IGCSE 0580 1 Mathematics

1 Gemma records the times, in seconds, taken for a group of children and a group of adults to complete a
puzzle.
The box-and-whisker plot shows information about the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

(a) Find the interquartile range of the times taken for the children to complete the puzzle.

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

(b) The table shows some information about the times, in seconds, taken for the adults to complete the
puzzle.

Minimum Lower quartile Median Upper quartile Maximum

28 42 58 70 75

On the grid above, draw the box-and-whisker plot for the adults. [2]

[Total: 4]

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2 Here is some information about the masses of potatoes in a sack:

• The largest potato has a mass of 174 g.

• The range is 69 g.
• The median is 148 g.
• The lower quartile is 121 g.
• The interquartile range is 38 g.

On the grid below, draw a box-and-whisker plot to show this information.

[4]

[Total: 4]

3 160 students record the amount of time, t hours, they each spend playing computer games in a week.
This information is shown in the cumulative frequency diagram.

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(a) Use the diagram to find an estimate of

(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range.

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

(b) Use the diagram to complete this frequency table.

Time (t hours)

Frequency 20 24 12 4

[2]

[Total: 5]

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4 100 students were each asked how much money, $m, they spent in one week.
The frequency table shows the results.

Amount ($m)

Frequency 16 38 30 9 7

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Amount ($m)

Cumulative
16 100
frequency

[2]

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

[3]

(c) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate for

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(i) the median,

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

(ii) the interquartile range,

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

(iii) the number of students who spent more than $25.

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

[Total: 10]

5 The time, t minutes, 80 students each spend completing their homework is recorded.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of

(a) the median,

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

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(b) the interquartile range,

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

(c) the number of students who spend more than 40 minutes completing their homework.

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

[Total: 5]

6 A school nurse records the height, h cm, of each of 180 children.

The table shows the information.

Height
(h cm)
Frequency 8 26 35 67 28 16

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table below.

Height
(h cm)
Cumulative
180
frequency

[2]

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

[3]

(c) Use your cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of

(i) the interquartile range,

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

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(ii) the 70th percentile,

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

(iii) the number of children with height greater than 106 cm.

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

[Total: 11]

7 A factory recycles metal.

The mass, x tonnes, of metal is measured each day for a number of days.
The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

(a) For how many days was the mass measured?

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

(b) Find an estimate of the median.

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

(c) Find an estimate of the upper quartile.

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

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(d) Find an estimate of the interquartile range.

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

(e) Find an estimate of the number of days when the mass was greater than 20 tonnes.

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

[Total: 6]

8 The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the time, m minutes, taken by 120 students to
complete some homework.

Use the cumulative frequency diagram to find an estimate of

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(a) the interquartile range,

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

(b) the number of students who took more than 50 minutes to complete the homework.

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

[Total: 4]

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

Time (t minutes)

Frequency 44 32 28 12 4

(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.

Time (t minutes)

Cumulative
0 44
frequency

[2]

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

[3]

(c) Find the median time.

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

(d) Find the interquartile range.

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

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

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

[Total: 10]

10
80

70

60

50
Cumulative
frequency 40

30

20

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (minutes)

The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the times, in minutes, taken by 80 students to
complete a short test.

Find

(a) the median,

Answer(a) .........................................min [1]

(b) the 30th percentile,

Answer(b) .........................................min [2]

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(c) the number of students taking more than 5 minutes.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]

11 The cumulative frequency diagram shows information about the distances travelled, in kilometres, by 60
people.

y
60

50

40

Cumulative
30
frequency

20

10

x
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Distance (kilometres)

Find

(a) the 80th percentile,

Answer(a) .........................................km [2]

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(b) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(b) .........................................km [2]

(c) the number of people who travelled more than 60 km.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 6]

12
200

150

Cumulative
frequency 100

50

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time (seconds)

200 students take a reaction time test.

The cumulative frequency diagram shows the results.

Find

(a) the median,

Answer(a) ................................................... s [1]

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(b) the inter-quartile range,

Answer(b) ................................................... s [2]

(c) the number of students with a reaction time of more than 4 seconds.

Answer(c) ................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]

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