Statistics
Mathematics - Ordinary Level - (TUTE 12)
by J A Desmond
Edexcel and Cambridge O/L & A/L Physics and Maths
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1 The incomplete histogram and table give information about the ages of people living in
a village.
Frequency
Density
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Age (x years)
Age (x years) Frequency
0 x < 10 100
10 x < 15 60
15 x < 30
30 x < 50
50 x < 75 50
75 x < 80 20
(i) Use the histogram to complete the table.
(ii) Use the table to complete the histogram.
(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)
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The incomplete table shows information about the times, in minutes, that runners took to
complete a race.
Time (t minutes) 30 t 35 35 t 40 40 t 50 50 t 60 60 t 80
Number of runners 12 20 12 16
(a) Use the histogram to calculate the number of runners who took between 40 and 50
minutes to complete the race.
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(2)
(b) Complete the histogram for the remaining results.
Frequency
density
30 40 50 60 70 80
Time (t minutes)
(2)
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Runners who achieved a time between 37 and 48 minutes to complete the race were
each awarded a silver medal.
(c) Calculate an estimate of the number of runners awarded silver medals.
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(Total for Question is 6 marks)
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The histogram shows information about the times, t minutes, patients spent at a doctors
surgery on one day.
No patient spent more than 40 minutes at the surgery.
Frequency
density
0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (t minutes)
(a) Calculate the percentage of the patients who spent between 25 and 40 minutes at the
surgery.
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(b) 16 patients spent between 10 and 15 minutes at the surgery.
Calculate the total number of patients at the surgery that day.
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(Total for Question is marks)
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4 The incomplete table and histogram show information about the lengths of time,
t minutes, students spent waiting for their school bus one morning.
i e (t inutes) u er stu ents
0<t!2 20
2 < t ! 10 120
10 < t ! 15 60
15 < t ! 20
20 < t ! 30 30
(i) Use the histogram to complete the table.
(ii) Use the table to complete the histogram.
Frequency
density
(Total for Question 4 is 4 marks)
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The table shows information about the times, in minutes, that some people took to
complete a sudoku pu le.
Time (t minutes) 0<t!5 5 < t ! 20 20 < t ! 30 30 < t ! 50
Number of people 4 18 34 30
Complete the histogram for this information.
Frequency
density
O 10 20 30 40 50
Time (t minutes)
(Total for Question is marks)
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The histogram shows information about the times, t minutes, customers spent in
a post office.
Frequency
density
O 2 4 6 10 12 14
Time (t minutes)
28 customers spent 2 minutes or less in the post office.
Calculate an estimate for the number of customers who spent between 5 and 14 minutes
in the post office.
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(Total for Question is marks)
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oma grows tomatoes in her garden.
The table shows information about the weights, in grams, of some of her tomatoes.
eig t t at (w gra s) u er t at es
0<w 10 2
10 < w 20 8
20 < w 30 16
30 < w 40 10
40 < w 50 4
(a) ork out an estimate for the total weight of these tomatoes.
............................... grams
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oma also grows potatoes.
The incomplete histogram shows information about the weights, in grams, of some of her
potatoes.
Frequency
density
0 100 200 300 400 500
eight of potato (grams)
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There were 10 potatoes with weights between 100 grams and 150 grams.
(b) ow many potatoes had weights less than 100 grams
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(2)
There were 12 potatoes with weights between 300 grams and 450 grams.
(c) how this information on the histogram.
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The histogram shows information about the times taken by a telephone call center to
answer incoming calls.
Frequency
density
2
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Time (seconds)
ork out an estimate for the percentage of calls that are answered in less than
40 seconds.
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(Total for Question is marks)
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1 The table shows information about the times, in minutes, that 100 shoppers spent in a
supermarket.
i e (t inutes) Frequency
10 t < 15 6
15 t < 20 10
20 t < 30 20
30 t < 40 36
40 t < 60 28
raw a histogram to show this information.
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Frequency
density
2
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Time (t minutes)
(Total for Question 1 is marks)
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Cumulative Frequency graph
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1 The table shows information about the weights of 80 parcels.
Weight (w kg) Frequency
0<w 2 8
2<w 4 14
4<w 6 26
6<w 8 17
8<w 10 10
10 < w 12 5
(a) Work out an estimate for the total weight of the 80 parcels.
