Histogram

11 One hundred children were asked how far they could swim.
The results are summarised in the table.
Distance (d metres) 0 < d
100 100 < d
200 200 < d
400
Number of children 30 50 20

(a) The histogram in the answer space represents part of this information. Answer (a)
Complete the histogram.
0.6
(b) A pie chart is drawn to represent the three groups of children.
Calculate the angle of the sector that represents the group of 20 children. 0.5

0.4
Frequency
density 0.3

0.2

0.1

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Distance (d metres) [1]
11 On a certain stretch of road, the speeds of some cars were recorded.
The results are summarised in the table.
Part of the corresponding histogram is shown alongside. 4

Speed Frequency
(x km/h)
25 < x ⭐ 45 q 3

45 < x ⭐ 55 30 Frequency
density
55 < x ⭐ 65 p
2
65 < x ⭐ 95 12

(a) Find the value of

(i) p, (ii) q. 1

(b) Complete the histogram.

0
25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95
Speed (km/h)
 14 Ida keeps a record of time spent on the internet each day.

Her results are summarised in the table.

Time (t minutes) Frequency

0 艋 t ⬍ 10 4
10 艋 t ⬍ 30 20
30 艋 t ⬍ 60 39
60 艋 t ⬍ 100 32
100 艋 t ⬍ 120 6

On the axes below, draw a histogram to show these results.

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

Frequency
1.0
density

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
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Time (t minutes)
13 Jamil recorded the number of tex
t messages sent by the students in his 8
class on one day.

The results are shown in the bar chart.

6
Use the bar chart to find

(a) the number of students in Jamil’s class,

Frequency 4

(b) the median number of text messages sent,

(c) the modal number of text messages sent.

0
3 4 7 8
Number of text messages
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21 A group of 100 students was asked how many minutes each spent talking on their mobile phone
during one day.
The histogram summarises this information.
3
(a) Use the histogram to
(i) find the number of students who spent
between 0 and 10 minutes talking on their 2
mobile phone, Frequency
density
(ii) estimate the number of students
who spent between 25 and 65 minutes 1
talking on their mobile phone.

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time (mins)
(b) A pie chart is drawn to represent the information shown in the histogram.

Calculate the angle of the sector that represents the students who spent
between 0 and 10 minutes talking on their mobile phone.

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23 The table summarises the times, in minutes, taken by a group of people to complete a puzzle.

Time (t minutes) 0<t4 4<t8 8 < t  12 12 < t  16 16 < t  20

Frequency 4 8 7 4 2

(a) On the grid draw a frequency polygon to represent this information.

(b) Write down the modal class.

(c) How many people took more

than 8 minutes to complete the puzzle?
(d) Imran says:

Frequency

‘The longest time to complete the puzzle was 20 minutes.’

Explain why he may not be correct.

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Time (t minutes)
[2]
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14 The table shows the ages of guests at a party.

Age (y years) 10 G y 1 20 20 G y 1 40 40 G y 1 45 45 G y 1 50 50 G y 1 65
Frequency p 20 8 q 18

The histogram represents some of this information.

(a) Use the histogram to find the value of 3

(i) p, (ii) q.

(b) Complete the histogram. 2

Frequency
density

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age (y years)

24 Some students were asked how long they had each spent doing homework the day before.

The results are summarised in the table.

Time (t hours) 0 1 t G 0.5 0.5 1 t G 1 1 1 t G 1.5 1.5 1 t G 2 2 1 t G 2.5 2.5 1 t G 3

Girls 0 5 8 6 0 1
Boys 3 3 4 5 3 2
(a) On the grid, draw a frequency polygon to represent this information for the girls and
another frequency polygon for the boys.

(b) Write down the modal group for the girls.

(c) Make a comment comparing the

distribution of the times spent by
the girls with the

times spent by the boys.

Frequency

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Time (t hours)
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7 The times taken by each member of a group of people to run one kilometre were recorded.
The results are shown in the table.

Time (t minutes) 21tG3 31tG4 41tG5 51tG6 61tG7 71tG8

Frequency 0 4 5 3 1 0

On the grid below, draw a frequency polygon to represent these results.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time (t minutes)
18 Henri did a survey of the lengths of the leaves on a plant.

The results are summarised in the table.

