1.
The table and histogram show some information about the times taken by a group of students to travel to
school one day.
(a) Complete the histogram
(b) Find the value of m.
Answer m = ....................................
(c) Work out the fraction of students who took more than half an hour to travel to school.
Answer ..…......................................
2. The times taken by each member of a group of people to run one kilometre were recorded. The results are
shown in the table.
On the grid below, draw a frequency polygon to represent these results.
3. The times taken for 200 people to complete a 5km race were recorded. The results are summarised in the
cumulative frequency diagram.
(a) Use the diagram to estimate
1. the median time,
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
2. the interquartile range of the times.
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
(b) It was found that the recording of the times was inaccurate.
The correct times were all one minute more than recorded.
Write down the median and interquartile range of the correct times.
Answer Median = ..…...................................... minutes Interquartile range = ..…...................................... minutes
4. (a) In a survey, 50 students were asked how long they spent exercising during one particular week. The
results are summarised in the table.
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean time each student spent exercising that week.
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
(ii) During that week, the time Simon spent exercising is shown below.
Tuesday 12.37 p.m. until 1.24 p.m.
Thursday 8.57 a.m. until 9.42 a.m.
Which interval is his time recorded in?
Answer ..…......................................
(b) A gym has four different types of machines.
Carol is going to draw a pie chart to show how many times the machines are used in one day.
She has started to make a table.
(i) Complete the table.
(ii) Complete the pie chart
5. The table shows the ages of guests at a party.
The histogram represents some of this information.
(a) Use the histogram to find the value of
(i) p,
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
(ii) q,
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
(b) Complete the histogram.
6. In a survey, some people were asked which of three songs, labelled A, B and C, they liked best.
The diagram shows part of a pie chart illustrating the results.
The angle of the sector that represents the people who liked C best is 168°.
(a) Complete the pie chart.
(b) Expressing your answer in its lowest terms, find the fraction of people in the survey who liked C best.
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
(c) Given that 30 people liked A best, calculate the number of people in the survey.
Answer ..…...................................... minutes
7. The graph shows the cumulative frequency curve for the ages of 60 employees.
Use the graph to estimate
(a) the median,
Answer (a) ..…......................................
(b) the interquartile range,
Answer (b) ..…......................................
(c) the number of employees aged over 50.
Answer (c) ..…......................................
8. (a) The cumulative frequency graph shows the distribution of the lengths of 60 leaves
(i) Complete the table to show the distribution of the lengths of the leaves.
(ii) Use the graph to estimate the median.
Answer ..…...................................... cm
(iii) Use the graph to estimate the interquartile range.
Answer ..…...................................... cm
(iv) One of these leaves is chosen at random.
Estimate the probability that it has a length of more than 7.5 cm.
Answer ..………......................................
(b) The distribution of the widths of these leaves is shown in the table below
(i) Calculate an estimate of the mean width.
Answer ..…...................................... cm
(ii) Calculate the percentage of leaves with a width of more than 6 cm.
Answer ..…........................................ %
9. The table below shows the populations of some countries in 2010.
(a) The population of Mexico was 111 210 000.
In the table above, complete the row for Mexico.
Give your answer in standard form, correct to two significant figures.
(b) Complete the following sentences.
The population of Russia is ten times the population of .....................................
The population of ..................................... is one fifth of the population of Indonesia.
(c) Calculate the difference in population between South Korea and Senegal.
Give your answer in standard form.