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Statistics QP.

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises related to statistics, probability, and data representation, including cumulative frequency diagrams, histograms, and calculations of mean, median, and mode. It involves various scenarios such as estimating classroom volumes, window areas, and parking fees based on student data. The problems require students to analyze data sets and apply statistical methods to derive answers.

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Statistics QP.

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and exercises related to statistics, probability, and data representation, including cumulative frequency diagrams, histograms, and calculations of mean, median, and mode. It involves various scenarios such as estimating classroom volumes, window areas, and parking fees based on student data. The problems require students to analyze data sets and apply statistical methods to derive answers.

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1 (a) 200 students estimate the volume, V m3, of a classroom.


The cumulative frequency diagram shows their results.

200

180

160

140

120
Cumulative
frequency
100

80

60

40

20

0 V
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
Volume (m3)

Find

(i) the median,

............................................. m3 [1]

(ii) the lower quartile,

............................................. m3 [1]

(iii) the inter-quartile range,

............................................. m3 [1]

(iv) the number of students who estimate that the volume is greater than 300 m3.

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

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(b) The 200 students also estimate the total area, A m2, of the windows in the classroom.
The results are shown in the table.

Area (A m2) 20 1 A G 60 60 1 A G 100 100 1 A G 150 150 1 A G 250


Frequency 32 64 80 24

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean.


Show all your working.

............................................. m2 [4]

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

Frequency
density 1

A
0 50 100 150 200 250
Area (m2)
[4]

(iii) Two of the 200 students are chosen at random.

Find the probability that they both estimate that the area is greater than 100 m2.

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

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2 Coins are put into a machine to pay for parking cars.


The probability that the machine rejects a coin is 0.05 .

(a) Adhira puts 2 coins into the machine.

(i) Calculate the probability that the machine rejects both coins.

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

(ii) Calculate the probability that the machine accepts at least one coin.

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

(b) Raj puts 4 coins into the machine.

Calculate the probability that the machine rejects exactly one coin.

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

(c) The table shows the amount of money, $a, received for parking each day for 200 days.

Amount ($a) 200 1 a G 250 250 1 a G 300 300 1 a G 350 350 1 a G 400 400 1 a G 450 450 1 a G 500
Frequency 13 19 27 56 62 23

Calculate an estimate of the mean amount of money received each day.

$ ................................................... [4]
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(d) The histogram shows the length of time that 200 cars were parked.

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.7
Frequency
density 0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400


Time in minutes

(i) Calculate the number of cars that were parked for 100 minutes or less.

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

(ii) Calculate the percentage of cars that were parked for more than 250 minutes.

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

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3 The time taken for each of 90 cars to complete one lap of a race track is shown in the table.

Time (t seconds) 70 1 t G 71 71 1 t G 72 72 1 t G 73 73 1 t G 74 74 1 t G 75
Frequency 17 24 21 18 10

(a) Write down the modal time interval.

............... 1 t G ............. [1]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

.............................................. s [4]

(c) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t seconds) t G 71 t G 72 t G 73 t G 74 t G 75
Cumulative frequency 17
[2]

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(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.

90

80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0 t
70 71 72 73 74 75

Time (seconds)
[3]

(iii) Find the median time.

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

(iv) Find the inter-quartile range.

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

(d) One lap of the race track measures 3720 metres, correct to the nearest 10 metres.
A car completed the lap in 75 seconds, correct to the nearest second.

Calculate the upper bound for the average speed of this car.
Give your answer in kilometres per hour.

....................................... km/h [4]

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4 (a) 200 students estimate the capacity, x millilitres, of a cup.


The results are shown in the frequency table.

Capacity (x ml) 0 1 x G 100 100 1 x G 150 150 1 x G 200 200 1 x G 250 250 1 x G 400

Frequency 20 55 66 35 24

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

............................................. ml [4]

(ii) Complete the histogram.

1.5

1
Frequency
density

0.5

0 x
0 100 200 300 400
Capacity (ml)
[4]

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(b) The 200 students also estimate the mass, m grams, of a small rock.
The results are shown in the cumulative frequency table.

Mass (m grams) m G 50 m G 100 m G 150 m G 200 m G 250

Cumulative frequency 28 64 104 168 200

(i) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram.

200

150

Cumulative
frequency

100

50

0 m
0 50 100 150 200 250
Mass (g)
[3]

(ii) Find

(a) the 65th percentile,

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

(b) the number of students who estimated more than 75 g.

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

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5 (a) Haroon has 200 letters to post.


The histogram shows information about the masses, m grams, of the letters.