Length (x cm) 11xG3 31xG4 41xG5 51xG8

Frequency 6 8 10 6

(a) When asked to draw a histogram to illustrate the results, Henri drew the following diagram.

Explain why this diagram is incorrect.

10

(b) On the grid below, draw a correct histogram

8
for Henri’s results.
6
Frequency
4

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Length (x cm)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Length (x cm)
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23 The table and histogram show some information about the times taken by a group of
students to travel to school one day.

Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 60 60 1 t G 120

Frequency 28 40 52 18 m

(a) Complete the histogram. 6

(b) Find the value of m.
5

Frequency 4
density
3
(c) Work out the fraction of students
who took more than half an hour to 2
travel to school.
1

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (t minutes)

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12 The ages of guests at a family party were recorded.

The results are summarised in the table.

Age (b years) 5 1 b G 10 10 1 b G 20 20 1 b G 30 30 1 b G 50
Frequency p 18 14 q

The histogram below shows some of these results.

2.0
(a) Use the histogram to find the value of

(i) p, (ii) q.
1.5
(b) Complete the histogram.
Frequency
density

1.0

0.5

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Age (b years)
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For 6 For
Examiner’s Examiner’s
Use Use
11 One hundred children were asked how far they could swim.
The results are summarised in the table.

Distance (d metres) 0 < d
100 100 < d
200 200 < d
400
Number of children 30 50 20

(a) The histogram in the answer space represents part of this information.
Complete the histogram.

Answer (a)

0.6

0.5

0.4
Frequency
density 0.3

0.2

0.1

0 100 200 300 400

Distance (d metres) [1]

(b) A pie chart is drawn to represent the three groups of children.

Calculate the angle of the sector that represents the group of 20 children.

Answer (b) ................................................... [1]

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11 On a certain stretch of road, the speeds of some cars were recorded.

The results are summarised in the table.
Part of the corresponding histogram is shown alongside.

Speed Frequency
(x km/h)
3
25 < x ⭐ 45 q
Frequency
45 < x ⭐ 55 30
density
55 < x ⭐ 65 p
2
65 < x ⭐ 95 12

0
25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95
Speed (km/h)

(a) Find the value of

(i) p,
(ii) q.

Answer (a)(i) p = ...........................................[1]

(ii) q = ...........................................[1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [1]

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14 Ida keeps a record of time spent on the internet each day. For
Her results are summarised in the table. Examiner’s
Use

Time (t minutes) Frequency

0 艋 t ⬍ 10 4
10 艋 t ⬍ 30 20
30 艋 t ⬍ 60 39
60 艋 t ⬍ 100 32
100 艋 t ⬍ 120 6

On the axes below, draw a histogram to show these results.

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

Frequency
1.0
density

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Time (t minutes)
[3]

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13 Jamil recorded the number of text messages sent by the students in his class on one day.
The results are shown in the bar chart.

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8

Frequency 4

0
3 4 7 8
Number of text messages

Use the bar chart to find

(a) the number of students in Jamil’s class,

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

(b) the median number of text messages sent,

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

(c) the modal number of text messages sent.

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

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21 A group of 100 students was asked how many minutes each spent talking on their mobile phone
during one day.
The histogram summarises this information.

2
Frequency
density

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time (mins)

(a) Use the histogram to

(i) find the number of students who spent between 0 and 10 minutes talking on their
mobile phone,

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

(ii) estimate the number of students who spent between 25 and 65 minutes talking on their
mobile phone.

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

(b) A pie chart is drawn to represent the information shown in the histogram.

Calculate the angle of the sector that represents the students who spent
between 0 and 10 minutes talking on their mobile phone.

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

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23 The table summarises the times, in minutes, taken by a group of people to complete a puzzle.

Time (t minutes) 0<t4 4<t8 8 < t  12 12 < t  16 16 < t  20

Frequency 4 8 7 4 2

(a) On the grid draw a frequency polygon to represent this information.

Frequency

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Time (t minutes)
[2]

(b) Write down the modal class.

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

(c) How many people took more than 8 minutes to complete the puzzle?

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

(d) Imran says:

‘The longest time to complete the puzzle was 20 minutes.’

Explain why he may not be correct.

...................................................................................................................................................

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

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14 The table shows the ages of guests at a party.

