1 point.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(b) Athletico Cambridge has 20 players.
The table shows information about the heights (h centimetres) of the players.
Calculate an estimate of the mean height of the players.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
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7. The owner of a small café records the average air temperature and the number of hot drinks he
sells each day for a week.
(a) On the grid, draw a scatter diagram to show this information. [2]
(b) What type of correlation does your scatter diagram show?
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(c) Draw a line of best fit on the grid. [1]
8. The heights, in metres, of 200 trees in a park are measured.
(a) Find the interval which contains the median height.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean height.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
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(c) Complete the cumulative frequency table for the information given in the table above. [2]
9. 200 students estimate the mass (m grams) of a coin.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.
(a) Find
(i) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) the upper quartile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(iii) the 80th percentile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(iv) the number of students whose estimate is 7 grams or less
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(b) (i) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete the frequency table.
(ii) A student is chosen at random.
The probability that the student estimates that the mass is greater than M grams is 0.3.
Find the value of M.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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10.
The table shows information about the heights of a group of 42 students.
(a) Using the mid-interval values, calculate an estimate of the mean height of the students.
Show your working.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
(b) Write down the internal which contains the lower quartile.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(c) Complete the histogram to show the information in the table.
One column has already been drawn for you. [5]
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11. Sam asked 80 people how many minutes their journey to work took on one day.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the times taken (m minutes).
(a) Find
(i) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) the lower quartile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(iii) the inter-quartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
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(b) One of the 80 people is chosen at random.
Find the probability that their journey to work took more than 35 minutes.
Give your answer as a fraction.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(c) Use the cumulative frequency diagram to complete this frequency table.
(d) Using mid-interval values, calculate as estimate of the mean journey time for the 80 people.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
(e) Use the table in part (c) to complete the histogram to show the times taken by the 80
people. One column has already been completed for you. [5]
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12.
A travel brochure has 72 holidays in four different countries.
The pie chart shows this information.
(a) There are 24 holidays in Thailand.
Show that the sector angle for Thailand is 120°. [2]
(b) The sector angle for Malaysia is 150°.
The sector angle for Singapore is twice the sector angle for Hong Kong.
Calculate the number of holidays in Hong Kong.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
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13. Michelle sells ice cream.
The table shows how many of the different flavours she sells in one hour.
Michelle wants to show this information in a pie chart.
Calculate the sector angle for mango.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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Use the diagram to find
(a) the median score
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(b) the inter-quartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(c) the 40th percentile
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(d) the number of people who scored 30 or less but more than 20.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
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15.
The times (t minutes) taken by 80 people ti complete a charity swim were recorded.
The results are shown in the cumulative frequency diagram above.
(a) Find
(i) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) the interquartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(iii) the 70th percentile
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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(b) The times taken by the 80 people are shown in this grouped frequency table.
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
(ii) Draw a histogram to represent the grouped frequency table.
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16. (a)
The histogram shows some information about the masses (m grams) of 39 apples.
(i) Show that there are 12 apples in the interval 70 < m < 100. [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass of the 39 apples.
Answer: ………………………………………… [5]
(b) The mean mass of 20 oranges is 70 grams.
One orange is eaten.
The mean mass of the remaining oranges is 70.5 kg.
Find the mass of the orange that was eaten.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
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17.
A survey asked 90 people how much money they gave to charity in one month.
The histogram shows the results of the survey.
(a) Complete the frequency table for the six columns in the histogram. [5]
(b) Use your frequency table to calculate an estimate of the mean amount these 90 people gave
to charity.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
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18. The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the distances travelled, in
kilometres
Find
(a) the 80th percentile
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(b) the inter-quartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(c) the number of people who travelled more than 60 km.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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19.
200 students take a reaction time test.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the result.
Find
(a) the median
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(b) the inter-quartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(c) the number of students with a reaction time of more than 4 seconds.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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20. The table shows the time, t minutes, that 400 people take to complete a test.
(a) (i) Write down the modal time interval.
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time taken to complete the test.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
(b) (i) Complete the table of cumulative frequencies. [2]
(ii) On following grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information. [3]
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(c) Use the graph to estimate
(i) the median time
Answer: ………………………………………… [1]
(ii) the inter-quartile range
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(iii) the 15th percentile
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
(iv) the number of people who took more than 50 minutes.
Answer: ………………………………………… [2]
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21. (a) A group of 50 students estimated the mass, M grams, of sweets in a jar.
The results are shown in the table.
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean.
Answer: ………………………………………… [4]
(ii) Complete this histogram to show the information in the table. [3]
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(b) A group of 50 adults also estimated the mass, M grams, of the sweets in the jar.
The histogram below shows information about their estimates.
Use the histograms to make two comparisons between the distributions of the estimates of
the students and the adults.
Answer:
(1) ……………………………………………………………………………… [3]
Answer(2) ……………………………………………………………………………… [3]
(2) ……………………………………………………………………………… [3]
Answer(2) ……………………………………………………………………………… [2]
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22. The table shows the times, in minutes, taken by 200 students to complete an IGCSE paper.
(a) By using mid-interval values, calculate an estimate of the mean time.
Answer: ………………………………………… [3]
(b) On the grid, draw a histogram to show the information in the table. [4]
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