5
Frequency
density 4

0 m
0 10 20 30 40 50
Mass (grams)

(i) Complete the frequency table for the 200 letters.

Mass (m grams) 0 1 m G 10 10 1 m G 20 20 1 m G 25 25 1 m G 30 30 1 m G 50
Frequency 50 17
[3]

(ii) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

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

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6 (a) The table shows the marks gained by 10 students in their physics test and their mathematics test.

Physics
63 61 14 27 72 75 44 40 28 50
mark
Mathematics
52 80 16 36 79 75 51 35 24 63
mark

(i) Complete the scatter diagram below.


The first six points have been plotted for you.

80

70

60

50
Mathematics
mark
40

30

20

10

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Physics mark
[2]

(ii) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

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

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(b) The marks of 30 students in a spelling test are shown in the table below.

Mark 0 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency 2 4 5 5 6 8

Find the mean, median, mode and range of these marks.

Mean = ..................................................

Median = ..................................................

Mode = ..................................................

Range = .................................................. [7]

(c) The table shows the marks gained by some students in their English test.

Mark 52 75 91

Number of students x 45 11

The mean mark for these students is 70.3 .

Find the value of x.

x = .................................................. [3]

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

Time (t minutes) 20 1 t G 25 25 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 35 35 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 45
Frequency 44 32 28 12 4

(a) (i) Write down the modal time interval.

................... 1 t G ................... [1]

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

................... 1 t G ................... [1]

(iii) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

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

(iv) A student is chosen at random.

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

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

(b) (i) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes) t G 20 t G 25 t G 30 t G 35 t G 40 t G 45
Cumulative
0 44
frequency

[2]

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(ii) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency diagram to show this information.

120

110

100

90

80

70
Cumulative
frequency 60

50

40

30

20

10

0 t
20 25 30 35 40 45
Time (minutes)

[3]

(iii) Find the median time.

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

(iv) Find the interquartile range.

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

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

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

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8 (a) The scatter diagram shows the physics mark and the chemistry mark for each of 12 students.

4
Chemistry
mark 3

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Physics mark

(i) What type of correlation is shown in the scatter diagram?

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

(ii) On the scatter diagram, draw a line of best fit. [1]

(iii) Find an estimate of the chemistry mark for another student who has a physics mark of 4.

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

(b) A teacher records the number of days each of the 24 students in her class are absent.
The frequency table shows the results.

Number of days 0 1 2 3 4 5

Frequency 10 8 3 2 0 1

Find the mode, the median and the mean.

Mode = ...............................................

Median = ...............................................

Mean = ............................................... [5]

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(c) 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) 46 1 m G 52 52 1 m G 62 62 1 m G 80

Number of eggs sold 78 180 162

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean mass.

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

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

20

18

16

14

12
Frequency
density 10

0 m
40 50 60 70 80
Mass (grams)
[4]

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9 (a) The test scores of 14 students are shown below.

21 21 23 26 25 21 22 20 21 23 23 27 24 21

(i) Find the range, mode, median and mean of the test scores.

Range = ....................................................

Mode = ....................................................

Median = ....................................................

Mean = .................................................... [6]

(ii) A student is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this student has a test score of more than 24.

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

(b) Petra records the score in each test she takes.

The mean of the first n scores is x.


The mean of the first (n – 1) scores is (x + 1).

Find the nth score in terms of n and x.


Give your answer in its simplest form.

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

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(c) During one year the midday temperatures, t°C, in Zedford were recorded.
The table shows the results.

Temperature (t°C) 0 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 15 15 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 25 25 1 t G 35
Number of days 50 85 100 120 10

(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

............................................... °C [4]

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

25

20

15
Frequency
density

10

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 t
Temperature (°C)
[4]

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10 100 students were each asked how much money, $m, they spent in one week.
The frequency table shows the results.

Amount ($m) 01mG5 5 1 m G 10 10 1 m G 20 20 1 m G 30 30 1 m G 50

Frequency 16 38 30 9 7

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean.

$ .............................................. [4]

(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Amount ($m) mG5 m G 10 m G 20 m G 30 m G 50

Cumulative
16 100
frequency
[2]

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

100

80

60
Cumulative
frequency

40

20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 m
Amount ($)
[3]

(d) 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]

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11 The table shows the time, t seconds, taken by each of 120 boys to solve a puzzle.

Time
20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 35 35 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 60 60 1 t G 100
(t seconds)
Frequency 38 27 21 16 18

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean time.

............................................. s [4]

(b) On the grid, complete the histogram to show the information in the frequency table.

4
Frequency
density

0
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 t
Time (seconds)
[4]

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