Age (y years) 10 G y 1 20 20 G y 1 40 40 G y 1 45 45 G y 1 50 50 G y 1 65
Frequency p 20 8 q 18

The histogram represents some of this information.

2
Frequency
density

0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Age (y years)

(a) Use the histogram to find the value of

(i) p,

Answer p = .................................................... [1]

(ii) q.

Answer q = .................................................... [1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [1]

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24 Some students were asked how long they had each spent doing homework the day before.
The results are summarised in the table.

Time (t hours) 0 1 t G 0.5 0.5 1 t G 1 1 1 t G 1.5 1.5 1 t G 2 2 1 t G 2.5 2.5 1 t G 3

Girls 0 5 8 6 0 1
Boys 3 3 4 5 3 2

(a) On the grid, draw a frequency polygon to represent this information for the girls and
another frequency polygon for the boys.

Frequency

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

Time (t hours)
[3]

(b) Write down the modal group for the girls.

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

(c) Make a comment comparing the distribution of the times spent by the girls with the
times spent by the boys.

Answer

............................................................................................................................................................

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

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7 The times taken by each member of a group of people to run one kilometre were recorded.
The results are shown in the table.

Time (t minutes) 21tG3 31tG4 41tG5 51tG6 61tG7 71tG8

Frequency 0 4 5 3 1 0

On the grid below, draw a frequency polygon to represent these results.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time (t minutes)
[2]
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18 Henri did a survey of the lengths of the leaves on a plant.

The results are summarised in the table.

Length (x cm) 11xG3 31xG4 41xG5 51xG8

Frequency 6 8 10 6

(a) When asked to draw a histogram to illustrate the results, Henri drew the following diagram.

10

6
Frequency
4

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Length (x cm)

Explain why this diagram is incorrect.

...................................................................................................................................................................

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

(b) On the grid below, draw a correct histogram for Henri’s results.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Length (x cm)

[3]

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23 The table and histogram show some information about the times taken by a group of
students to travel to school one day.

Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 60 60 1 t G 120

Frequency 28 40 52 18 m

Frequency 4
density
3

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
Time (t minutes)

(a) Complete the histogram. [2]

(b) Find the value of m.

Answer m = .................................... [1]

(c) Work out the fraction of students who took more than half an hour to travel to school.

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

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12 The ages of guests at a family party were recorded.

The results are summarised in the table.

Age (b years) 5 1 b G 10 10 1 b G 20 20 1 b G 30 30 1 b G 50
Frequency p 18 14 q

The histogram below shows some of these results.

2.0

1.5
Frequency
density

1.0

0.5

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Age (b years)

(a) Use the histogram to find the value of

(i) p,

Answer p = ..................................... [1]

(ii) q.

Answer q = ..................................... [1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [1]

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13 The lengths of the times of telephone calls made by Ellie during one week are summarised in the table.

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Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 25 25 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 50
Frequency 10 15 10 12 16

On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution of these times.

2
Frequency
density

[3]
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (t minutes)

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4
Frequency
density 3

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Time (t minutes)

The diagram shows part of the histogram which represents the distribution of times taken by some
people to travel to work.

(a) Complete the table.

Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 35 35 1 t G 50

Frequency 30 30
[2]

(b) Complete the histogram. [1]

 13 The distribution of the lengths of time spent on the internet on a Monday by each member of a group of
students is given in the table.
Time (t minutes) 10 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 50 50 1 t G 80
Frequency k 50 30 30

The histogram represents some of this information.

(a) Find k. 5
(b) Complete the histogram.
4

Frequency 3
density
2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time (t minutes)

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16 The distribution of the lengths of time taken by an engineer to repair some washing machines is given
in the table.
Time (t hours) 1<t3 3<t4 4<t5 5<t8
Frequency k 5 4

The histogram represents some of this information.

(a) Find k. 5
(b) Complete the histogram.
4

Frequency 3
density
2

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Time (hours)
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18 In an experiment with a group of snails, the distance moved in one minute by each snail was
recorded.
Some of the results are shown in the table and illustrated in the histogram.

Distance
2<x3 3<x4 4<x5 5<x7 7<x9
(x centimetres)

Frequency 6 9 12 p 4

(a) Use the histogram to find the value of p. 12

(b) Complete the histogram. 10

(c) One snail is chosen at random. 8

Frequency
Find the probability that this snail density 6
did not move more than 4 cm.
4

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
Distance (cm)

17 The table below shows the distribution of the length, in metres, of cars in a car park. 4024/01/O/N/09

Length
2  x  2.5 2.5  x  2.75 2.75  x  3 3  x  3.5 3.5  x  4.5
(x metres)
Number
3 5 p 8 4
of cars

(a) Use the histogram in the answer space to find p.