(b) Complete the cumulative frequency table. ....................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg
(3)
Cumulative
Weight (w kg)
frequency
0<w 2
0<w 4
0<w 6
0<w 8
0<w 10
0<w 12
(1)
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(c) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
80
60
Cumulative
frequency
40
20
O 2 4 6 8 10 12
Weight (w kg)
(2)
(d) Use the graph to find an estimate for the number of parcels which weighed less than
5.2 kg.
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(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 8 marks)
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The grouped frequency table gives information about the ages of 200 elephants.
Age (t years) Frequency
0<t 10 55
10 < t 20 60
20 < t 30 40
30 < t 40 22
40 < t 50 13
50 < t 60 10
(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.
Cumulative
Age (t years)
frequency
0<t 10
0<t 20
0<t 30
0<t 40
0<t 50
0<t 60
(1)
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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
200
Cumulative 150
frequency
100
50
O 10 20 30 40 50 60 x
Age (t years)
(2)
(c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the number of elephants with ages of more than
26 years.
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The cumulative frequency graph gives information about the lengths, in minutes, of
80 telephone calls.
80
60
Cumulative
frequency
40
20
O 5 10 15 20 25 30
Length of call (minutes)
(a) Find an estimate for the number of calls which were longer than 15 minutes.
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(2)
(b) Find an estimate for the interquartile range of the lengths of the 80 calls.
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The grouped frequency table gives information about the lengths of 160 pythons.
Length (x metres) Frequency
0!x!1 4
1!x!2 8
2!x!3 16
3!x!4 32
4!x!5 72
5!x!6 28
(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.
Cumulative
Length (x metres)
frequency
0!x!1
0!x!2
0!x!3
0!x!4
0!x!5
0!x!6
(1)
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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
Cumulative
frequency
160
120
80
40
O 1 2 3 4 5 6
Length (x metres)
(2)
(c) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median length of the pythons.
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The cumulative frequency table shows information about the diameters of 60 oranges.
Diameter Cumulative
(d mm) frequency
!"#$#d ! 60 12
!"#$#d ! 70 42
!"#$#d ! 80 !%
!"#$#d ! 90 !&
!"#$#d !"100 !'
!"#$#d ! 110 60
(a) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for the table.
(2)
60
Cumulative
frequency
40
20
0
!" 60 70 80 90 100 110
Diameter (d mm)
(b) Use your graph to find an estimate for the median diameter of the 60 oranges.
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The grouped frequency table gives information about the weights of 180 airmail letters.
Weight (w grams) Frequency
0 < w ! 20 15
20 < w ! 40 25
40 < w ! 60 47
60 < w ! 80 70
80 < w ! 100 18
100 < w ! 120 5
(a) Complete the cumulative frequency table.
Cumulative
Weight (w grams)
frequency
0 < w ! 20
0 < w ! 40
0 < w ! 60
0 < w ! 80
0 < w ! 100
0 < w ! 120
(1)
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(b) On the grid, draw a cumulative frequency graph for your table.
200
Cumulative
frequency
150
100
50
O
20 40 60 80 100 120
Weight (w grams)
(2)
(c) Find an estimate for the upper quartile of the weights of the 180 letters.
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7 A box contains 80 tea bags.
The table shows information about the weight of each tea bag.
Number of
Weight (w grams)
tea bags
2.8 < w 2.9 2
2.9 < w 3.0 4
3.0 < w 3.1 22
3.1 < w 3.2 32
3.2 < w 3.3 14
3.3 < w 3.4 6
(a) Work out the percentage of the 80 tea bags that weigh more than 3.1 grams.
. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
(2)
(b) Work out an estimate for the total weight of the 80 tea bags.
Use halfway values of 2.85 grams, 2.95 grams, ...
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(3)
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Here is a cumulative frequency graph for the weights of the 80 tea bags.
80
Cumulative 60
frequency
40
20
0
2.8 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
Weight (w grams)
(c) Use the graph to find an estimate for the number of tea bags which weighed more
than 3.25 grams.
............................
(2)
(d) Use the graph to find an estimate for the interquartile range of the weights of
the tea bags.
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