Graph Questions
June 2009
1) The table below shows the time, to the nearest minute, that 80 students waited to be
served at a school’s canteen
Waiting Time (minutes) Number of Students Cumulative Frequency
1–5 4 4
6 – 10 7 11
11 – 15 11 22
16 – 20 18
21 – 25 22
26 – 30 10
31 – 35 5
36 – 40 3
a) Copy and complete the table, showing the cumulative frequency
b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5 minutes on the x axis and 2cm to represent 10
students on the y axis, draw a cumulative frequency curve
c) Use your graph from (b) above to estimate
i) The median for the data
ii) The number of students who waited for no more than 29 minutes
iii) The probability that a student, chosen at random from the group, waited for no
more than 17 minutes
June 2011
2) The table below shows the distribution of the masses of 100 packages
Mass (kg) No. of Packages Cumulative Frequency
1 – 10 12 12
11 – 20 28 40
21 – 30 30
31 – 40 22
41 – 50 8
a) Copy and complete the table to show the cumulative frequency for the distribution
b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10kg on the x axis and 1cm to represent 10 packages
on the y axis, draw the cumulative frequency curve for the data
c) Estimate from the graph
i) The median mass of the packages
ii) The probability that a package, chosen at random, has a mass which is LESS than
35kg
June 2013
3) The table below shows the amount, to the nearest dollar, spent by a group of 40
students at the school canteen during a period of one week
Amount Spent ($) Number of Students Cumulative Frequency
1 – 10 3 3
11 – 20 7 10
21 – 30 9 19
31 – 40 11
41 – 50 8
51 – 60 2
a) Copy and complete the table below to show the cumulative frequency
b) Using a scale of 1cm to represent $5 on the horizontal axis and 1cm to represent 5
students on the vertical axis, draw the cumulative frequency graph for the data
c) Use the graph to estimate
i) The median amount of money spent
ii) The probability that a student chosen at random spent less than $23 during the
week
June 2016
4) Twenty bags of sugar were weighed. The weights, to the nearest kg, are as follows
3 38 17 33 28
12 43 38 31 30
11 8 23 18 26
50 22 35 39 5
Weight (kg) Tally Number of Bags
1 – 10
11 – 20
21 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 50
a) Complete the frequency table for the data shown above
b) For the class interval 21 – 30, state
i) The upper-class boundary
ii) The class width
iii) The class midpoint
c) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10kg on the x -axis and 1cm to represent 1 bag on the
y -axis, draw a histogram to represent the data contained in your frequency table below
June 2017
5) The table below shows the speeds, to the nearest km h−1 , of 90 vehicles that pass a
checkpoint
Speed (in km h−1 ¿ Frequency Cumulative Frequency
0 – 19 5 5
20 – 39 11 16
40 – 59 26
60 – 79 37
80 – 99 9
100 – 119 2
a) For the class interval 20 – 39, as written in the table above, complete the following
sentences
i) The upper-class limit is
ii) The class width is
iii) Sixteen vehicles passed a checkpoint at no more than
b) Complete the table shown above by inserting the missing values for the cumulative
frequency column
c) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 20km h−1 on the x axis and 2cm to represent 10
vehicles on the y axis, draw the cumulative frequency curve to represent the
information
d) On your graph, draw reference lines to
i) Estimate the speed at which no more than 50% of the vehicles drove as they
passed the checkpoint
ii) What is the estimated speed?