(b) Complete the histogram.

25
Answer (b)

20

15
Frequency
density

10

0
2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Length (x metres)
 19 The lengths of 40 nails were measured. Length (l cm) Frequency
Their lengths, in centimetres, are summarised in the table below.
0
l4 14
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4
l8 18
8
l  16 8

(a) On the axes in the answer space, draw the histogram which represents this
information.
Answer (a)

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of the nails.

Frequency
density

0 2 4 6 10 12 14 16
Length (l cm)

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7 In an experiment, the heights of some plants were measured.

The table below summarises the results.

Height (h cm) 2<h⭐3 3<h⭐4 4<h⭐5 5<h⭐8

Frequency 15 25 20 15

Complete the histogram which represents this information.

Answer

25

20
Frequency
density 15

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Height (h cm)
[2]
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13 The lengths of the times of telephone calls made by Ellie during one week are summarised in the table.

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Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 10 10 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 25 25 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 50
Frequency 10 15 10 12 16

On the grid, draw a histogram to illustrate the distribution of these times.

2
Frequency
density

[3]
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (t minutes)

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4
Frequency
density 3

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Time (t minutes)

The diagram shows part of the histogram which represents the distribution of times taken by some
people to travel to work.

(a) Complete the table.

Time (t minutes) 0 1 t G 20 20 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 35 35 1 t G 50

Frequency 30 30
[2]

(b) Complete the histogram. [1]

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13 The distribution of the lengths of time spent on the internet on a Monday by each member of a group of
students is given in the table.

Time (t minutes) 10 1 t G 30 30 1 t G 40 40 1 t G 50 50 1 t G 80
Frequency k 50 30 30

The histogram represents some of this information.

Frequency 3
density
2

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Time (t minutes)

(a) Find k.

Answer k = .................................... [1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [2]

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18 In an experiment with a group of snails, the distance moved in one minute by each snail was For
recorded. Examiner’s
Some of the results are shown in the table and illustrated in the histogram. Use

Distance
2<x3 3<x4 4<x5 5<x7 7<x9
(x centimetres)

Frequency 6 9 12 p 4

12

10

8
Frequency
density 6

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
Distance (cm)

(a) Use the histogram to find the value of p.

Answer p = ......................................... [1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [2]

(c) One snail is chosen at random.

Find the probability that this snail did not move more than 4 cm.

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

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16 The distribution of the lengths of time taken by an engineer to repair some washing machines is given
in the table.
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Time (t hours) 1<t3 3<t4 4<t5 5<t8

Frequency k 5 4

The histogram represents some of this information.

Frequency 3
density
2

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

(a) Find k.

Answer k = ................................. [1]

(b) Complete the histogram. [2]

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17 The table below shows the distribution of the length, in metres, of cars in a car park. For
Examiner’s
Use
Length
2  x  2.5 2.5  x  2.75 2.75  x  3 3  x  3.5 3.5  x  4.5
(x metres)
Number
3 5 p 8 4
of cars

(a) Use the histogram in the answer space to find p.

Answer (a) p = ................................[1]

(b) Complete the histogram.

Answer (b)

25

20

15
Frequency
density

10

0
2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Length (x metres)
[2]

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7 In an experiment, the heights of some plants were measured.

The table below summarises the results.

Height (h cm) 2<h⭐3 3<h⭐4 4<h⭐5 5<h⭐8

Frequency 15 25 20 15

Complete the histogram which represents this information.

Answer

25

20
Frequency
density 15

10

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Height (h cm)
[2]
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Examiner’s Examiner’s
Use Use
19 The lengths of 40 nails were measured.
Their lengths, in centimetres, are summarised in the table below.

Length (l cm) Frequency

0
l4 14
4
l8 18
8
l  16 8

(a) On the axes in the answer space, draw the histogram which represents this
information.

Answer (a)

Frequency
density

0 2 4 6 10 12 14 16
Length (l cm) [2]

(b) Calculate an estimate of the mean length of the nails.

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

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